Engineering Manager, Cloud Software Platform Practice

Overview

In this role you will lead a cloud software engineering team building the platform capabilities that power Abbott's healthcare ecosystem. You'll shepherd cloud services, APIs, and data platforms, balancing delivery with long-term platform health. You'll partner with product and security teams to enable secure, scalable solutions for clinicians and patients. This is a chance to shape a regulated, data-driven digital health platform at a global company known for innovation.

Compensation / Benefits

• health coverage through HIP PPO in next calendar year
• retirement savings plan with employer contributions
• tuition reimbursement and education support
• FreeU education benefit for bachelor's degree
• recognized as a great place to work and for diversity
• employee development and international opportunities

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of cloud software engineers with coaching and growth opportunities
• Foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture with accountability for outcomes
• Support hiring, onboarding, and knowledge-sharing to strengthen capability
• Learn and improve Go-based healthcare platforms and design/implement cloud services
• Develop high-volume, low-latency services for a global platform
• Collaborate on API integration with partner systems and data sharing
• Work with Information Security to design secure solutions
• Ensure performance, reliability, and uptime while upholding engineering quality
• Contribute to architectural and operational decisions with Architecture and Platform leadership
• Balance near-term delivery with long-term platform sustainability and investments in quality, security, observability, and debt reduction
• Lead technical planning, design reviews, and engineering best practices across the Cloud Platform Practice
• Stay current with emerging technologies and advise on innovations that support business objectives
• Support regulatory compliance efforts including FDA requirements

Key requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum 8 years of related experience or 6+ years with a Master's degree
• Proven leadership experience and ability to coach engineers
• Experience supporting engineers across multiple product teams or matrixed structures
• Strong software engineering background with cloud-based or distributed systems
• Ability to coach problem-solving and mentoring across senior engineering levels
• Experience with asynchronous messaging and backend processing
• Experience with scalable, highly available architectures
• Ability to translate business goals into engineering priorities
• Strong communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfort with asynchronous work in distributed teams

• humility and curiosity
• accountability and service-minded leadership
• inclusivity and psychological safety
• Go-based platform development
• cloud platforms and API design
• asynchronous messaging and backend processing