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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.     <h2>JOB DESCRIPTION:</h2><div><div>Senior Software Engineer (Backend) </div><div>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:<ul><li>Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.</li><li>Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.</li><li>An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.</li><li>Tuition reimbursement, the <a href="https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html" target="_blank">Freedom 2 Save</a> student debt program, and <a href="https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html" target="_blank">FreeU</a> education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.</li><li>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.</li><li>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.</li></ul>ABOUT LINGO Lingo is building a cuttingedge digital health platform that fuses continuous biosensor data, highperformance backend engineering, and advanced analytics to help people live healthier, longer, fuller lives. Our systems process massive volumes of realtime data, and the backend is the heartbeat that transforms biosensor signals into actionable health insights for our users. </div><div>THE OPPORTUNITY We’re seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to design, build, and optimize Lingo’s backend systems, ensuring they are scalable, resilient, and secure. You will play a pivotal role in implementing highperformance APIs, eventdriven services, and data integrations across our global deployments. In this role, you’ll work closely with Product, Mobile, Platform/SRE, and Data/ML teams to deliver robust cloudnative services, troubleshoot complex issues, and continuously improve reliability and developer experience. You’ll contribute your expertise to architecture discussions, lead implementation of key projects, and mentor junior engineers in best practices. </div><div>WHAT YOU’LL DO </div><div><ul><li>Design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices and APIs for realtime biosensor data processing. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Implement eventdriven integrations with messaging/streaming systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ) and analytics pipelines. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Collaborate with SRE to ensure observability, performance, and operational excellence across backend services. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Participate in architecture and design reviews, contributing to decisions on service boundaries, data models, and communication patterns. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Optimize backend services for low latency, high throughput, and cost efficiency. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Apply privacybydesign and security standards in line with HIPAA/GDPR compliance requirements. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Write clean, maintainable, and testable code; establish and uphold engineering standards within the team. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing sessions. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to incident response and postmortem analysis. </li></ul></div><div> </div><div>REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS </div><div><ul><li>5-8 years of backend engineering experience with distributed, cloudnative systems. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Strong skills in microservices architecture and API design (REST; familiarity with GraphQL/gRPC is a plus). </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Experience with Kubernetes in production environments and familiarity with service mesh concepts. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Handson proficiency with messaging/streaming systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Programming expertise in backend languages such as Java, Kotlin, Python. </li></ul></div></div><div><div><ul><li>Knowledge of secure coding practices and compliance requirements (HIPAA, GDPR, or similar). </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Solid understanding of performance optimization, scalability patterns, and async data processing. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Strong collaboration and communication skills; ability to work crossfunctionally with other engineering and product teams. </li></ul></div><div>PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS </div><div><ul><li>Experience integrating backend services with analytics and machine learning pipelines. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Exposure to API gateways, authentication/authorization patterns, and rate limiting strategies. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Background in digital health, IoT, or other missioncritical platforms. </li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) and infrastructureascode tooling (Terraform, Helm). </li></ul></div><div>LINGO CULTURE Customerfirst, qualitydriven, growthminded, and united. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll contribute directly to delivering secure, reliable, and scalable features, helping teams ship innovative health technology quickly and with confidence. Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: <a href="http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx" target="_blank">www.abbottbenefits.com</a>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 <a href="http://www.abbott.com/" target="_blank">www.abbott.com</a>, on Facebook at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Abbott" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/Abbott</a>, and on Twitter @AbbottNews.</div></div>     The base pay for this position is $100,000.00 – $200,000.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. <h2>JOB FAMILY:</h2>Product Development     <h2>DIVISION:</h2>LNGO Lingo        <h2>LOCATION:</h2>United States > Alameda : 2901 Harbor Bay Parkway     <h2>ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:</h2>     <h2>WORK SHIFT:</h2>Standard     <h2>TRAVEL:</h2>Yes, 5 % of the Time     <h2>MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:</h2>No     <h2>SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:</h2>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. 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Sr. Software Engineer (Backend) - Alameda

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