Principle I - Software Engineering - Digital Health

Responsibilities:

Build applications ensuring that the code follows latest coding practices and industry standards

Works closely with designers to develop the business logic and backend systems to align to the user experience

Work closely with other developers and QAs to understand the system end-to-end

Write unit, integration tests and functional automation

Develop high quality, well documented, and efficient  code

Challenge ideas and opinions to avoid pitfalls and inefficient solutions

Build using modern design patterns and architectural principles

Support Digital Product Manager in defining future stories and tech lead in defining technical designs

Key Skills

5-8 years of experience of CMS systems, Drupal, Acquia Products ( Acquia Cloud, ACSF, Site Studio) and their interconnections with the ability to connect the business value they provide

Comfortable working in SaaS and cloud native environments, container, and virtualization technologies and has a deep understanding of cloud computing technologies/platforms (AWS) 

Familiar with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile Development, DevOps (e.g., CI/CD processes), and Scrum

Experienced in building and maintaining reliable and fast modern web applications

Experience in designing, developing, and running large scale distributed systems focusing on availability, observability, API design, and performance

Experience with Enterprise grade messaging systems

Basic understanding of relational databases

Proficiency in systems design

Ability to draft business problems into technical solutions

Proficient in latest development technologies

Proficient in HTML, Java script, CSS, Node.js, REST APIs, Ruby-on-Rails, GitHub

Experienced with BDD, TDD

Experienced with Jira, Confluence, others

Experienced in pair programming, continuous integration, test-driven development, and incremental design

Experienced in code refactoring, design patterns, design-driven development, continuous deployment, highly scalable applications, and application security

Ability to contribute to story authoring and refinement, incl. acceptance criteria, definition of done, and possible edge cases

Behavioral

High energy and passionate individual who inspires teammates to reach their maximum potential

Excited about trying new solutions with brave attitude and willing to challenge status quo

Passionate to learn new technologies and strives towards cross-functional development

Ability to coordinate between geographically distributed development teams

Leadership

Communicate technical information clearly to non-technical team members and stakeholders

Able to motivate and inspire team members, create a positive work environment, and foster collaboration

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