Lead Software Engineer

About AbbVie
AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Allergan Data Labs is on a mission to transform the Allergan Aesthetics beauty business at AbbVie, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Our iconic brands include Botox, CoolSculpting, Juvéderm, and more. The medical aesthetics business is ripe for rapid growth and disruption, and we are looking for an experienced Lead Engineer to add to our high-performing team to do just that.

 

Our team has successfully launched a new and innovative technology platform, Allē, which serves millions of consumers, tens of thousands of aesthetics providers, and thousands of colleagues throughout the US. Since its launch in November 2020, Allē has delivered curated promotions, personalized experiences, and millions of consumers use it as part of their beauty journey. Now, we are looking for a Lead Engineer as we prepare to launch a new array of game-changing technologies on our successfully adopted platform.

 

We're looking for a Lead Engineer interested in working within a startup-oriented environment while having the backing of a very large company. If that's you, please read on.

 

As the Lead Engineer, you will report to the Software Engineering Manager and continuously collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to solve the most critical technical problems.

You Will

Champion code quality, reusability, scalability security and strategic software architecture decisions
Mentor software engineers utilizing proven design patterns and your experience building large scale public facing software
Conduct design and code reviews
Collaborate with Product and Project Management to take small ideas or concepts and turn them into high fidelity technical game plans and achieve the products and business goals
Care about who you work with and how work is done. We hire carefully and the entire team is given the opportunity to take part in evaluating potential hires
Relate to our core values (see below) and would like to contribute to a positive working environment and culture

Qualifications

Required Experience & Technical Skills

At least 8+ years as a Full Stack Software Engineer and 3+ years experience leading engineering teams
Adept at drafting, validating and implementing software systems architecture using modern development and deployment technologies and can speak thoroughly to their tradeoffs.
Experience organizing and prioritizing tasks with Product and Project Management for a team of 4+ Engineers
Strong experience with TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, and GraphQL
Experience with React, NextJS, and React Native (bonus) for iOS and Android
Experience with Microservices and Event Driven Architecture using AWS, Serverless, Lambda, Docker, and Kubernetes
Strong familiarity with data structures, algorithms and design patterns
Proficient with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and understand when to use relational and non-relational databases.
Proponent of code testing and familiar with the common frameworks for unit, integration and functional tests
Experience working with DevOps Engineers using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and CI/CD Pipelines.

Core Values

Be Humble: You're smart yet always interested in learning from others.
Work Transparently: You always deal in an honest, direct, and transparent way.
Take Ownership: You embrace responsibility and find joy in having the answers.
Learn More: Through blog posts, newsletters, podcasts, video tutorials, and meetups, you regularly self-educate and improve your skill set.
Show Gratitude: You show appreciation and return kindness to those you work with.

Perks

Competitive salary
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
401k with up to 8% company match
Unlimited PTO
An entire week off for the holidays
MacBook Pro and accompanying equipment to do great work
Attend a tech or marketing conference of your choice each year
On-campus restaurant and amenities

Significant Work Activities
N/A
Travel
No
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
IC
Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.