Staff Software Engineer, Mobile Applications
Abbott Park, IL, United States
- IT
- Full-time
- Staff Software Engineer
- Mobile Applications
- React Native
The Staff Software Engineer, Mobile Applications at Abbott leads the development of scalable, secure, and high-performance mobile apps using React Native and Golang to support health monitoring technologies. The role requires expertise in mobile architecture, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring engineers while driving technical best practices. This position supports healthcare innovations focused on managing diabetes through wearable biosensors and data-driven mobile platforms.
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.
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 Staff Software Engineer, Mobile Applications position can work out remotely within the U.S.
Staff Software Engineer, Mobile Applications will work with a modern React Native and Golang-based tech stack on a mobile platform dedicated to improving the health and well-being of users in over 50 countries. The core mobile platform includes a system that interacts with a bio wearable sensor and is part of a large-scale environment responsible for processing billions of tasks daily. The candidate should possess strong leadership and technical skills and have a passion for software engineering to help guide the team's direction. Highly desirable qualities include versatility and a desire to continuously learn, improve, and empower team members. The candidate will support building scalable, highly available, efficient, and secure software solutions for medical devices.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of complex, high-performance mobile applications using React Native and embedded Go modules.
- Define and drive mobile engineering best practices for both JS and Go layers.
- Mentor and coach engineers, fostering technical growth and a culture of engineering excellence.
- Partner with product, design, and architecture teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
- Lead technical reviews, ensuring code quality, security, and adherence to architectural standards.
- Identify and resolve systemic technical challenges, proactively addressing performance bottlenecks and scalability concerns in both React Native and Go code.
- Contribute to the organization’s technical roadmap, influencing long-term technology choices and investment areas.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 8 years of professional software development experience, with 3+ years building and shipping complex mobile applications at scale.
- Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and React Native.
- Strong understanding of mobile architecture patterns, API design, performance optimization, and scalability.
- Experience writing and maintaining either Swift, Kotlin, or C++
- Proven ability to quickly learn and apply new programming languages, frameworks, and architectural patterns, maintaining effectiveness even when working outside of primary expertise.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with event-driven architectures
- Hands-on experience with Golang in a production environment or a strong desire to learn it.
- Knowledge of mobile security best practices and secure coding standards.
- Experience with mobile CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and app store deployment processes.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate and adopt emerging technologies to drive innovation.
Preferred
Prior experience in the healthcare or other regulated industries
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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.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal
The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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