Senior Software & AI Engineer

Abbott • Sylmar, MD

19h • $90,000 - $180,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Software & AI Engineer works onsite in Sylmar, California, within Abbott’s Cardiac Rhythm Management business. Abbott’s Cardiac Rhythm Technologies organization develops technologies intended to improve treatment of heart arrhythmias. The engineer contributes to designing, developing, and deploying regulated medical software, focusing on cloud-based processing and artificial intelligence solutions that support clinical decision-making using data from Abbott implantable medical devices.

The role involves building scalable software systems and Azure cloud infrastructure, developing data engineering pipelines for AI model training and validation, and integrating AI and machine learning models into production software. The engineer collaborates across disciplines to deliver compliant, high-quality software for regulated medical devices. The position calls for hands-on software development, sound design and architecture judgment, communication skills, adaptability to evolving or ambiguous requirements, and a willingness to learn about the clinical and healthcare domain.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related science or engineering discipline.
• Hands-on experience with software development and coding.
• Experience using AI tools and technologies while maintaining ownership and accountability for outcomes.
• Commitment to continuous learning and growth in software engineering and architecture.
• Willingness to learn and adopt new programming languages, technologies, and development tools.
• Interest in developing expertise in the clinical and healthcare domain in addition to software development.
• Ability to work effectively with evolving or ambiguous requirements and contribute to solution design.
• Strong understanding of software design and architecture principles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, develop, and test highly scalable software systems that support critical clinical decision-making.
• Build, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure.
• Develop and maintain data engineering pipelines that support AI model training and validation.
• Integrate AI and machine learning models into production-grade software applications.
• Collaborate across disciplines to deliver compliant, high-quality software solutions for regulated medical devices.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• Eligible employees may qualify for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• Retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, offering a path to a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior