Senior Software & AI 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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. 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

The Senior Software & AI Engineer position works onsite in Sylmar, California within Abbott's Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) business. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats. In this role, you will contribute to the design, development, and deployment of regulated medical software, with a focus on cloud-based processing and artificial intelligence solutions that support clinical decision-making using data from Abbott implantable medical devices.

What You'll Work On

• Architect, design, develop, and test highly scalable software systems that support critical clinical decision-making.
• Build, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure within the Microsoft Azure environment.
• Develop and maintain data engineering pipelines to support AI model training and validation.
• Integrate AI and machine learning models into production-grade software applications.
• Collaborate across disciplines to deliver compliant, high-quality software solutions for regulated medical devices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related science or engineering discipline.
• Hands-on experience with software development and coding.
• Experience using AI tools and technologies while maintaining ownership and accountability for outcomes.
• Strong commitment to continuous learning and growth in software engineering and architecture.
• Willingness to learn and adopt new programming languages, technologies, and development tools.
• Interest in developing expertise in the clinical and healthcare domain in addition to software development.
• Ability to work effectively in environments with evolving or ambiguous requirements and contribute to solution design.
• Strong understanding of software design and architecture principles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts.

What We Are Looking For:

• Has a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related science or engineering discipline
• Has spent a few years doing hands-on code development
• Knows how to use AI as part of your job, but can own the results
• Is continuously learning how to be a better software engineer and architect
• Is open to using new programming languages and tools
• Wants to proactively learn the clinical domain, not just the software domain
• Thrives when requirements are ambiguous, and wants to help design solutions
• Has opinions about proper software design and architecture, but is willing to listen to others
• Can explain your thinking clearly, both verbally and in writing

What We Are Not Looking For:

We don’t expect you to:

• Have 10+ years of experience using some technology that didn’t even exist until 5 years ago.
• Have 5+ years of experience using some technology that any competent engineer could learn in a month.
• Be able to grind out irrelevant LeetCode problems on a whiteboard when you’re nervous and under considerable time pressure.

Apply Now Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://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. Connect with us at abbott.com, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AbbottCareers.

The base pay for this position is $90,000.00 – $180,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.