Senior Software Engineer

Abbott

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Work type
On-site
Location
Alameda, CA
Salary
$100,000–$200,000 / yr
Posted
22 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $169k
This role $150k
$84k most similar roles pay here $250k

This role pays less than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$188,277 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $150k versus about $169k for comparable roles.

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About Abbott

Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare company that manufactures and markets a broad and diversified line of health care products including diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic pharmaceuticals. Industry: Healthcare & Medical Devices

Abbott currently has 90 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $99,300–$198,700 across 89 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Lingo team, you will design, build, and optimize backend systems to process real-time biosensor data for a health platform. You will develop scalable microservices and high-performance APIs using Java Spring Boot while ensuring system reliability through event-driven integrations with Kafka and RabbitMQ. Your daily work involves collaborating with Product, Mobile, Platform, and Data teams to build cloud-native services that manage millions of sensor readings. You will contribute to architecture discussions, mentor junior engineers, and ensure compliance with HIPAA and GDPR standards. The role requires expertise in RESTful API design, Kubernetes, and distributed systems. You will utilize Java, Spring Boot, and potentially Kotlin or Python to solve complex problems involving low-latency data processing and high-throughput analytics within a mission-critical digital health and IoT environment.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices and RESTful APIs using Java Spring Boot.
  • Implement event-driven integrations with messaging and streaming systems like Kafka and RabbitMQ.
  • Participate in architecture reviews to determine service boundaries, data models, and communication patterns.
  • Optimize backend services for low latency, high throughput, and cost efficiency.
  • Ensure all backend services comply with HIPAA and GDPR privacy and security standards.
  • Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to incident response and post-mortem analysis.
  • Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • Minimum 7 years of experience with distributed, cloud-native systems.
  • Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot for RESTful API development, dependency injection, and the Spring ecosystem.
  • Experience with microservices architecture and REST API design (GraphQL or gRPC preferred).
  • Hands-on proficiency with messaging and streaming systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
  • Experience with Kubernetes in production environments and familiarity with service mesh concepts.
  • Knowledge of secure coding practices and compliance requirements including HIPAA and GDPR.
  • Experience with analytics/ML pipelines, API gateways, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), or infrastructure-as-code (preferred).

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