Abbott Informatics – Software Engineer

Job Description

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 107,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries

At Abbott, we're committed to helping you live your best possible life through the power of health. For more than 125 years, we've brought new products and technologies to the world––in nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices, and branded generic pharmaceuticals––that create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life. Today, 99,000 of us are working to help people live not just longer, but better, in the more than 150 countries we serve.

Abbott Informatics is a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories that develops and sells web-based laboratory information management systems - software used to manage the collection, processing, storage, retrieval and analysis of information generated in laboratories. We simplify the complexity of your entire product life-cycle management process. Easy-to-use and adaptable to your organization’s needs, the STARLIMS brand of lab informatics solutions support the rapidly changing data management needs across your organization. Our laboratory information management solutions can integrate with your current systems, while also identifying opportunities to improve processes so you can bring high quality and safe products to market faster.

Position Overview:

The Abbott Informatics Software Engineer we seek will be a Full-Stack Software Engineer who will be involved in the Design, Development, Maintenance and Support of STARLIMS software components including developing user interfaces, server-side logic and business rules.

Position Location:

• This position is located in Hollywood, Florida

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Primary function is to support STARLIMS software development and to participate in a team-oriented environment to develop user interface and data management applications.
• Provide technical capabilities for planning and implementing system installation upgrade configuration and related change control and verification activities for STARLIMS software and oversee execution within the area of responsibility.
• Provide day-to-day support including problem resolution and coordination of operational activities.
• Research & evaluate alternative solutions and make recommendations for improved system operations.
• Develop processes that lead to shortened cycle time makes major impact decisions.
• Devises new approaches to problems which vary from standard techniques and procedures.
• Collaborate with the technical manager to engineer customer driven solutions and to meet the market requirements.
• Execute software development life cycle activities from software requirements design and implementation through testing and documentation while maintaining compliance to the development plans and practices.
• Uphold coding and documentation standards for project and/or product and manage deliverables for area of responsibility.
• Define installation upgrade configuration and operating procedures for complex and multiple systems and support training and coaching of personnel on these practices.
• Understand business impact of supported systems establish and maintain technical support service levels and ensure that they are being met on a regular basis.
• Build and present reports and presentations to in and cross vertical developers.

Minimum Education Requirements:

• Computer Science or similar engineering discipline including Software Engineering Electrical

Engineering or Biomedical Engineering

Minimum Position Requirements:

• 4 years minimum working experience with the following languages and technologies:
  • JavaScript / HTML5
  • .NET / C# (or alternative backend technology)
  • SQL
    
• Good knowledge of OOP, basic algorithms and data structures as well as experience working under a modern agile based SDLC

Preferred Position Requirements:

• Experience developing functional REACT applications is a plus
• Front-end development experience is preferred