Staff Mobile Engineer, iOS

Abbott • Alameda, CA

9d • $114,000 - $228,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Abbott is hiring a Staff Mobile Engineer, iOS for Lingo, its biosensing technology that tracks biomarkers such as glucose, ketones, and lactate. The role is onsite in Alameda, California. The engineer will lead the design and development of Lingo’s iOS applications and shared platform components, set architectural direction, raise engineering standards, and own large initiatives from concept through production.

The position calls for deep, hands-on iOS expertise and modern Swift architecture experience, combined with technical leadership and the ability to address both performance-critical features and broader product and engineering needs. The engineer will work with product managers, architects, Platform Engineering, and other stakeholders to shape technical designs, lead discovery, and guide Lingo’s long-term iOS strategy. A major focus is leading the consumer app’s transition from React Native to fully native iOS while maintaining feature parity and stability.

The role includes developing sophisticated features and platform components; improving performance, reliability, and scalability; establishing architecture and modularization standards; managing CI/CD, builds, releases, configurations, and observability; troubleshooting production issues; and integrating AI/ML capabilities with attention to privacy, security, and performance. The position also involves collaboration with a globally distributed engineering team across the US, Spain, and India. Travel is listed as 10% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 8 years of professional iOS engineering experience, including significant experience leading architecture and technical direction for production consumer applications.
• Expert proficiency in Swift and modern iOS development, including SwiftUI and architectural patterns such as MVVM, MVI, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of React Native sufficient to assess existing code, plan a native migration, and bridge React Native with native modules during a phased transition.
• Experience leading the full development lifecycle, including architecture, coding, testing, CI/CD, release management, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Experience partnering with backend teams to design efficient mobile APIs and offline-first solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead discovery and high-level design for technical initiatives.
• Experience promoting automated testing, code quality standards, and secure mobile development practices at an organizational level.
• Strong collaboration and technical leadership skills, including effectiveness across a globally distributed engineering team spanning the US, Spain, and India.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience leading or contributing to a React Native-to-native migration in a production consumer application.
• Experience in consumer health, digital health, or regulated industries where software quality and reliability affect end users.
• Experience integrating on-device or cloud-powered AI/ML capabilities into iOS applications, such as Core ML or equivalent.
• Experience with GraphQL.
• Familiarity with Bluetooth Low Energy protocols and mobile SDK integration for wearable or connected health devices.
• Experience building and maintaining shared iOS platform components, SDKs, or libraries used by other engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in designing and developing complex iOS applications and shared platform components, including SDKs, libraries, and tooling.
• Design and implement iOS application features and optimize app performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Define and drive iOS architecture standards using Swift, SwiftUI, Combine/async-await, MVVM/MVI, and modularization.
• Own large initiatives from concept through production and establish long-term iOS technical strategy, including modularization, CI/CD, build optimization, and observability.
• Manage code and configurations across environments and participate in release management and environment controls with Platform Engineering.
• Lead discovery and high-level design for medium to large projects; collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and define technical specifications.
• Troubleshoot business and production issues and promote crash analytics and performance monitoring.
• Integrate on-device and cloud-powered AI/ML capabilities while following privacy, security, and performance best practices.
• Lead the migration of the consumer mobile app from React Native to native iOS, including migration sequencing, architecture decisions, bridging, feature parity, and app stability.
• Assess React Native components and screens for migration complexity, define replacement patterns, and establish technical standards for the iOS team.
• Partner with backend teams to design efficient mobile APIs and offline-first solutions.
• Champion automated testing, code quality standards, and secure mobile development practices.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• 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 high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, an affordable and convenient path to a bachelor’s degree.
• Health and wellness benefits.

What This Job Offers

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