Who we are:
The Association of American Medical Colleges is a not-for-profit association dedicated to transforming health care by supporting the entire spectrum of medical education, medical research, and patient care conducted by our member institutions. We are dedicated to the communities we serve and steadfast in our goal to improve the health of all. The AAMC strives to make a positive impact not only in your career, but in your life. We offer a comprehensive benefits package which features:
• Significant employer 403(b) contribution
• Public transportation subsidy
• Generous paid time off program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Wellness program that includes: discounted gym membership, onsite yoga and sponsored sports teams
Why us, Why now?
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering technical solutions for a portfolio of enterprise platform services through developing new functionality and completing upgrades to keep current with industry standards. Lead an engineering team by developing technical designs, serving as a mentor, and ensuring engineering best practices through daily code reviews and improving team processes. Collaborate with IT and business staff to troubleshoot bugs and performance issues, support infrastructure upgrades, and ensure solutions meet customer needs. Set direction of the team through identifying technical priorities and helping manage team's backlog.
How will you make an impact?
Lead development initiatives to deliver quality products that meet customers’ expectations.
Using the following technologies and methodologies, the Lead Software Engineer will provide progressive and best in class solutions to a variety of applications, restful services and data systems.
Perform detailed technical design, development and unit testing of custom applications and data flow in the context of projects, releases and production support.
Provide technical and business explanations and justifications for architectural, design, and coding approaches.
Will perform application and database performance tuning as well as participate in system documentation according to established standards.
The Lead Software Engineer will provide technical oversight and mentoring for AAMC product development team members by sharing insights into best practices for coding, design and architecture principles.
Responsible for code reviews and guide the team in the development, maintenance and defect resolution of code.
Conduct rigorous reviews to make sure the products and services required for major seasonal events are carefully tested and team is fully prepared to execute the playbook.
Collaborate heavily with fellow business customers, IT strategic partners, architects, business analysts, developers, and project managers to design solutions and solve problems.
Nurture and support a strong engineering culture with product focus, excellent technology, high quality implementations, self-motivated innovation and problem-solving.
Implement and maintain robust application monitoring practices and integrate it with the 24x7 IT Services Management processes.
Establish a mechanism to continuously collect measurements to monitor the effectiveness of application operations and develop plans for improvement.
Be available outside of regular business hours to support code deployments, implement IT maintenance and upgrades, and to respond to disruptions in application services.
What will you bring to the role?
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related scientific or technical discipline OR equivalent work experience
7 years of related work experience
3 years of experience managing a specialized program
6+ years of experience with the following: Java, JMS, JPA, Hibernate, Spring, Spring Data, Maven, CI/CD, Relational Database
2+ years of experience in leading a team of developers
Experience developing enterprise=level, multi-tiered applications
Experience with service-oriented architecture development and implementation
Strong knowledge of database design and data modeling principles (relational and non-relational)
Excellent problem-solving, design, development, and debugging skills
Experience with code reviews, coding standards, and practices to improve code quality
Experience implementing solutions that improve overall software engineer productivity.
Preferred Experience:
5+ years of experience with the following: Spring Boot, Oracle 19c, PL/SQL, Amazon Oracle RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, AWS ECS, AWS Cloud Formation, AWS SNS/SQS;
Understanding of security automation tools, such as Snyk;
Experience with JSON RESTful web service development;
Experience with monitoring tools, such as Splunk and New Relic;
Experience with code repository tools, such as GitHub;
Knowledge of feature management products, such as Launch Darkly.
Remote Work Eligibility
This position is eligible for remote work in the contiguous US
Compensation Grade Range and Mid-Point
Grade Range:$113,200.00 - $210,200.00/ Grade Mid-Point:$161,700.00
The above annual compensation range and mid-point are general guidelines. For candidates who meet the criteria, the AAMC's compensation philosophy is to target the midpoint of the salary range. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, as well as internal equity, market, and business considerations.
If a bachelor’s degree is required, related work experience may be substituted in some positions. One year of college course work at an accredited institution is equivalent to one year of related work experience.
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The AAMC is committed to the policy of an equal employment opportunity in recruitment, hiring, career advancement, and all other personnel practices. The AAMC will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, disability, past or current military service, or any other legally protected characteristic.
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