Sr Java Application Developer

About the position

The Sr Java Application Developer will perform a variety of programming tasks in support of the Big Data team within the VICTR department. This Sr Java Developer will be joining our team that builds and maintains large-scale clinical research data repositories, which contain data gathered from the EMR and across the clinical enterprise. We transform the data to make it more suitable for data mining and research, as well as build tools that allow researchers to explore and interact with the data. This person's main focus will be developing and maintaining applications that help researchers search and explore the data in our repositories. Our applications are continually evolving to incorporate more data sources and provide greater utility, requiring flexible software architecture and the ability to rapidly refactor/modernize. As a senior application developer, you will work with stakeholders to define specifications, as well as collaborate with peers to integrate systems and build shared codebases. Our goal is always to produce software befitting of a leading medical institution.

Responsibilities

• Interpret functional requirements and translate it to technical designs, features.
• Author and maintain documentation of the system, covering how custom-built solution(s) or vendors' product(s) are designed and built to integrate with existing systems and meet specific requirements in a consistent, coherent, and universal way to show and discuss the design and delivery of solution's IT capabilities.
• Leverage Best Practices to encourage the use of 'open' technology standards, global technology interoperability and existing IT platforms.
• Ensure the IT ecosystem interactions are optimized for maintainability, scalability, interoperable and secure.
• Serve as the technical lead between software development and product management. Be a trusted advisor through outstanding knowledge, ability. Mentor less experienced members.
• Participate in roadmap development exercises that anticipate future requirements, address technical debt, and incorporate new, advanced technologies and capabilities.
• Identify areas where organizational spend can be optimized or be most useful to advance program objectives or improve performance.
• Evaluate existing and proposed systems and recommend upgrades and/or modifications.
• Lead complex troubleshooting; analyzing problems; identify and locate the source of the problem; diagnosis problem and develop logical, reliable solutions; and design and initiate corrective actions.
• Continuously improve the automated and build process.
• Be an integral team player, which involves flexibility, cooperation, and communication.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or Software Engineering. MS preferable.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience as a hands-on, practicing java developer.
• Understanding on how to manage cloud computing resources - IaaS and PaaS.
• Ability and know-how to review and recommend secure applications and computing resources, data and users from threats and operational disruptions.
• Possesses strong critical thinking, problem solving, and effective decision-making abilities.
• Works independently on multiple issues or requests with conflicting priorities and timelines.
• Project planning, execution, and monitoring experience.
• Strong communication skills, capable of communicating to a variety of audiences with varying technical knowledge; articulate objectives, problem statements and success criteria.
• Facilitates meetings and discussions.
• Experience on complex projects involving extremely large volumes of data; preferably in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to refactor code due to upgrades, changes in architecture, or adoption of new tools.
• Positive attitude, confidence, and emotional intelligence.
• Required knowledge and experience: Java (Java 11+ preferred), JavaScript, SQL, Front end frameworks, Angular, React, Vaadin, Spring Boot, Hibernate, YAML, Tomcat, Nginx, Databases - Big Query, Postgres, Oracle, MySQL, Databricks, Experience creating and modifying data schemas, Cloud services - AD, key vaults, GAE, CI/CD solutions - Git, Jira, CircleCI, Liquibase, Kubernetes, Docker, Puppeteer, Azure, GCP.