Hybrid Principal iOS Software Engineer at 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 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 
This position works out of our Alameda, CA office in the Lingo Division. Working on Lingo, you will help build a next-generation technology that enables individuals to make decisions about how to improve energy, lose weight or enhance athletic performance. The Lingo team embodies a start-up culture and mindset with the backing of Abbott, a company with a rich history of healthcare innovation. We are seeking a highly motivated mobile software developer with 10+ years of experience capable of producing high quality code quickly. Should be well versed in several languages and with a strong interest in adapting to new technologies and rapid changes. Must have excellent communication, documentation skills, and familiarity with Agile development practices.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead the design and development of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) features and frameworks within our iOS applications.

• Architect scalable and maintainable Bluetooth communication layers, including peripheral and central roles.

• Write easy-to-understand code.

• Write unit-tests with the goal of 100% code coverage.

• Debug software issues.

• Analyze Crash Reports and debug code.

• Comment code when it helps others understand the logic.

• Avoid writing inefficient code and optimize at the end.

• Write high level documentation and encourage peer feedback.

• Identify hard to test code and offer alternative designs.

• Attend daily standups, task refinement, and retrospectives.

• Stay current with latest iOS version changes.

• Constantly share knowledge with other team members.

• Attend and participate in brown-bag meetings on various topics.

Required Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
•    10 plus years of relevant experience. 
•    Software languages: Swift, SwiftUI, C, C++, Objective C
•    Tools: Jira, Confluence, and Git.
•    Platforms: iOS, Watch OS
•    Technologies: BLE, NFC, SQL, REST, React
•    Deep understanding of Bluetooth stack internals, GATT profiles, and custom BLE services
•    Proven track record of shipping Bluetooth-enabled iOS applications at scale.
•    Strong understanding of multithreaded design principles.
•    Familiarity with both ad-hoc and App Store distributions.

Preferred Qualifications
•    Experience working in an agile environment.
•    Experience with obfuscation tools.
•    Experience with hardware profiling tools like sniffers.

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.

     

The base pay for this position is

$111,300.00 – $222,700.00

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

     

DIVISION:

LNGO Lingo

        

LOCATION:

United States of America : Remote

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

No

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

     

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.

     

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

     

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