Senior Web/Front-End Developer

Senior Web/Front-End Developer job at Abbott | Abbott Careers

• Act as a technical leader, providing guidance on architectural direction, best practices, and engineering standards
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to integrate with APIs that empower users to share and utilize medical data
• Mentor teammates to strengthen the team’s technical capabilities and foster continuous improvement
• Bring a forward-looking perspective, evaluating emerging technologies and recommending opportunities for innovation
• Translate complex designs and wireframes into high-quality, maintainable code
• Optimize components for maximum performance across platforms
• Develop new user-facing features using React.js in a cloud-native environment
• Design and implement unit-testable, maintainable code following modern engineering principles
• Work directly with InfoSec teams to design secure software solutions and incorporate best practices
• Ensure performance, uptime, and scale while maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful architecture
• Contribute to significant architectural and operational decisions that shape the future of the platform
• Create documentation, diagrams, flowcharts, and models illustrating internal design and workflow of solution components
• Contribute to reusable, scalable components and front-end libraries for long-term use
• Collaborate as an engaged member of an Agile team throughout development, testing, and delivery

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related engineering discipline or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience, including leading decision on complex projects
• Demonstrated experience providing technical guidance or mentorship to other engineers
• Hands-on experience developing production front-end applications using React, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Deep understanding of React, Typescript and JavaScript
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and make strategic recommendations for platform evolution
• Practical experience and understanding of working with RESTful APIs and microservices
• Proven experience using, contributing to, and extending design systems and Figma design tokens
• Highly motivated to learn new software skills to meet goals and objectives
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and high attention to detail
• Demonstrated track record of working well with others in cross-functional roles in fast-paced and changing environments, including asynchronously with distributed teams
• Experience conducting effective and collaborative code reviews with colleagues

• Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit
• FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree

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