Principal Solutions Architect – Cloud & Engineering
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Job Location:
Alameda, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 128000 - 256000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Working at Abbott
At Abbott you can do work that matters grow and learn care for yourself and your family be your true self and live a full life. Youll also have access to:
Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
Employees can qualify forfree medical coverage in ourHealth Investment Plan (HIP) PPOmedical 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 bachelors degree.
A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity working mothers female executives and scientists.
The Opportunity
Our connected health platform securely integrates biosensor and partner data streams applying advanced analytics to empower millions of users with real-time personalized health insights. The Solutions Architect role is critical in ensuring our systems are secure resilient and scalable turning product vision into technical reality.
As Solutions Architect you will define and guide the end-to-end architecture for ingestion storage analytics and secure distribution of biosensor data. Youll serve as the bridge between product requirements and technical implementation ensuring alignment across backend data and cloud domains. This role requires strong technical depth a 360 platform view and the ability to communicate solutions to both engineers and business stakeholders.
What Youll Work On
- Define and maintain Lingos reference architecture for high-volume event-driven microservices.
- Model backend domains (ingestion analytics partner APIs user management) in alignment with domain-driven design (DDD).
- Collaborate with DBAs on database scaling strategies (sharding partitioning replication).
- Design and enforce secure API frameworks leveraging OAuth2/OIDC JWT and mTLS.
- Work closely with engineering teams to ensure API versioning SLAs and partner-facing requirements are consistently met.
- Conduct architectural reviews identifying scalability and security risks before they become blockers.
- Translate business and partner requirements into scalable technical blueprints balancing compliance (HIPAA GDPR ISO) and user experience.
- Research and pilot emerging backend and cloud technologies for potential inclusion in the stack.
Required Qualifications
- 8 years of solutions architecture experience in large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong expertise in microservices event-driven architectures and data modeling.
- Hands-on knowledge of modern backend stacks (Java/Kotlin or Python).
- Deep understanding of database scaling techniques and API design.
- Strong background in API security and compliance best practices (OAuth2 OIDC HIPAA GDPR).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing for multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
- Previous role as principal engineer or solutions architect in a scaled platform environment.
- Familiarity with multiple cloud providers (Azure AWS GCP) and hybrid architectures.
- Excellent communication skills to convey complex technical strategies to executives product managers and external partners.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is
$128000.00 $256000.00In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Product Development
DIVISION:
LNGO Lingo
LOCATION:
United States > Alameda : 1360-1380 South Loop Road
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes 10 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
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Staff IC
Key Skills
- Kubernetes
- S3
- Google Cloud Platform
- Cassandra
- System Architecture
- Redshift
- AWS
- Cloud Architecture
- NoSQL
- UML
- Kafka
- Distributed Systems
About Company
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