Senior Mobile Software Engineer

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The One Abbott Mobile team is building up its mobile engineering team with a developer who can be a champion for cross platform mobile development. The initial focus will be with React Native but plan to develop skills for other cross platform solutions like Xamarin and Flutter. This individual would help Abbott create cross platform mobile engineering best practices and cross-train native mobile and web developers as necessary to staff future mobile engineering projects. This is a hybrid role that will have time split between on-site (in our Chicago or Abbott Park location) and remote working.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• You will design and build mobile automation tooling to support mobile engineering teams across the enterprise
• Engineer efficient and reusable full stack systems that drive complex mobile applications
• Keep up to date with the latest iOS and Android platform capabilities
• Maintain coding standards to facilitate code maintenance and improvements
• Work with product teams on new product ideas, designs, prototypes and estimates
• You will identify areas to improve and scale our architecture and application design
• You will design and build mobile automation tooling to support mobile engineering teams across the enterprise
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 4+years of mobile software engineering experience.

Preferred

• Have 4+ years of software development experience shipping features to consumers using React Native and/or Flutter
• Experience with RESTful APIs is a must requirement
• Experience with Swift and Objective-C or Kotlin is a plus.
• Experience with TDD/BDD is a plus
• Strong experience with Agile and Lean software engineering methodologies
• Strong understanding of core mobile application concepts (e.g. mobile app lifecycle, push notification, and deep-linking)
• You're familiar with current trends and best practices in mobile application architecture, including performance, security, and usability.
• Familiar with building CI/CD pipelines for React Native applications
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.
• Strong understanding of and experience in unit and functional automated testing
• Sound software engineering fundamentals.
• Excellent collaborative and communication skills
• Passion for developing scalable, well-designed software that improves people's lives

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
• Paid time off
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. 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 salary for this role is between:

N/A

JOB FAMILY:

IT Services & Solutions Delivery

DIVISION:

GIS Global Information Services

LOCATION:

United States > Waukegan : J46

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

United States > Chicago : WeWork National Building 125 S. Clark Street, United States > Lake Forest : 840 S. Waukegan Road

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf