RIA Programmer III

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia • Philadelphia, PA

3d

About The Position

Independent development, testing and implementation of translational informatics software and application solutions. Conceive, design, and disseminate (through multiple academic and non-academic channels) re-usable open source and proprietary software and application products. Evaluate, adopt and use multiple technologies to create innovative solutions that have a high impact on data-intensive clinical and translational research. Continuously learn about a wide variety of biomedical domains in order to translate domain requirements into high-impact technical solutions. Serve as a technical team lead in a highly matrixed research environment, including technical project lead on multidisciplinary teams including clinicians and biomedical researchers. Lead the development, evolution, and implementation of software development methodologies that are optimized to a biomedical research setting. Mentor junior staff, student workers, co-ops, and research trainees (fellows, post-docs). Interact directly with Hospital Information Solutions applications and technology staff to identify and implement optimal computing infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• At least five (5) years programming experience with progressively more complex projects. Required
• At least five (5) years experience in quality assurance, continuous integration and deployment, configuration management, or other aspect of software and application validation. Required
• Previous experience with continuous learning and adoption of new languages and frameworks Required
• Previous experience of staying current by evaluating and implementing the latest and greatest QA/CID tools and processes Required
• Expert knowledge of relational and/or non-relational database application development required
• Previous experience in data modeling is required.
• Must exhibit excellent oral, presentation, and written communication skills.
• Experience with continuous integration, containerization, and automated testing tools and processes is required.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree computer science, biomedical engineering, information science, or related field Preferred
• At least six (6) years programming experience with progressively more complex projects Preferred
• At least five (5) years developing, configuring, or customizing software in a clinical environment Preferred
• Expert knowledge of more than one of the following preferred: Python/Django, JavaScript/HTML (as used in Single Page Applications), Java, Objective C, Cache/Mumps, Scala

• Experience in healthcare and/or biomedical, genomic data management issues is preferred. 


• Experience with mobile application (native or web) on Android and/or iOS is preferred
• Working knowledge of Epic or other electronic health record workflows is preferred.
• Experience with Cache/Mumps
• Experience with health data application programming interfaces such as FHIR or interchange specifications such as HL7 is preferred.
• EPIC Certification - EPIC - upon hire - Preferred

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test software and applications.
• Write automated unit and functional tests of complex application logic while adhering to principles and best practices of containerization and continuous integration and deployment.
• Document code and generate appropriate technical and user documentation for software and applications.
• Manage all code, documentation, and issues in modern source control repositories.
• Manage large, complex projects and take responsibility for major components of larger research initiatives; assign work to junior staff, identifying, tracking, and reporting on tasks and deliverables against project timelines.

What This Job Offers

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