Senior Engineer, Technology

Company Description

Abb Vie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at

Investigate, identify, and implement state‑of‑the‑art technology platforms that drive productivity and efficiency gains in multiple business areas. Act as a cloud application engineer in your area of expertise and critically evaluate relevant technological advances and integrate this knowledge into new business technology solutions.

• Directly involved in the design and operation of large‑scale cloud services (AWS), including troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Demand critical thinking skills, ability to quickly understand existing systems and work in agile environments.
• Build cloud‑native services using REST APIs, microservices‑based architectures, and containerized technologies
• Build high‑scale distributed systems and fault‑tolerant design
• Develop agile and test‑driven development methodologies
• Develop the software development lifecycle, including version control (git), CICD pipelines, testing, and regional cloud deployments
• Understand and adhere to corporate standards regarding applicable corporate and divisional policies, including code of conduct, safety, GxP compliance, data security, and the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct technology assessments and proofs of concept to evaluate emerging solutions for business needs.
• Implement security best practices and work with cross‑functional teams.
• Engineer platform‑as‑a‑product solutions supporting diverse tech stacks with developer‑first design and self‑service capabilities
• Integrate generative AI capabilities into enterprise applications, enabling intelligent automation and enhanced user experiences
• Implement Open Telemetry standards for comprehensive observability, distributed tracing, and performance monitoring
• Leverage AWS expertise to architect high‑performance, auto‑scaling solutions optimizing cost and reliability

• Bachelor’s degree with 6 years’ experience; master’s degree with 5 years’ experience;
  PhD with 0 years, experience in the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
• Strong hands‑on technology experience developing applications on AWS cloud
• Proven implementation of creative technology solutions that advanced the business.
• Experience working with Java or other modern programming languages
• A passion to learn new software technologies
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills.
• Experience conducting technology evaluations or assessments
• Technology certifications are strongly preferred, AWS certifications a plus.

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range.
  
  This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short‑term incentive programs.

Note:

No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

Abb Vie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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