Senior Technical Project Analyst
About The Position
Dimagi is looking for a Senior Technical Project Analyst (STPA) to join our US Health team. This position will be affiliated with our office in Cambridge, MA, but is also open to remote employment within the US. This is a 12-month fixed-term position with the possibility of renewal based on business requirements and mutual interest. The Senior Technical Project Analyst is an early-career technical delivery role focused on application configuration on Dimagi’s flagship platform CommCare. In this role, you will support one or more project teams working on the optimal design and development of applications built on our flagship platform CommCare for use by public sector partners across the United States. This position will support with the appropriate management and analysis of business requirements, translation of business requirements into technical requirements, timely implementation of technical deliverables as per specifications, testing and quality assurance of technical work, troubleshooting and issue resolution, and contribution to process improvement. You will be working in an agile environment alongside a dynamic, multi-skilled team of developers, engineers, public health, and project management specialists.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in a technical position, producing technical contributions for software solutions.
- Experience implementing requirements from different stakeholders and delivering against those.
- Must be technically savvy and enjoy the design and build process to create applications that meet business goals.
- Comfort using AI and documentation to seek answers and guidance and unblock progress on a range of technical tasks.
- Experience working in and coordinating with dynamic teams.
- Self-motivated, results-oriented team player.
- Demonstrated time management skills and the ability to work across multiple projects or tasks simultaneously.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage company and team member expectations through honest and timely updates.
- Excellent organization skills.
- Comfort in using Google Suite and Microsoft products, especially Excel
- Interest in making a social impact.
- Eligible to work in the United States
Nice To Haves
- Formal training in Computer Science or related disciplines, including through a degree program or dedicated training program
- Familiarity with the CommCare platform or similar workflow/data management tools
- Product management or software development experience (e.g., Python, Django, Javascript/jQuery, HTML5/CSS, Knockout, CouchDB, Postgres, etc.)
- Experience with systems integration and/or databases
- Data manipulation, visualization, or analysis experience (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI, R, Python, Talend)
Responsibilities
- Implement technical requirements as defined by clients and the project teams. As an "app builder," you will use the most advanced functionality of the CommCare platform to create complex applications that enable users to accomplish a range of tasks. On any given day, this might include tasks like building out the logic for a complex form, testing out rules that automatically update data, testing a new text message survey that goes out to community members or troubleshooting a tricky calculation.
- Leverage AI and technical documentation to investigate issues, generate hypotheses, and unblock progress, with an understanding of when human review and deeper system knowledge are required.
- Regularly communicate with other team members to ensure that the status of work is clear and that any roadblocks are known and can be addressed. This may include daily standups, periodic retrospectives, and weekly team meetings.
- Manage project quality throughout the software development lifecycle by ensuring that requirements meet specification and acceptance criteria.
- Thoughtfully analyze requirements to identify potential unexpected technical complications or unidentified opportunities.
- Create process and workflow mapping, diagrams, use cases, requirements, and other documents to support project implementation.
- Work closely with team leadership to continuously improve both project management methodology and technical strategy.
- Coordinate with counterparts on other teams to incorporate best practices across projects.
- Collaborate with other team members to implement complex requirements
- Examine patterns of system use and proactively identify possible improvements to the system, which will make for a better end-user experience.
- As necessary, dive deep into the system's structure and data to answer specific questions or investigate unexpected behavior.
Benefits
- 100% employer-sponsored medical insurance paired with a generous Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) fund
- Access to voluntary dental and vision insurance plans
- A 401K plan with up to a 4% employer match
- 30 days paid time off inclusive of holidays
- Unlimited sick time and excellent parental leave policy
- Home office setup and remote work benefit
- Professional Development Benefit
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through ComPsych
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
