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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 Title
Sr. Staff Software Architect

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. 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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity
This position works out of our ARDx Informatics Division located in either Willis Tower in Chicago, IL or Charlottesville, VA.

What You'll Work On

The Sr Staff Architect leads the development of architecture and implementation strategies for software solutions. This involves promoting and governing adherence to architectural best practices, collaborating with development teams to design software architecture for healthcare software, and optimizing software applications for performance and scalability. Additionally,
participates in requirements gathering, interface with cross-functional teams, and drive process improvements to enhance software
development efficiency and quality.

What You'll Work On

• Develop software reference architecture, system and platform roadmaps, detailed technical solutions, and overall strategy of software solution implementation in native, web, and cloud applications.

• Promote, guide, and govern adherence to good architectural practices and application of a well-defined reference architecture to deliver highest-quality software solutions.

• Partner with the development teams to create the concrete software architecture and design for the software-based medical device products.

• Collaborate with development teams to support optimization of software application architectures for performance, scalability, and maintainability.

• Participate in requirements gathering, planning, and estimation efforts.

• Participate in and recommend on-going professional development activities.

• Identify and implement process improvements often of a complex nature.

• Effectively contribute to development teams.

• Supports company initiatives and complies with regulatory requirements by FDA and other relevant global regulatory agencies

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree ( 16 years) in Computer Science in Engineering Mathematics, or related field

• Minimum 10 years with 10+ years of experience, Master's Degree with 7+ years of related experience, or Ph.D. with 2+ years of related experience.

• Experience with at least one public cloud provider's platform: Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure.

• Familiarity with data design and database technologies such as SQL Server, Postgres or similar.

Preferred Qualifications

• SaaS Experience

• Front End, Middleware, Backend coding Full stack experience.

• Preferred team leadership experience and demonstrated mentorship capabilities

• Expert understanding of architecture principles, patterns, frameworks, and blueprints.

• Knowledge of mobile technologies and languages for iOS and Android, including React Native,

• Expert understanding of data architecture and design practices for both local device and enterprise/cloud data solutions.

• Expert understanding of database technologies, encompassing relational (e.g., MS SQL)

• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CICD) Products like AzureDevOps, CircleCI, Harness, Jenkins, and Fastlane.

• Knowledge of Cybersecurity, System Safety.

• Experience in implementing cloud solutions or components.

• Experience in documenting architectural and design decisions.

• Strong Computer Science fundamentals and extensive experience in software development.

• Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills, adept at adapting communication style to diverse audiences.

• Possesses strong business acumen and collaborates effectively with peers and leadership.

Apply Now

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at abbott.com, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AbbottCareers.

The base pay for this position is

$113,300.00 - $226,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:Product DevelopmentDIVISION:CMI ARDx Cardiometabolic and InformaticsLOCATION:United States > Chicago : Willis Tower Building 233 S Wacker Dr.ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:WORK SHIFT:StandardTRAVEL:Yes, 5 % of the TimeMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not ApplicableSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf