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Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.JOB DESCRIPTION:\nWorking at Abbott \nAt 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. You’ll also have access to:\nCareer development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. \nEmployees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. \nAn excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution. \nTuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. \nA 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. \nA 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. \nThe Opportunity \nThis position works out of our La Jolla location in the Cancer Diagnostics Division. \nAs an Software Engineer I, you will learn the basic concepts of all software components for Abbott Cancer Diagnostics. This role will contribute to the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software components with provided mentorship and training as you develop your software development skills. While you are developing professional and technical expertise, you will gain an understanding on how to resolve routine issues and problems. This role will work collaboratively on cross-functional agile teams to deliver high quality software.\nWorking on our Software Engineering teams, you will contribute to the development, enhancing, and sustaining of software systems in a cross-functional team environment through adherence to established design control processes and good engineering practices. You will contribute to the design and creation of engineering specifications for building software programs based on basic knowledge of information systems and determine what development methodology to use after documenting software requirements.\nEssential Duties\nInclude, but are not limited to, the following:\nContribute to the building of defined software features, investigating and fixing bugs, and writing tests related to basic software components with detailed instructions for all projects and work provided by leadership.\nWith general instruction, drive projects of limited scope to completion, resolving routine issue and problems within defined tasks.\nLearn basic concepts of quality standards, policies, techniques, and best practices.\nDevelop basic foundational theories, skills, and practices to accomplish work assignments of limited complexity.\nCommunicate status updates on individual project -based assignments to the project team.\nEstablish stable working internal relationships with peers, SMEs, and decision-makers.\nSupport and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.\nUphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.\nMaintain regular and reliable attendance.\nAbility to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Bioinformatics, or Engineering; or High School Diploma/General Education Degree and 4 years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree.\nBasic knowledge of software development and design, and relevant domain specific skills (see below).\nUnderstanding of object-oriented programming.\nRESTful web services, Relational Databases (Postgres, SQL Server, etc), and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate, Entity Framework, etc). \nDesigning and developing apps that access and or utilize cloud-based frameworks (e.g., Azure, Amazon AWS Services/SDKs, etc.).\nAgile development tools; including, but not limited to, JIRA, and COnfluence.\nDemonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.\nAuthorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.\nPreferred Qualifications\nNext Generation Sequencing data analysis tools and workflows.\nFamiliarity with object-oriented languages, such as Python (preferred), Java, .NET, or C++.\nThe base pay for this position is\n$81,500.00 - $141,300.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.\nJOB FAMILY:\nProduct DevelopmentDIVISION:\nONCO Cancer DiagnosticsLOCATION:\nUnited States > La Jolla : Torrey Pines Science ParkADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:\nWORK SHIFT:\nStandardTRAVEL:\nYes, 5 % of the TimeMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:\nNoSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:\nContinuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf","description_format":"text","description_chars":5536,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":4,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Prescription Drugs","Cardiovascular Devices","Diabetes Devices","Neurotech & Neuromodulation"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T23:39:27Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:early","comp:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":141300,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-laboratories-software-engineer-i","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-laboratories-software-engineer-i.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-28T06:27:45Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4497,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":503,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z"}}}