Interoperability Engineer

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. 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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit – an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Staff Interoperability Engineer is a senior technical resource responsible for advancing interoperability initiatives within Abbott Diabetes Care while supporting our mission to improve patient outcomes and become the most connected CGM in the market. This role ensures seamless, secure, and standards‑based data exchange between medical devices, clinical systems, and external healthcare platforms while meeting regulatory, safety, and quality requirements.

The Staff Interoperability Engineer partners across engineering, product, commercial, and quality teams to influence strategy, architecture decisions, and resolve complex cross‑system challenges. The role serves as a subject matter expert in healthcare interoperability standards and plays a critical role in enabling scalable, compliant, and patient‑safe connectivity solutions that support both current products and future innovation.

• Design scalable, secure, and standards‑compliant interoperability solutions.
• Develop and enforce architectural best practices for clinical and administrative data exchange.
• Facilitate and lead detailed HL7 v2, HL7 CCD/CDA and FHIR interface mapping for use case scenarios.

• Lead the development and deployment of APIs, data pipelines, and integration services for real‑time and batch data exchange.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, 21st Century Cures Act, and other healthcare data privacy and security regulations.
• Provide hands‑on support for complex integration challenges and guide teams through technical decision‑making.
• Provide operational support for interoperability services, including participation in an on‑call rotation to diagnose, resolve, and prevent production integration issues.

• Partner with EHR vendors, health systems, payers, and third‑party developers to ensure seamless data interoperability.
• Support internal teams with technical and quality documentation, training, and onboarding for interoperability tools.
• Monitor and optimize system performance, reliability, and data quality across integrations.
• Mentor and support junior engineers through code reviews, knowledge sharing, and technical guidance.

• Successfully delivered multiple production grade EHR Interoperability solutions and services designed for scale.
• Demonstrated ability to implement healthcare standards‑based solutions that integrate effectively into real‑world clinical environments.
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross functional teams including software engineering, product, commercial and quality.
• Deep understanding of healthcare data standards and frameworks such as HL7 v2/v3, FHIR, DICOM, IHE, etc.
• Practical understanding and effective use of healthcare middleware and integration platforms.

• Bachelor’s degree in science,…