Sr. Software Reliability Engineer

Abbott • Pleasanton, CA

96d • $98,000 - $196,000

About The Position

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. We’re looking for a strong Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) who’s ready to roll up their sleeves and make a real impact. This is a hands-on role focused on designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable, reliable infrastructure that powers our life-critical medical device platforms. If you thrive in complex environments, enjoy solving infrastructure challenges, and are passionate about building systems that are both resilient and compliant with healthcare regulations—this is the role for you. As a Senior SRE, you’ll work closely with engineering, QA, cybersecurity, and regulatory teams to ensure our systems meet the highest standards of availability, performance, and compliance. You’ll also play a key role in on-call production support, helping monitor systems, respond to incidents, and drive continuous improvements in reliability and observability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.).
• Expertise in container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in regulated industries (medical devices, pharma, healthcare).
• Knowledge of FDA software validation processes.
• Experience with real-time monitoring and alerting systems.
• Certifications in cloud technologies or SRE practices (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Google SRE).
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks relevant to medical devices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain fault-tolerant infrastructure for medical device platforms across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Develop and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring, and incident response.
• Lead root cause analysis and postmortems, driving continuous improvement.
• Ensure systems meet regulatory standards (e.g., HIPAA, FDA CFR Part 11, ISO 13485).
• Implement and optimize monitoring and alerting systems using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Datadog.
• Partner with software engineers to embed reliability into application design.
• Work closely with QA and validation teams to support software verification and validation processes.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure secure infrastructure and data protection.
• Participate in cross-functional planning and sprint ceremonies to align reliability goals with product development.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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