Lead Software Engineer

Company :HM Health SolutionsJob Description :JOB SUMMARYThe job is an integral senior member of an agile software engineer team responsible for building scalable software applications across all digital channels to serve our customers. The incumbent will serve as a domain technical expert and will also be responsible for taking an enterprise-wide, architectural view of the solutions and the technical execution of products using the technical stack that best meets the needs of the platform. The incumbent, and team, will be involved in every aspect at part of the software application build process from idea generation, business analysis, technical design and UI and service software development using the latest technologies and design patterns.ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIESThe job is responsible for designing and creating engineering specifications for software applications and programs. Responsible for designing & writing code that adheres to coding standards set forth by the Principal Engineers. Performs code reviews.

Responsible for idea generation, exploring and implementing appropriate technical solutions to achieve the required product features, as well as monitoring technical process against project plan while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance.

Part of an agile work team and responsible for participating in all scrum ceremonies, assisting in sprint planning and completing required sprints in the development through final execution and deployment of software applications/programs. Communicates any issues/blockers to the Scrum Master in a timely manner.

Drives story creation (i.e. DoD, Acceptance Criteria, estimation). Creates Tasks for their stories in RTC or Jira, and updates status and assignment accordingly

Work with principal engineers to design & implement complex technical solutions

Contribute to remediation and resolution of complex production issues

Mentor other software engineers as needed

Other duties as assigned or requested.

EDUCATIONRequiredBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field

PreferredMaster's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field

EXPERIENCERequired7 years of proficiency in design and analysis of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns in the building and deploying of scalable; highly available systems

To Include5 years in at least two modern programming languages (Java, JavaScript preferred), and experience with at least three of the following: Angular v4+, NodeJS, NoSQL databases, HTML5, CSS, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services.

5 years of understanding of web services technologies such as REST, HTTPS, JSON and microservice architecture

5 years with two or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, C/C, C#, Objective C, Python, JavaScript, or Go

5 years of defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility trade-offs for optimizing short term execution while planning for long term technical capabilities, and ability to produce code that is fault-tolerant, efficient, and maintainable

Preferred7 years of working with a variety of technology systems, designing solutions or developing applications in healthcare

To Include5 - 7 years of translating design mock-ups, prototypes and user stories into working applications

3 years of working with Machine Learning esp. in Natural Language Understanding, Machine Translation, Deep Neural Networks and related fields

SKILLSDemonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment

Have experience working with agile methodology of scrum

Ability to speak and write English fluently and idiomatically

Interest and ability to learn other programming languages as needed

Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, unit testing, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Strong track record in designing and implementing large scale consumer facing applications

Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive

Demonstrated passion for user experience and improving usability

Experience and willingness to mentor junior engineers and help develop their skills and leadership

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