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Software Engineer, Cloud

Abbott · IL · Remote available · $78,000–$156,000 a year · Full time

Posted Apr 29, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a production incident you helped fix. What did you learn?

What they are checking: Whether they stay calm, find the cause and help prevent it from happening again.

Tell me about a time you worked with mobile or device teams on a shared feature.

What they are checking: Whether they collaborate across the stack, which connected health products require.

What would you do

A teammate wants to push a quick fix straight to production. How do you respond?

What they are checking: Whether they respect change control in a regulated product while still solving the problem fast.

This role is remote. How do you keep your work visible and stay connected to your team?

What they are checking: Whether they communicate well enough to work remotely without causing surprises.

About the work

Abbott's diabetes products send glucose data to the cloud. What would you worry about most in building that backend?

What they are checking: Whether they think about reliability, accuracy and privacy for health data people rely on daily.

Walk me through how you'd design an API that receives readings from millions of devices.

What they are checking: Whether they understand scale, idempotency and handling bursts or late data.

How do you handle patient data securely in a cloud system?

What they are checking: Whether they know encryption, access control and HIPAA basics for health data.

How do you write tests for cloud services so you trust a deploy?

What they are checking: Whether they use unit, integration and automated checks that catch real problems.

What cloud platforms and infrastructure-as-code tools have you used?

What they are checking: Whether they have hands-on cloud skills for building and running services.

How do you monitor a service so you know about problems before users do?

What they are checking: Whether they build alerts and dashboards that catch issues early.

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The full job description

As published by Abbott.

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology. Working at Abbott 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. 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 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 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 This Software Engineer, Cloud position can work out remotely within the U.S . The Software Engineer, Cloud will work with a modern technology stack on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, leveraging internal and external APIs to support a large-scale system that processes billions of messages daily and serves users in over 25 countries. This role plays a key part in advancing solutions that improve the health and well-being of users worldwide. The ideal candidate brings a strong passion for software engineering, a commitment to continuous learning, and the versatility to thrive in a dynamic environment. This individual should also demonstrate leadership potential and a desire to help shape the direction of the team. In this role, the Software Engineer, Cloud will contribute to the design and development of scalable, highly available, efficient, and secure cloud-based solutions for a medical device SaaS platform. WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON • Design and implement services and components utilizing Go for cloud-based platforms • Collaborate with internal and external partners to develop and integrate with APIs that em power users to share and utilize their medical data in partner systems • Design and implement high-quality, scalable, and maintainable systems by developing robust, testable code and ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and uptime • Participate in all aspects of the software development life cycle for Cloud solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance collaboratively with Software Engineering • Implement systemic changes to align existing systems with current architectural goals • Create diagrams, flowcharts and models that illustrate the internal design and workflow of solution components • Build and manage internal tooling, APIs, and production systems, driving automation across build, release, and configuration processes to improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability. • Support company initiatives and complies with regulatory requirements by FDA and other relevant global REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering Mathematics, or related field • Minimum 6 years of professional software development experience in an Agile environment, including time spent in technical residency programs, or master's degree with 4+ years of related experience. • Strong Computer Science fundamentals and e xperience with software development • Eagerness to contribute beyond experience level ​ ​ • ​ Experience with Git for source control on a collaborative project • Understands Object Oriented Programming and design and building modular unit testable code • Understands the principles of designing, implementing, and maintaining highly complex asynchronous messaging and backend processing jobs • Understand s the concepts of Docker Containers and container orchestration services such as Docker Swarm , ECS, and Kubernetes . • Excellent written , verbal and listening communication skills • Experience working in an agile environment. ​ PREFFERED • E xperience with open-source, software development and system engineering. • Comfortable working asynchronously with a distributed tea m • Practical Knowledge of Linux • Practical experience and understanding of working with and developing RESTful APIs and microservices • Experience contributing to a scalable architecture/design of existing and new systems that are highly available and easy to maintain and monitor • Understanding and familiarity of Test Driven Development ( TDD ) • Experience working with relational datastores such as SQL Server, Postgresql , or MySql Apply Now 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. Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. #software ​ The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00 In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. JOB FAMILY: Product Development DIVISION: ADC Diabetes Care LOCATION: United States of America : Remote ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: United States > Alameda : 1360-1380 South Loop Road, United States > Bend : 1001 SW Emkay Drive, United States > Orlando : University Park Building WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday) Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans. 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