The Opportunity

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions. The Sr. Cloud Software Engineer position is within our Infectious Disease Developed Markets business unit located in San Diego, California . This role will be responsible for designing, developing and working closely with engineering teams developing software products and platforms as well as supporting current products. This role will be part of the software development team, promote Agile product development principles and foster continuous improvement. This individual must be a positive, “can-do” contributor with exceptional technical background, who possesses the skills of pulling together ideas and suggestions, shaping them into a vision, and then implementing them in a product. This very hands-on position would require a focus on details and collaboration with the verification & validation team. The Sr. Cloud Software Engineer should demonstrate good communication and people skills, so they can collaborate well within the team and across multiple departments and business units. They should also demonstrate willingness and potential to collaborate and help other team members. MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE: The Sr. Software Engineer applies an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop, and verify system software. Has an advanced level of knowledge in programming languages such as C++ / C#, or Python. Creates, modifies & designs for complex problems and is able to execute all stages of the software development lifecycle. Has good business knowledge or exceptional technical skills. Communicates effectively to both internal teams and external customers. Provides technical guidance to less experienced engineers.

WHAT YOU'LL DO: Deliver robust quality software (code reviewed, unit tested, detail design documents, well commented) to the planned schedule Works independently to specify, plan, design, develop, test and support software components as assigned Participates in decisions on scope of work, duration of tasks, and determination of requirements Responsible for implementation or modification of software component designs or enhancements to new and existing software products; assists in the implementation of more complex subsystems and systems Summarizes and presents details of designs, analytical methods and results; and leads and/or participates on multi-functional product research and development teams Develops and recommends methods, tools and designs for software development process improvement Works with team leadership to establish necessary test specification and requirements for software product validation of designs Follows all Abbott software coding standards and processes. Participates in SCRUM agile process including sprint planning and sprint review Identify key barriers/core problems and apply problem-solving skills in order to deal creatively with complex situations. Troubleshoot and resolve complex problems, and make decisions under conditions of uncertainty, sometimes with incomplete information, that produce effective end results. Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal/external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company’s policies and practices; build productive internal/external working relationships Carries out duties in compliance with established business policies Other duties as assigned, according to the changing needs of the business Required Qualifications Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience (MS preferred). 5+ years of experience in systems and/or software development involving interoperability of connected devices. Preferred Experience in using Agile methodologies (, Kanban, TDD, etc) Hands-on experience with Azure environment/servicesAKS (Kubernetes)ACR (Container/Microservice)Azure SQL Database,Blob storageApplication Gateway, (traefik, nginx) Programming language/framework/package:Python3 (we currently use 3.8)Familiar with type hints, style guideFastAPISQLAlchemyCryptographyPyJWTpytestTypescript/JavaScript, React is plusMaterial UI Development environment: Ubuntu, Azure DevOps, Git. Good understanding of Authentication\Authorization and OAuth 2.0\Open ID Connect standards. Experience with CI\CD technologies such as Azure DevOps. Experience with REST API’s technologies such as FastAPI Experience with network protocols, integration testing, and cybersecurity Experience with testing techniques for cloud solutions. Strong written, verbal, interpersonal and presentation skills. Good understanding of the TLS\HTTPS REST\SOAP protocols. Experience with Selenium UI testing framework COMPETENCIES: Assesses issues thoroughly and solves complex problems; helps resolve roadblocks for the team. Creates a workplace environment of mutual respect. Takes time to explain decisions. Ability to work with geographically dispersed teams across time zones.