Abbott

Staff Architect, Partner Platform

Abbott
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3 days ago
Alameda, CA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$131k - $261k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end architecture roadmap for Lingo’s Partner Platform, including partner onboarding, data sharing, and data ingestion.
  • Define architecture principles, reference designs, integration patterns, API standards, versioning, and deprecation policies.
  • Architect secure external-facing APIs, webhooks, event streams, data pipelines, and integration frameworks for partner ecosystems.
  • Design consent, authentication, authorization, access-control, data-minimization, rate-limiting, and audit-trail models.
  • Define data contracts, schema management, normalization, data-quality controls, non-functional requirements, SLOs, and observability standards.
  • Guide API documentation, SDKs, reference implementations, and integration patterns including REST, event streaming, batch/file exchange, and mobile health platforms.
  • Lead architecture and design reviews, document technical decisions, assess platform risks, and drive technical-debt reduction.
  • Serve as the senior technical contact for partner integration discussions and assess partnership feasibility with Product and Partnerships.
  • Partner with Security, Privacy, and Compliance on HIPAA, PHI, GDPR, CCPA, and privacy-by-design requirements.
  • Work with the Product Manager on technical strategy, sequencing, and roadmaps while mentoring engineers on architecture, API design, and data engineering.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • Minimum 10 years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in an architect, principal, or technical lead role for API, integration, or data platforms.
  • Proven experience architecting external-facing APIs and developer platforms used by third-party partners or customers.
  • Deep experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, API gateways, and consent-based access models.
  • Strong experience designing data-ingestion pipelines and event-driven architectures with data contracts, schema management, and data-quality controls.
  • Production-scale experience with Azure cloud services such as API Management, Event Hubs, Service Bus, Azure Functions, and Data Factory, or equivalent technologies.
  • Experience designing systems that handle sensitive data under HIPAA, PHI, GDPR, or similar privacy frameworks.
  • Hands-on ability to prototype, review code, and engage deeply in technical detail.
  • Experience working effectively with distributed teams across time zones and strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Preferred experience building partner ecosystems in digital health, wearables, IoT, fitness, or consumer health technology.
  • Preferred familiarity with FHIR, HL7, Apple HealthKit, Google Health Connect, consent-management platforms, privacy-by-design practices, Kafka, API-management tooling, SQL, NoSQL, data lakes, and blob storage.

Benefits

  • Career development opportunities with an international company.
  • Employees may qualify for free medical coverage through the Health Investment Plan PPO in the next calendar year.
  • Retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
  • Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and the FreeU education benefit.
  • Work location is the Alameda, California office; standard work shift and travel is not specified.
  • Medical and wellness benefits supporting employees and families.

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Abbott

About Abbott

10,000+ employees

Abbott is a NYSE‑listed healthcare company that develops diagnostics, medical devices, nutrition products, and branded generic medicines for clinicians and consumers. Founded in 1888 and headquartered in Abbott Park, Illinois, it sells products in more than 160 countries, including the FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring system. Revenue comes primarily from product sales to hospitals, clinics, and retail channels.

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