Software Tech Lead

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.

Job Description:

Working At Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting a Software Tech Lead to join our Abbott Heart Failure team in Atlanta, GA, where we are focused on helping people with heart failure manage their health and ultimately change and save lives.  The developer will be primarily working on our next generation cross-platform app with releases on Android and iOS platforms.  The role is responsible for development on the app via Flutter which interfaces with our cloud-based and external service APIs.  The person will also be relied on to champion industry best-practices in software development paradigms, Flutter, review code, mentor junior developers and embody the selfless culture we strive to achieve. 

What You’ll Work On

• •    Lead Flutter mobile application software developer
• •    Expertise in MVVM, Content management systems (CMS) and interfacing with APIs 
• •    Write unit, integration and UI automated tests
• •    Expertise profiling mobile applications for performance including CPU usage and memory leaks
• •    Mentor junior developers
• •    Write technical documentation including but not limited to software detailed design and technical review documents
• •    Plan, estimate and work JIRA stories
• •    Desired skills include expertise in: Flutter, Dart, MVVM, Strapi CMS, Visual Studio Code, Postman, REST APIs
• •    Extensive experience performing peer code reviews
• •    Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.

Required Qualifications:

• •    Bachelor’s degree in computer science or closely related discipline
• •    5+ years developing apps in Flutter
• •    11+ years Software development experience 
• •    Experience deploying mobile applications to Google Play (Android) and App Store (iOS)
• •    Expertise in unit/integration testing and mock frameworks for Dart
• •    Proficiency with Flutter Dependency Injection frameworks
• •    Strong knowledge of modern software development processes and methodologies
• •    Ability to work within a team and as a high performing individual contributor and leader in a fast-paced, agile environment 
• •    Proficiency with version control systems (Git, GitHub, GitLab, etc.) and collaborative development workflows

Preferred Qualifications

• •    Class III implantable medical device software development experience
• •    CI/CD and SDLC experience
• •    Using AI to help developer productivity
• •    Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

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

$127,300.00 – $254,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job Family:

Product Development

Division:

HF Heart Failure

Location:

United States > Atlanta : 387 Technology Circle NW Suite 500

Additional Locations:

Work Shift:

Standard

Travel:

Yes, 15 % of the Time

Medical Surveillance:

No

Significant Work Activities:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)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.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf