Software Engineer, Mobile Applications

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Description

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year

• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

THE OPPORTUNITY

This Software Engineer, Mobile Applications position can work out remotely within the U.S.

The Software Engineer, Mobile Applications will transform well‑defined designs into secure, stable, testable, and maintainable code with minimal defects. This role is part of a talented team of software engineers responsible for building key components of the next generation of Abbott’s flagship Libre diabetes management system.

We are looking for a candidate who brings a strong passion for software engineering and a commitment to continuous learning. The ideal engineer will contribute hands‑on technical expertise within agile Scrum teams, developing high‑quality mobile applications using React Native. They will play an essential role in ensuring our mobile solutions are reliable, scalable, and aligned with modern engineering best practices.

What You'll Do

• Write modular, maintainable, well-tested, and documented code within a large-scale regulated hybrid mobile application. 
• Design, develop, and maintain reusable components and services that can be shared between multiple code bases. 
• Design and implement unit testable, maintainable code and troubleshoot integration issues with internal app teams. 
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to integrate medical devices and systems through APIs, ensuring high quality technical interoperability. 
• Craft UI components that take globalization/localization into account and can grow and scale appropriately. 
• Work to resolve the root cause of complex problems, leaving software better and easier to maintain than when you found it. 
• Engage in technical planning, design, estimation, and code reviews, including peer review of pull requests. 
• Stay up to date with current best practices, standards, and open-source frameworks, making recommendations as needed to help the organization innovate.  

Qualifications  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. 
• Minimum with 2 years of related experience or Master's degree.
• Minimum 1 years of mobile or hybrid mobile app development
• Demonstrated knowledge of React Native. 
• Strong technical background and analytical abilities in software design, implementation, and troubleshooting 
• Experience developing custom React components. 
• Familiar with React Native’s new architecture and the JSI 
• Experie