The Principal Software Developer reflects the mission vision and values of NM adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies procedures guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.
The Principal Software Developer is responsible for designing developing testing debugging and deploying applications for Northwestern Medicine. As a Principal Software Developer you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing complex software solutions. They lead projects mentor developers and collaborate with crossfunctional teams to deliver highquality software solutions.
Northwestern Medicine Information Services drives innovative highvalue solutions to transform health care.
We are committed to supporting the relentless pursuit of better medicine by providing exceptional service to our patients and guests as well as internal clients across the organization. To ensure excellence our team goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that our systems work together seamlessly.
Northwestern Medicine understands that technology plays an integral role in shaping the future of health care. Information Services strategically supports the organization by:
- Leveraging AI automation and rollout of advanced cyber controls that support digital transformation strategies
- Implementing advanced technologies in clinical and administrative areas
- Furthering development of the end user support model to help enhance modern infrastructure
Responsibilities:
- Work with engineers and other cross functional teams like Product Management Project Management Release Engineering Quality Assurance Operations teams etc. to develop innovative solutions that meet system needs with respect to functionality performance scalability reliability realistic implementation schedules and adherence to development goals and principles.
- Lead the software development team providing technical guidance mentorship and support to team members.
- Lead and participate in agile development methodologies ensuring timely delivery of highquality software solutions.
- Develop software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas
- Participate in the Agile software development from concept design to fullstack coding and testing
- Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation flowcharts layouts diagrams charts code comments and clear code
- Stay current on development tools programming techniques and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications;
- Provide senior level support in project ad hock status / issues meetings and conference calls
- Provide technical expertise guidance coaching training and educational opportunities to assist team members in closing performance and skill set gaps in order for them to advance.
- Mentor software development team
- Make informed decisions quickly and take ownership of services and applications at scale
- Create internal process improvement initiatives within teams toolsets and workflows
- Perform code reviews
- Provide operational support as needed
- Lead the design and development of complex software projects.
- Collaborate with product managers designers and other stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver innovative software solutions.
- Analyze complex technical problems and propose creative solutions. Troubleshoot issues and collaborate with team members to resolve challenges.
- Contribute to the development of the technology roadmap aligning technical strategies with business objectives.
- Assess technical risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Advocate for usercentric design and ensure that software solutions meet or exceed customer expectations.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications :
Required:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent years of experience
- 8 years of experience as a full stack software developer
Preferred:
- Delivering cloud services in an engineering role
- Distributed systems design and analysis experience
- Web development using the .Net Framework .Net Core C# ASP.Net Web Services (Web API) WCF REST JavaScript JQuery HTML CSS
- Microsoft SQL Server database design with experience in query optimization
- Front end frameworks (Angular Razor React Blazor etc.)
- Source Control: TFS Git
- Experience working in an agile environment
- Experience creating CI/CD pipelines and utilizing tools such as Azure DevOps
- IAC (Terraform Biceps)
- Microsoft Azure
Additional Information :
Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age sex race color religion national origin gender identity veteran status disability sexual orientation or any other protected status.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime