Software Engineer

Abbott • Lake Forest, IL

111d • $60,000 - $120,000

About The Position

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. The Software Engineer role is within our CMI business unit, where our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. A Software Engineer II is a mid-level developer/programmer who works primarily as a contributor on a diverse Scrum team by participating in the development process of web-based and other software applications that are data-centric in nature and that operate using a database server back-end. This position requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work as a cooperative team member to achieve team goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field required or 2 or more years of experience directly related to the RALS platform
• 2 or more years of production quality software engineering & coding

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated proficiency with C# or other object-oriented language in a production level environment
• Experience with web development
• SQL database (capable of crafting query scripts)
• Familiarity with software version control (git or equivalent)
• Software development lifecycle management (TFS or similar)

Responsibilities

• Assist in development of multi-tiered software applications
• Participate in the design and requirement gathering for adding new features and functionality into an existing system
• Debug and determine fixes for identified software defects
• Unit test implemented software to ensure the individual unit meets applicable software requirements
• Assist in integration testing of multiple compiled units to ensure compilation meets applicable software requirements
• Successfully work with others on a highly integrated Agile/Scrum team

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees