Principal Solutions Architect – Cloud & Engineering

Abbott • CA

124d • $128,000 - $256,000

About The Position

The Solutions Architect role at Abbott is critical in ensuring our systems are secure, resilient, and scalable, turning product vision into technical reality. You will define and guide the end-to-end architecture for ingestion, storage, analytics, and secure distribution of biosensor data. This role requires strong technical depth, a 360° platform view, and the ability to communicate solutions to both engineers and business stakeholders.

Requirements

• 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, Node.js, or Python).
• Deep understanding of database scaling techniques and API design.
• Strong background in API security and compliance best practices (OAuth2, OIDC, HIPAA, GDPR).

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain Lingo’s 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.

Benefits

• Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical 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.
• Career development with an international company.
• Recognition as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees