Senior Architect Engineering Platforms
AbbVie
August 16, 2026
Remote friendly (North Chicago, IL)
United States
$141,500 - $268,500 USD yearly
IT
Responsibilities:
- Develop and drive engineering platforms and DevSecOps strategy aligned with enterprise architecture, product roadmaps, and business objectives.
- Collaborate with Product Management, engineering, and security stakeholders to align platform capabilities with product needs and integrate into development workflows.
- Lead design and governance of end-to-end DevSecOps architecture integrating GitHub, AWS, JFrog, security tooling, and AI-assisted development platforms.
- Define and enforce standards for CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, software supply chain security, and cloud engineering practices.
- Ensure quality and effectiveness of major platform initiatives via architectural design, early risk identification, and mitigation.
- Mentor engineers and architects; promote modern engineering practices and platform capabilities.
- Source and evaluate emerging DevSecOps, cloud, and AI-assisted development technologies and integrate relevant advancements.
- Design scalable platform solutions that improve developer productivity, software quality, and security.
- Manage relationships with vendors/partners (e.g., GitHub, AWS, JFrog) to align capabilities with enterprise needs.
- Ensure adherence to security, compliance (e.g., GxP), and data protection requirements.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (9 years) / Master’s (8 years) / PhD (4 years) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Enterprise experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or DevSecOps.
- Deep expertise with engineering platforms and tooling: GitHub, AWS, JFrog, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code.
- DevSecOps experience including secure software supply chain, vulnerability management, and policy-driven controls.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Open Code).
- Ability to design and implement enterprise-scale platform architectures and drive cross-functional adoption.
- Ability to collaborate with Product Management to align capabilities with product strategy and delivery needs.
- Strong influencing skills across diverse teams and senior stakeholders.
- Track record improving delivery outcomes, developer productivity, and security posture.
- Develop and drive engineering platforms and DevSecOps strategy aligned with enterprise architecture, product roadmaps, and business objectives.
- Collaborate with Product Management, engineering, and security stakeholders to align platform capabilities with product needs and integrate into development workflows.
- Lead design and governance of end-to-end DevSecOps architecture integrating GitHub, AWS, JFrog, security tooling, and AI-assisted development platforms.
- Define and enforce standards for CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, software supply chain security, and cloud engineering practices.
- Ensure quality and effectiveness of major platform initiatives via architectural design, early risk identification, and mitigation.
- Mentor engineers and architects; promote modern engineering practices and platform capabilities.
- Source and evaluate emerging DevSecOps, cloud, and AI-assisted development technologies and integrate relevant advancements.
- Design scalable platform solutions that improve developer productivity, software quality, and security.
- Manage relationships with vendors/partners (e.g., GitHub, AWS, JFrog) to align capabilities with enterprise needs.
- Ensure adherence to security, compliance (e.g., GxP), and data protection requirements.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (9 years) / Master’s (8 years) / PhD (4 years) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Enterprise experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or DevSecOps.
- Deep expertise with engineering platforms and tooling: GitHub, AWS, JFrog, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code.
- DevSecOps experience including secure software supply chain, vulnerability management, and policy-driven controls.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Open Code).
- Ability to design and implement enterprise-scale platform architectures and drive cross-functional adoption.
- Ability to collaborate with Product Management to align capabilities with product strategy and delivery needs.
- Strong influencing skills across diverse teams and senior stakeholders.
- Track record improving delivery outcomes, developer productivity, and security posture.