Software Engineer III (MUMPS/Cache/IRIS)

Responsibilities

• Develop key product features within existing large-scale enterprise applications and new strategic initiatives that will drive system and operational efficiencies, measure system performance, and provide “glue” for complex solutions.
• Participate in the full SDLC involving design, implementation, testing, & launching.
• Assist with the generation and analysis of business and functional requirements for proposed software solutions.
• Participate in architectural and database design discussions as they relate to product direction.
• Develop features completely including the front-end components and the backend systems.
• Design and implement changes to systems that yield higher performance and resiliency while achieving lower operations overhead.
• Own the delivery of an entire piece of a system or application, and serve as a technical lead on small to midsize complex projects.
• Work closely with other engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development.
• Build software solutions where the problem is not well defined. Design and define the interaction between the other component pieces.
• Consistently define and apply technologies, standards and software engineering practices, mentoring other team members.
• Contribute to the focus and effectiveness of the development team; tracking issues to resolution, monitoring the effectiveness of tasks, and providing status to the team lead.
• Raise long-term architecture issues within project.
• Conduct design and code reviews of multiple projects.
• Generate data for project planning, including task breakdown & estimation of work for a project.
• Competent in developing accurate estimates & risk assessments.
• Track status within the project as necessary.
• Communicate team and project status to project manager and director.
• May occasionally act in the Team Lead role.
• Act as the designated expert for owned application area(s).
• Contribute to the continued improvement of the organization’s development procedures by looking for opportunities for improvement and implementing solutions.

Qualifications

Developer Responsibilities:

• Create new and update existing Cache and Mumps programs in Clinical Laboratory System
• Analyze and resolve application issues.
• Define recommendations and implement solutions for Cache-based Clinical Laboratory system
• Develop Functional and Design specifications
• Develop and execute unit, system integration and user acceptance test plans
• Manage small-scale projects to completion

Technical Lead Responsibilities:

• Work with Customer to gain a comprehensive understanding of project stakeholders, requirements and high-level design.
• Work with Lead Business Analyst and Project Manager to ensure a uniform message is delivered to development staff and management.
• Explain requirements and design approaches to assigned developers.
• Provide direction and guidance to developers.
• Serve as a liaison between the Development teams and Customer.
• Field questions from Development teams and escalate to Customer Requirement Analysts when necessary.
• Attend and represent project daily stand-up meetings (Agile).
• Participate in design, code, and test plan reviews.
• Coordinate software and release management activities as needed.
• Monitor testing defects and ensure that the development staff is appropriately addressing open issues.

Work Experience

• 10+ years professional experience in software development.
• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented (OO) design patterns, distributed databases, and data modeling techniques.
• Minimum 5 years of experience working in the Healthcare industry
• Minimum 5 years development experience on large scale, multi-site systems
• Minimum 5 years of MUMPS/Cache development experience working on Cache and IRIS
• Minimum 5 years Cache Object Script development, beyond traditional MUMPS experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience with interface development and implementation. This includes HL7 v2.x, HL7v3, and Middleware integration expertise.
• Minimum 3 years developing and utilizing Web Services (SOAP and REST)
• Minimum 2 years web development experience including XML, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XSLT, Angular JS

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent professional work experience
• Master’s degree in related field (Preferred)