Abbott

Principal Platform Engineer

Abbott
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3 days ago
Minneapolis, MN, USA or Santa Clara, CA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$131k - $261k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and operation of cloud-native platforms on AWS.
  • Design and operate Kubernetes platforms using Amazon EKS.
  • Define platform standards, reference architectures, and engineering best practices.
  • Build and maintain cloud infrastructure with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code.
  • Implement GitOps and CI/CD practices for infrastructure and application delivery.
  • Develop reusable platform services, automation, and self-service capabilities for engineering teams.
  • Design secure cloud solutions using identity and access control, encryption, and secrets management practices.
  • Drive reliability, scalability, observability, and operational excellence across platform services.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and influence decisions across multiple teams.
  • Partner with cybersecurity, privacy, quality, and regulatory teams on compliance and audit readiness.
  • Support regulated healthcare and medical software solutions and comply with FDA, quality, and cybersecurity requirements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
  • 16+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 10+ years with a master’s degree in cloud architecture and enterprise-scale systems.
  • Hands-on experience with Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, and modern CI/CD practices.
  • Experience designing secure, highly available, scalable distributed systems.
  • Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams and influencing engineering decisions.
  • Proficiency with relevant development and system tools such as Java, C#, C++, Python, and Node.js.
  • Strong experience with DevOps, CI/CD, containerization, orchestration, infrastructure-as-code, and observability.
  • Preferred experience in healthcare, digital health, medical devices, life sciences, or other regulated industries.
  • Preferred experience supporting AI/ML and data workloads and working with FHIR, HL7, and DICOM.
  • Preferred knowledge of cybersecurity, secure software development, cloud security, FDA-regulated environments, and compliance frameworks including ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA/HITECH, FedRAMP, and NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
  • AWS, Kubernetes, security, or cloud certifications are preferred.

Benefits

  • Career development opportunities with an international company.
  • Potential eligibility for free medical coverage through the Health Investment Plan PPO medical plan 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.
  • Standard work shift with locations in Santa Clara, California, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • Travel required approximately 10% of the time.

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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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