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.

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.

Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

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 Alameda, CA location in the Lingo Division. Working on Lingo, you will help build a next-generation technology that enables individuals to make decisions about how to improve energy, lose weight or enhance athletic performance. The Lingo team embodies a start-up culture and mindset with the backing of Abbott, a company with a rich history of healthcare innovation.  The Commerce Platform & Business Apps team is looking for a passionate, results-oriented, innovative software engineering manager to lead the team.  The successful candidate thrives in a fast-paced, highly compliant environment, understands the eCommerce space, and will help us drive customer engagement and revenue for the product.

What You’ll Work On

Design and Build intuitive and reliable shopping experience, including browsing product details, check-out, shopping, return, refund etc.

Design and Build platforms and admin apps for customer success, health coaches, and business operations.

Build subscription and recurring order management solutions with integration to payment gateways and 3PL systems

Drive continuous improvements to engineering excellence and efficiency, lead research & development into key areas of optimizations for backend systems and services, including data security, systems architecture, and computational efficiency & scalability

Continuously optimize and finetune the customer acquisition and retainment pipeline through analytics, user experience and search engine optimization.

Develop data insights capabilities for global e-commerce platforms, enabling users to extract actionable insights and intelligence from data to maximize their revenue potential and decision-making efficacy

Collaborate with product, data and cloud engineering teams to continuously release high quality features

Partner with Quality and Regulatory Assurance teams throughout the software lifecycle process, train and guide engineering team to deliver with compliance and audit-ready deliverables

Drive and shape the growth of a highly effective product engineering team, provide professional and technical leadership to support the professional growth of individual team members

Coordinate and design integrations with B2B, third-party and retail systems

Partner with cyber security to release highly secured solutions

Build high performance teams and mentor the team to reach their potential

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields

10 or more years of relevant industry experience. 3 or more years of experience managing engineering teams to deliver software from concept to delivery

8+ years of experience developing highly scalable backend services and systems using at least NodeJS/Java/Python or relevant tech stack

Experience with Full Stack development including designing, developing and managing Microservices based backend services and orchestration – REST, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes

Experience with front-end (UI) technologies like Javascript, HTML, CSS, and frameworks such as ReactJS, Next.JS, or Angular

Strong software programming capabilities, exhibits good code design and coding style

Understanding of data structure, algorithm design and analysis, networking, data security, and highly scalable systems design

In-depth knowledge of common databases and messaging frameworks like Postgres SQL/MySQL/Redis/Message Bus etc

Exhibits strong product/business understanding, able to align product engineering directions to support current and future products and business

Experience with Web Content Management Systems (AEM/Contentful) and CRM Systems

Knowledge of industry best-practices in architecture and design, test management tools, cybersecurity and performance. 

Sound decision-making and risk analysis skills. 

Experience working with cross-functional teams such as Systems Engineering, Business/Marketing and Quality to deliver on project commitments. 

Strong leadership skills, including the ability to set goals and provide positive and constructive feedback respectfully to build positive relationships and improve business results. 

Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly to upper management and other stakeholders in different functions at various levels. 

Strong organizational, planning, and follow-up skills and ability to hold self and others accountable. 

Ability to work effectively a fast-paced changing environment . 

Preferred

Master’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related engineering field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience  

​ 3 or more years of experience in Medical device development and/or other highly regulated industry 

Hands on experience with software development in a regulated environment​  

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year. Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.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.

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The base pay for this position is $144,100.00 – $288,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.