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.

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. Youll 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 Freedom 2 Save ( student debt program and FreeU ( education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors 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**

Abbott is looking for a Senior Solutions Architect to work within Abbotts Digital Products and Services group. As a Solutions Architect, you will provide critical thought leadership and direction to push the limits of technology design and innovation across Abbotts global businesses.

This role will design and implement cutting edge technology solutions, mentor engineers and will act as an evangelist in technology architectures and ways of working. With a focus on providing senior technical leadership, this role will be a key influencer of Abbotts next generation of IoT, Microservices, API, Data and Cloud Computing technology products and services.

**What Youll Work On**

+ Collaborate with other Engineers and Architects to influence and establish engineering best practices through solid design decisions, processes and tools. Set goals, strategies, and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple technologies.

+ Work across product teams to architect, build and design next-generation technology platforms.

+ Utilize in-depth knowledge of software engineering, cloud technologies and data engineering, to define target architectures, patterns and processes.

+ Provide technical leadership and mentoring of engineering teams, working closely with architects and business leaders.

+ Develop multi-year product roadmaps, provide the vision and work with individual architects to translate this into a tactical engineering blueprint.

+ Lead tool and technology selection. Drive standardization and reuse of industry leading technology across the organization.

+ Drive continuous process and technology improvements.

**Required Qualifications**

+ Bachelors Degree

+ +10 years of Software Engineering experience. Experience in building/implementing high performance & scalable server-side applications.

+ Technical leadership skills in driving architecture, helping with technical trade-offs, and driving best practices.

+ Advanced-level knowledge of 2 or more of the following technologies: mobile/web frameworks, multi cloud, security and privacy, IoT, event streaming, distributed system design, microservices, containerization, APIs, SOA, and/or messaging

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ Masters Degree preferred

+ Strong communication Skills

+ You have high standards for quality and attention to detail

+ Self-starter and enthusiastic personality who can work well both independently and as a team member

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* 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.

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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.

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The base pay for this position is $125,300.00 $250,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

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