Staff Database Developer/Architect

Company: Abbott Laboratories
Location: Chicago
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

Working at AbbottAt 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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the student debt program and 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 OpportunityAt Abbott, we believe people with diabetes should be empowered to enjoy healthy and happy lives. That's why we're focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health more effectively and comfortably, 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.Interested in applying your wealth of technical knowledge and experience towards an opportunity in the medical field and improving the lives of people with diabetes?Candidates will work with a modern tech stack on a Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud platform that serves users in over 49 countries. The core platform consists of systems housed in a large-scale environment responsible for processing billions of tasks every day. The candidate should have strong leadership ability and bring a passion for software engineering to help shape the direction of the team. Highly sought-after qualities include strong communication skills, versatility, and a desire to continuously learn, improve, and empower other team members. Candidate will support building scalable, highly available, reliable, efficient, and secure cloud solutions for a medical device SaaS.What You'll Do
• Architecting and supporting high-performance, highly scalable and flexible, cost-effective, cloud-based data platform.
• Design and plan future architecture to store and manage rapid data growth.
• Architect, design and implement the cybersecurity of the data platform.
• Identify and solve design and technology issues within the current systems.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to design, develop and integrate with multiple internal and external products and platforms.
• Create software architecture and design documentation for the supported solutions and overall best practices and patterns.
• Stay current with emerging trends, making recommendations as needed to help the organization innovate.Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, other relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience with data architecture and design in the cloud.
• Familiar with architectures principles, patterns, framework and blueprints.
• Familiar with Cybersecurity best practices and solutions for supported architecture.
• Experience with documenting architectural and design decisions.
• Experience with working and supporting multiple development team members.
• Ability to work well with a team in a high-performance organization.
• Comfortable working asynchronously with a distributed team.
• Excellent written, verbal and listening communication skills.
• Eagerness to contribute beyond experience level.Apply Now* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: 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 , on Facebook at and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.The base pay for this position is $95,000.00 - $190,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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