Application Engineer- Hybrid

Lucent Health Solutions - Nashville, TN

Full-time

Nashville, TN

Management of Companies and Enterprises

About the position

The Application Engineer at Lucent Health plays a crucial role in supporting the application development process and maintaining existing applications. This position involves coding, designing, managing applications, troubleshooting, monitoring updates, addressing security threats, and providing end-user support. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain both web and mobile applications for Lucent Health.
• Collaborate with leadership to ensure applications align with the organization's goals and customer needs.
• Build-out entirely new applications or enhance existing applications based on provided architectural specifications.
• Oversee the performance of the applications to ensure they are running properly.
• Monitor cloud performance and troubleshoot anomalies.
• Attend daily standups and participate in discussions on current activities.
• Build out solutions based on task assignments.
• Monitor logs and dashboards to verify system integrity and operational performance.
• Carry out regular security and performance checks.
• Stay on track of the application lifecycle to ensure necessary updates are completed on time.
• Effectively communicate status updates to staff in a timely manner.
• Provide feedback on performance improvement or enhancement as identified.
• Support users by developing documentation and assistance tools.
• Keep up to date on the latest industry trends in software development.
• Adopt an automation mindset and skillset.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role.
• Proficiency in React, NodeJS and/or TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Knowledge within ETL scripting such as GoLang, Python or similar.
• Strong knowledge of backend development and relational database management (SQL/Postgres).
• Hands-on experience with AWS technologies (Lambda, EC2, RDS, S3, Transfer Family, CloudWatch, Cognito).
• Experience creating and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab is a plus).
• Demonstrated knowledge of Linux/Unix environments, Apache, Crontab.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and pods.
• Working knowledge of infrastructure scripting such as Terraform.
• Experienced in Git and issue tracking tools like Atlassian/Jira.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Extensive knowledge in using and writing RESTful APIs or requests to integrate various components and services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs.

Nice-to-haves

• A minimum of 5 years of comparable experience as an application developer.
• Deep understanding of SDLC core programming principles.
• Skilled in HTML, CSS and a JavaScript based language. Proficient in SQL.
• Understanding of server scripting and source control.
• Proficiency with project tracking software, such as Jira.
• Cloud architecture and resource use.
• Strong ability to influence and engage with key stakeholders.
• Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal and presentation skills and the ability to effectively interface with senior management and staff.
• Full Stack experience is a plus.
• Specialized training, certification or equivalent work experience preferred.
• Degree from an accredited school in computer science or related preferred.