The Opportunity
This position works onsite at our Alameda, CA location in the LINGO Division. Personalized healthcare is the future. Working on Lingo, you will help build a next-generation technology that enables individuals to make decisions about how to improve energy, lose weight or enhance athletic performance.
The Lingo team embodies a start-up culture and mindset with the backing of Abbott, a company with a rich history of healthcare innovation.
Join us and grow your career as you help Abbott shape the future of healthcare.
You will drive towards highly collaborative, cross-functional Agile Release Trains (ARTs) using Agile Scrum and Scaled Agile ceremonies and practices.
You will play a critical role in leading and driving program success, fostering continuous improvement, and acting as a binding agent that connects a team of teams.
You will ensure the Agile Release Train (ART) stays on course by facilitating ART events and processes. You will work closely with QA, Product, Security, DevOps, Architecture, and Software Development teams to deliver value and meet sprint goals.
You will be the master organizer of the agile teams’ workload and will define the agenda for and orchestrate the activities during and after each sprint planning session.
What you’ll do
Plan and lead ART ceremonies and events, such as the ART Scrum of Scrums, Quarterly (PI) Planning, and Inspect & Adapt (I&A) workshops
Work with Product Owners, Tech Leads, and other stakeholders to ensure strategy and execution alignment
Establish and communicate calendars for iterations and program increments
Facilitate program increment (PI) planning, PI planning readiness, Scrum of Scrums, system demos, system demo readiness, and other relevant ART-level syncs;
assist with PO sync meetings
Be responsible for the integration checkpoints across agile teams within the train along with Tech Leads
Take ownership of execution and delivery; be the single contact point for business teams to achieve communication efficiency and avoid confusion
Help manage risks and dependencies; escalate and track impediments
Required Skills
Personality & Collaboration
- Collaboration, KPI and Goals Driven technologist with automation mindset.
- Closely work with Engineering, Cloud, Product and Program Management Teams to define the roadmap and eliminate friction in the smoother progression of the release train.
- Strong affinity to platform engineering principles in providing everything as a service to Engineering and Cloud teams.
Compliance and Regulatory
- Collaborate with Abbott Quality and Regulatory teams in delivering the pipelines in compliance with FDA and other regulatory requirements.
- Work with Cyber Security team in ensuring the overall pipeline integrity and security is built ground up.
- Working experience with healthcare domain is preferred (but not required)
Technical Skills & Expertise
- Hands-on automation using one more of the scripting and program languages like Bash, Python or Go
- and configuration driven automation such as YAML, JSON,
- Experience with Azure Cloud and Azure PaaS services is preferrable.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible or Pupppet.
- Proficiency in containerization, orchestration and deployment technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes and Helm / Charts
- Experience in building CI / CD pipelines using Github, Github Actions / Workflow, Harness (harness.io) and other CI / CD tools.
- Experience building build infrastructure including Github Actions Runners, Harness, Harness Runners, etc.
- Experience building and automating release artifacts and process for Mobile Apps for iOS and Android
- Build, Package and Deployment Pipelines
- Internal and External Test Management (Google Play Console, Google Play Store and Apple Store)
- Experience building DevOps pipelines for Cloud Native, Microservices and WebApps across various cloud infrastructure and PaaS services
Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in Software Development, computer science, or a related engineering field.
Minimum of 7 years of relevant experienceas a release train engineer, or combination of a master’s degree in a related field with 5 years of relevant work experience.
Experience with Scrum project management, agile software development, and software version control management
Strong technical aptitude and experience leading teams in delivering quality software
Strong familiarity with ART product vision and experience
Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and tactical and leadership skills
Servant leader with strong interpersonal skills who can listen and support teams on problem identification and decision making
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Ability to lead and empower diverse product teams and influence technologists and tech leaders
Preferred Qualifications
Holds SAFe Release Train Engineer certification
WHAT WE OFFER
At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer :
- A fast-paced work environment where your safety is our priority (Include for Manufacturing roles only)
- Production areas that are clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled (Include for Manufacturing roles only)
- Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
- Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
- Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
- Paid time off
- 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
- The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities