Software Developer, National Cancer Database

About the American College of Surgeons

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is a professional and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and improve the quality of care for surgical patients. The College is dedicated to the ethical and competent practice of surgery. Its achievements have significantly influenced the course of scientific surgery in America and have established it as an important advocate for all surgical patients. The College has more than 90,000 members and is the largest organization of surgeons in the world. For more information, visit www.facs.org.

Summary: This position will maintain, support and enhance the abilities of the National Cancer Database (NCDB) to share information in an accurate and flexible manner with its constituent clinicians and cancer programs. In addition, it will also work closely with NCDB and Commission on Cancer (CoC) staff to automate and convert existing applications into more updated, robust platforms, allowing more transparent and efficient management of data. This includes making recommendations for architecture and design of data processing infrastructure while providing ongoing maintenance, support and optimization of these applications and their databases.

This exempt position will report to the IT Manager, National Cancer Database in the Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care. It is based in our Chicago office and is a hybrid role: 3 days per week in the office/2 days per week remote.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $101,000 - $115,000 (commensurate with related experience).

Required Education and/or Experience:

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred, but not required.
  
  
• A minimum of 4-7 years of experience with database design, development, and analysis (Oracle, PL/SQL) is required. C# experience is preferred.
  
  
• A minimum 3 years Java application development experience on J2EE, preferably with an emphasis on developing and utilizing web services of Java Application Servers (JBoss, JRun, Oracle AS, JMS, Drools), as well as Apache Camel architecture, is strongly preferred.
  
  
• Firm understanding of relational database structure and processes is required.
  
  
• UI development skills using JavaScript, Sencha, JQuery, JSON, HTML, CSS, AJAX/RESTful a plus.
  
  
• Experience with work collaboration tools like Jira and Confluence a plus.
  
  
• Experience using CI/CD tools like: Jenkins, Subversion and Github is preferred.

Comprehensive Benefits:
We're committed to attracting and retaining top talent via valuable benefits!

• Vacation, personal, and sick hours including 13 paid holidays per year
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Medical-comprehensive coverage through BlueCross BlueShield
• Dental, Vision, and Prescription drug program
• 403(b) Matching Program
• Pension Plan
• Flexible Spending Medical/Dependent Care
• Employee Assistance Program
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Domestic Partner Coverage

The American College of Surgeons is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruitment@facs.org or call (312) 202-5000 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.