Programmer II

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) offers countless ways to change lives. Our diverse community of more than 20,000 Breakthrough Makers will inspire you to pursue passions, develop expertise, and drive innovation.

At CHOP, your experience is valued; your voice is heard; and your contributions make a difference for patients and families. Join us as we build on our promise to advance pediatric care-and your career.

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CHOP is committed to building an inclusive culture where employees feel a sense of belonging, connection, and community within their workplace. We are a team dedicated to fostering an environment that allows for all to be their authentic selves. We are focused on attracting, cultivating, and retaining diverse talent who can help us deliver on our mission to be a world leader in the advancement of healthcare for children.

We strongly encourage all candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply.

A Brief Overview
Independently development, testing and production rollout of translational informatics software and application solutions.
Creation of re-usable open source and proprietary software and application products
Evaluate, adopt and use multiple technologies to create innovative solutions that have a high impact on data-intensive clinical and translational research.
Continuously learn about a wide variety of biomedical domains in order to translate domain requirements into high-impact technical solutions.
Work independently and as part of a project team in a highly matrixed research environment, including direct interaction with clinicians and biomedical researchers.
Contribute to the development, evolution, and implementation of software development methodologies that are optimized to a biomedical research setting.

What you will do

• The responsibilities of the Senior Analyst Programmer are to:
• Design, develop, and test software and applications.
• Write automated unit and functional tests of complex application logic while adhering to principles and best practices of containerization and continuous integration and deployment.
• Document code and generate appropriate technical and user documentation for software and applications.
• Manage all code, documentation, and issues in modern source control repositories.
• Manage projects and subprojects of increasing complexity within larger initiatives, identifying, tracking, and reporting on tasks and deliverables against project timelines.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Master's Degree computer science, biomedical engineering, information science, or related field Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• At least three (3) years programming experience with progressively more complex projects. Required
• Previous experience with continuous learning and adoption of new languages and frameworks Required
• Previous experience of staying current by evaluating and implementing the latest and greatest QA/CID tools and processes. Required
• At least three (3) years experience in quality assurance, continuous integration and deployment, configuration management, or other aspect of software and application validation. Required
• At least four (4) years of programming experience with progressively more complex projects Preferred
• At least three (3) years of experience developing, configuring, or customizing software in a clinical environment Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Working knowledge of more than one of the following preferred: Python/Django, JavaScript/HTML (as used in Single Page Applications), Java, Objective C, Cache/Mumps
• Working knowledge of relational and/or non-relational database application development preferred
• Previous experience in data modeling is preferred.
• Experience in healthcare and/or biomedical, genomic data management issues is preferred.
• Experience with mobile application (native or web) on Android and/or iOS is preferred
• Must exhibit excellent oral, presentation, and written communication skills.
• Experience with continuous integration, containerization, and automated testing tools and processes is preferred.
• Working knowledge of Epic or other electronic health record workflows is preferred.
• Experience with Cache/Mumps
• Experience with health data application programming interfaces such as FHIR or interchange specifications such as HL7 is preferred.

Licenses and Certifications

• EPIC Certification - EPIC - upon hire - Preferred

To carry out its mission, CHOP is committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. As a condition of employment, CHOP employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient facing responsibilities must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and receive an annual influenza vaccine. Learn more.

Employees may request exemptions for valid religious and medical reasons. Start dates may be delayed until candidates are immunized or exemption requests are reviewed.

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