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Senior Architect Engineering Platforms

AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Full time · Information Technology

Posted Jun 12, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about a platform standard you created that teams actually adopted. What made it work?

What they are checking: Whether they know how to drive adoption rather than just publishing standards.

Describe a time you worked across infrastructure, security and engineering teams to solve a platform problem.

What they are checking: Whether they can lead cross-functional work at the department level.

What would you do

A product team wants to use its own CI tool instead of the standard platform. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can balance standardization with flexibility and win adoption through value.

The security team wants stricter pipeline gates, and developers complain builds are already too slow. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can find solutions that improve security without hurting delivery.

How would you handle a major outage of a shared CI/CD platform that blocks all teams from deploying?

What they are checking: Whether they can lead incident response and design for resilience afterward.

About the work

Walk me through how you would design a DevSecOps platform covering GitHub, CI/CD, JFrog artifact management and AWS.

What they are checking: Whether they can design an integrated platform rather than a collection of separate tools.

How would you roll out AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code across many engineering teams safely?

What they are checking: Whether they consider security, data protection and governance alongside developer productivity.

How do you measure whether your engineering platform is improving developer experience and delivery speed?

What they are checking: Whether they use meaningful metrics like lead time and deployment frequency, not just tool counts.

How would you build software supply chain security into the platform, such as signing and dependency controls?

What they are checking: Whether they understand modern threats to the build pipeline and how to defend against them.

How do you align platform roadmaps with enterprise architecture and product management priorities?

What they are checking: Whether they can connect platform work to business strategy.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

As a Senior Architect Engineering Platforms and domain expert, drives functional performance by designing and implementing enterprise engineering platform solutions that enable secure, scalable, and efficient software delivery. Responsible for defining and evolving DevSecOps capabilities and architecture across source control, CI/CD, artifact management, cloud platforms, and AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub, AWS, JFrog, Claude Code, Open Code). Accountable for aligning engineering platforms with Enterprise Architecture and ensuring integration across technology domains. Acts at group, department, and cross-functional levels to establish standards, drive adoption, and improve developer experience, delivery velocity, and security posture. Collaborates closely with Engineering, Product Management, Security, and Infrastructure teams to ensure platform capabilities align to product roadmaps, business priorities, and long-term enterprise strategy. Responsibilities: • Develops and drives engineering platforms and DevSecOps strategy in alignment with enterprise architecture, product roadmaps, and business objectives. • Collaborates with Product Management, engineering, and security stakeholders to align platform capabilities with product needs, ensuring seamless integration into development workflows. • Leads the design and governance of end-to-end DevSecOps architecture, integrating GitHub, AWS, JFrog, security tooling, and AI-assisted development platforms. • Defines and enforces standards for CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, software supply chain security, and cloud engineering practices. • Ensures the quality and effectiveness of major platform initiatives through sound architectural design, early risk identification, and implementation of mitigation strategies. • Advances technical expertise by mentoring engineers and architects, promoting the adoption of modern engineering practices and platform capabilities. • Sources and evaluates emerging technologies in DevSecOps, cloud platforms, and AI-assisted development, integrating relevant advancements into enterprise strategy. • Applies innovation by designing and implementing scalable platform solutions that improve developer productivity, software quality, and security outcomes. • Shapes and manages relationships with vendors (e.g., GitHub, AWS, JFrog) and external partners to align capabilities with enterprise needs and drive value. • Ensures adherence to corporate standards, including security, compliance (e.g., GxP), and data protection requirements. • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field with 9 years’ experience; Master's Degree with 8 years’ experience; PhD with 4 years’ experience. • Experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or DevSecOps in enterprise environments. • Deep expertise in engineering platforms and tooling, including GitHub, AWS, JFrog, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code. • Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, including secure software supply chain, vulnerability management, and policy-driven controls. • Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Open Code) and their application in engineering workflows. • Proven ability to design and implement enterprise-scale platform architectures and drive cross-functional adoption. • Demonstrated ability to collaborate with Product Management to align platform capabilities with product strategy and delivery needs. • Strong influencing skills and ability to work effectively across diverse teams and senior stakeholders. • Proven track record of improving engineering delivery outcomes, developer productivity, and security posture. Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​ • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of thisposting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location,and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​ • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​ • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs. ​ Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission,incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless anduntil paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html

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