Software Developer

Description

Position Title: Software Developer

Reports to: Director of Software Development

Location: Boston, MA or Remote, with possibility of up to 10% travel

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview: The Software Developer helps Partners In Health (PIH) deliver essential Health information System (HIS) solutions by collaborating within a small, agile, distributed engineering team to build and extend applications that directly impact health care delivery around the world. The person filling this role will have immediate opportunities to contribute to open-source projects, to take a visible role in open-source communities, and to see their work in use and making a difference in clinics and hospitals. They must have a high degree of technical capabilities, with strong skills in at least one primary technology area (several preferred) and the proven ability to learn and develop expertise in new areas. Primary technology areas include Java (J2EE, Spring), JavaScript (React preferred), and batch and streaming data processing pipelines (SQL, Flink). The Software Developer works either remotely or on-site on a dynamic team based out of the Boston, MA office, and may be asked to travel periodically to collaborate directly with colleagues at PIH care delivery sites.

Responsibilities:

• Develop new capabilities for Health Information Systems at PIH, primarily focused on OpenMRS (https://openmrs.org/), which may include backend APIs and architecture, front-end UI/UX design and development, database design and SQL, integrated tools for data exchange, ETL, data warehousing, and analytics, and support of DevOps, deployment, and system implementation requirements.
• Follow best practices for agile software development, participating in daily stand-ups, bi-weekly sprint planning and retrospectives, and other team meetings
• Follow best practices of software engineering, including test-driven development, code-review and pull request processes, following and establishing coding standards, and all aspects of documentation
• Contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle as appropriate and required, including analysis and design, development, configuration, code-review, testing, documentation, deployment, and system administration.
• Provide technical support to system implementations, including bug fixing, application troubleshooting, and system administration.
• Collaborate closely and regularly with all global colleagues; share expertise and support capacity-building of colleagues; Travel to PIH-supported project sites as needed to enhance collaboration and build local capacity.

  Qualifications:

  • Applied and demonstrable knowledge and experience in at least one, and preferably several, of the following core technologies:
    • Java/J2EE web application development (Tomcat, MySQL, Spring, Hibernate preferred)
    • JavaScript (ReactJS experience preferred)