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About Duke Health Technology Solutions
Pursue your passion for caring and innovation with Duke Heath Technology Solutions, which is dedicated to the transformation, development, and management of enterprise information technology solutions across Duke Health.By harnessing the power of innovative technologies like cloud computing and artificial intelligence - and pairing them with a forward-thinking approach - Duke Health Technology Solutions is revolutionizing the future of health care at Duke Health and beyond.
Occupational Summary
Duke Health Technology Solutions is a robust, specialized division of Duke University Health System.
A 2018 'Most Wired' health system, Duke is nationally recognized for IT and information management as the first healthcare system to achieve the Davies Award - highest honor by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) - for inpatient, ambulatory, and analytics health information technology capabilities. Our employees are among the top-skilled IT experts in the Triangle and partner with leading scholars, clinicians, and researchers across Duke University and Duke Health to develop innovative technologies that support our mission of delivering tomorrow's healthcare today.
Job Description
This is a developer role under the DHTS Architecture Design and Innovation Hub Team. The Architecture Design and Innovation Hub team has the dual responsibility for doing the research, development, and delivery of emerging technologies, in addition to the responsibility of enabling our organization to leverage IT and automation best practices.
Essential tasks/responsibilities:
Level I
- Contribute to development tasks under guidance from senior developers.
- Assist in testing, documenting, and deploying new automation and innovation solutions.
- Learn and apply new frameworks, languages, and tools.
- Support research and prototyping for emerging technologies (AI, ML, Automation).
- Contribute to the maintenance and monitoring of production systems.
Level II
- In addition to Level I
- Independently design and implement components of automation platforms and innovative applications.
- Collaborate closely with architects and engineers on prototypes and pilots.
- Conduct deeper research into emerging technology use cases and best practices.
- Mentor Level I staff.
Level III
In addition to Level II
- Lead the design and delivery of complex, cross-domain pilot projects using disruptive technologies.
- Partner with senior leadership to define technology roadmaps and direction.
- Serve as a primary innovator, identifying and pioneering new delivery approaches.
- Drive organizational strategy for leveraging emerging technologies.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Level I: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or related field OR 2 years relevant work
experience.
Level II: Bachelor's degree OR 3-5 years relevant work experience.
Level III: Bachelor's or Master's degree OR 5-7 years relevant work experience.
Experience:
Level I: Experience in software development through internships, coursework, or entry-level
roles.
Level II: 3-5 years of experience in software development, with exposure to emerging
technologies.
Level III: 5-7 years development or architecture experience; 2-3 years designing and
delivering automation, innovation and AI-driven efforts.
Required Skills:
Level I
- Foundational programming and debugging skills.
- Basic collaboration skills within a team.
- Eagerness to learn innovation processes.
- Good communication skills.
Level II
Strong coding and problemsolving across at least one tech stack.
- Ability to work full-stack or across multiple tiers with guidance.
- Experience building maintainable, reusable code.
- Solid collaboration skills.
Level III
Proficiency across front end,back end, data, and infrastructure.
- Expertise designing scalable, reusable solutions.
- Ability to work with architects and senior leadership on strategic designs.
- Outside-the-box thinking, selforganization,and communication at an executive
level.
Desired Skills:
* API Development
* AI expertise
* Health sciences experience (clinical or research)
Intent:
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and
responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
Equal Opportunity:
Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing
employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender
expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our
collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich
diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is
essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all
individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a
responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Job Function:
Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions
that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests
for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions:
Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
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