Application Developer

Doctors Healthcare Plans • Miami, FL

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About The Position

The Application Developer designs, builds, enhances, and supports the business applications Doctors HealthCare Plans relies on, including web applications, internal tools, system integrations, and data processes. The role works across the software development lifecycle, from gathering and analyzing business requirements and translating them into working solutions to maintaining applications in production and responding to issues and outages.

The Application Developer participates in design meetings and works with business users, IT colleagues, and third-party partners to refine, test, and debug applications. Under the guidance of senior developers and IT leadership, the role follows established standards and practices while applying judgment and creativity to plan and accomplish goals. The position also handles healthcare data in accordance with security, privacy, and compliance requirements, including HIPAA.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related area is preferred.
• 2 to 5 years of application development experience; experience in healthcare or a related area is ideal.
• Working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the field.
• Skills in analysis and requirements gathering, application design, general programming and debugging, software testing and documentation, software development fundamentals and processes, problem solving and decision making, teamwork, and communication.
• Technical skills: ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Visual Studio, T-SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, REST APIs, web services, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Azure DevOps.

Nice To Haves

• Healthcare industry or related-area experience.
• DataConnect experience.
• EDI experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and deploy new applications and enhancements to existing applications.
• Maintain and support production applications, including websites, user interfaces, integrations, and data communication processes.
• Design and update application databases, stored procedures, and queries.
• Analyze user requirements and convert them into technical specifications and design documents.
• Install, configure, customize, and integrate commercial software packages with in-house systems.
• Build and maintain data exchanges and interfaces between internal applications and external partners.
• Respond to application issues and outages, and work with experienced team members on root cause analysis.
• Perform unit testing, participate in code reviews, and follow source control and release practices.
• Recommend improvements to application functionality, performance, and availability.
• Provide application support to internal customers and drive outstanding problems or issues to resolution.
• Compile timely, comprehensive, and accurate documentation and reports as requested.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with management, technical colleagues, and internal and external customers.
• Collaborate with and, when needed, coordinate third-party partners on business and technology initiatives.
• Follow security, privacy, and compliance requirements for handling healthcare data, including HIPAA.
• Keep up to date with technology developments relevant to the organization's application portfolio.
• Multi-task and change from one task to another without loss of efficiency or composure.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level