Senior Software Engineer, Mobile Applications
Abbott Park, IL, United States
- IT
- Full-time
- Senior Software Engineer
- Mobile Applications
- React Native
The Senior Software Engineer, Mobile Applications at Abbott develops and maintains cross-platform mobile apps using React Native and Golang to support healthcare technologies, especially for diabetes management. The role involves designing scalable, secure software solutions, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating on technical decisions within a global healthcare environment. Candidates need strong programming skills, experience with mobile architectures and frameworks, and a passion for continuous learning in a fast-paced, innovative setting.
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 Senior Software Engineer, Mobile Applications position can work out remotely within the U.S.
Senior 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.
What You’ll Work On
Design, develop, and maintain cross-platform mobile applications using React Native and embedded Golang modules.
Write clean, maintainable, and testable code in both TypeScript and Go.
Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to technical decision-making for mobile and shared code.
Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and help maintain high code quality standards.
Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge with the team.
Troubleshoot and resolve performance, scalability, and reliability issues in both JS and Go layers.
Stay current with emerging mobile and cross-platform technologies.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 2+ years building and shipping mobile applications at scale.
Expert level knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript and React Native.
Proficiency in Swift, Kotlin or C++.
Understanding of mobile architecture patterns, API integration, performance optimization, and scalability.
Experience collaborating with backend teams and integrating shared libraries into mobile apps.
Ability to quickly learn and apply new programming languages, frameworks, and design patterns, remaining effective even when working outside of primary expertise.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred
Experience with event-driven architectures
Hands-on experience writing Golang or a strong desire to learn it
Knowledge of mobile security best practices.
Experience with mobile CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and app store deployment.
Familiarity with Agile development practices.
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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 $86,700.00 – $173,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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