Principal Software Architect

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Title: 

Principal Software Architect, Digital Solutions

Location: 

Sylmar, Chicago, Minneapolis, Santa Clara

Working at Abbott 

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. Here’s what you can expect:

- Career development in a global company that supports your aspirations.

- Free medical coverage through our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan. 
- An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution. 
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit. 
- Recognition as a top workplace for diversity, working mothers, women in leadership, and scientists. 

The Opportunity 

Abbott’s Digital Solutions organization, part of the Medical Devices group, partners with our Diabetes, Cardiovascular, and Neuromodulation businesses to develop and commercialize digital technologies that expand access to care, optimize medical procedures, and improve chronic disease management.  Together with Abbott’s life-changing medical devices, Digital Solutions leverages technologies such as AI and data interoperability to enable people to live life to the fullest.

We are seeking a Principal Software Architect to join our team within Digital Solutions Technology function for a diverse and growing portfolio of digital health products, including software as a medical device (SaMD), connected devices, and digital health platforms. This position reports directly to the Director, Software Engineering Digital Solutions.   

This position will advance the usage of standardized Interoperability and Connectivity technology stack across Medical Devices.  This position will drive technical execution of Interoperability and Connectivity solutions providing efficient means to improving clinical workflow and outcomes for patients, providers and customers.

This position will have responsibility for Digital Solutions Interoperability and Connectivity software architecture, associated regulated and compliant cloud infrastructure, and platform integration with Abbott Medical Devices Division products.

This position will also work closely with IT, Privacy and Cybersecurity functions to ensure underlying data and cloud infrastructure and supporting technologies are in place with consistency across Medical Devices.

Key Responsibilities

Software Architecture and Software Product Development

• Own and architect end-to-end software architecture leveraging Cloud-native technologies across Backend Services, Databases, Web, Mobile Applications, and Medical Connected Devices—to ensure seamless interoperability, scalability, availability, security, maintainability, and regulatory compliance.

• Apply structured architectural frameworks (e.g., the 4+1 View Model) to develop comprehensive system artifacts—including logical, process, development, deployment, and use case views—to support technical alignment and cross-team communication

• Collaborate closely with product management, clinical teams, regulatory, quality, compliance, security, and engineering leaders to ensure software architecture supports business needs, clinical workflows, and industry standards.

• Guide engineering teams in modern software engineering practices—such as microservices, event-driven architecture, serverless computing, API design, Cloud-native development, DevOps, Kubernetes, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and operational excellence.

• Guide development and documentation of requirements, test plan protocols, standard operating procedures, specifications, and test procedures. Ensure Connectivity platform team complies with these policies, procedures, and processes.

• Interface with appropriate cross-functional teams and internal and external resources (regulatory, quality, IT, customers, etc.) to ensure Connectivity platform development meets regulatory, compliance, legal and customer requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field

• Minimum 10 years of proven experience in Connectivity development within the