Senior Software Developer

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Responsibilities:

• Analyzes, designs and coordinates the development of software systems.
• Responsible for developing new software and proofing/testing the development to assure production of a quality product.
• Develops new programs.
• Analyzes current programs and processes.
• Makes recommendations which yield a more cost effective product and better streamlined work flows.
• Defines and implements high performance software by leveraging a strong understanding of embedded hardware design.
• Supports team strategy in development approach.
• Iterates with team members around design and development.
• Provides technical support to other developers when project support is needed including the design of relational databases, client side programming strategies using the latest HTML, CSS and JavaScript frameworks.
• Determines and communicates the implications of system-level decisions on subsystems and components.
• Determines how best to mitigate or take advantage of these implications.
• Makes presentations to clinicians and hospital leaders.
• Observes work flow.
• Translates clinical problems into innovative healthcare solutions.
• Gathers business and application specific requirements.
• Ensures all requirements are met as well as maintained within defined project scope.
• Brings new ideas and industry solutions to healthcare for a unique application.
• Keeps up with industry trends both from Healthcare IT as well as from the mobile development application perspectives.
• Determines whether a particular problem is caused by hardware, operating systems software, application programs, or network failures and supporting as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.

Certifications:

• For Information Technology Division caregivers, ITIL Foundations certification is required within 6 months of position start date.

Complexity of Work:

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of 10 years of software development experience.
• Experience in healthcare software development strongly preferred.
• Offset: High School Diploma / GED or equivalent and 15 years of experience.
• Offset: Associate’s Degree and 13 years of experience
• Offset: If position is hired into the Digital Mobile Department, High School Diploma / GED or equivalent and a minimum of 5 years iOS and/or Android development experience required.
• Offset: If position is hired to support the ServiceNow technology, High School Diploma / GED or equivalent and a minimum of 5 years ServiceNow experience required.
• Offset: If position is hired to support Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP a minimum of 5 years Oracle experience required.
• Experience with: SOA development using SOAP and REST; mobile application development and associated libraries.
• Proven track record of enterprise architecture experience with large volume, high availability enterprise applications.
• Experience with Microsoft .Net Technology Stack and Relational Database Design.
• Programming languages: Microsoft C#, iOS Objective C, VBScript, Visual Basic, ColdFusion, Microsoft T-SQL, JavaScript, CCSS3, HTML5.
• JavaScript Frameworks: query, query Mobile, KnockoutJS, UnderscoreJS, YUI Compressor.
• Experience in interfacing with internal and external customers.
• Experience with hospital or medical systems preferred.
• Ability to manage time effectively, work autonomously and prioritize.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods.
• Ability to travel throughout the hospital system.
• Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment. 
• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures. 

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

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