Sr Software Engineer- Java

Job Summary:

The Sr Software Engineer will be responsible for leading the technical development efforts toward the creation, implementation, and support of existing and next-generation software solutions.  The Sr Software Engineer  will analyze, design, program, debug, and modify software enhancements and/or new products used in local, networked, or Internet-related computer programs.  This role is responsible for interacting with users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Duties and responsibilities 

• Designs products and leads the technical design requirements for complex stories, features, and epics.  Authors technical designs.
• Lead coder and is the subject matter expert across a broad range of technologies. Codes web applications across domains following specifications and using the appropriate tools.
• Identifies best practices and guides other team members in the implementation of best practices.  Manages exceptions and identifies and implements creative solutions.
• Generates supporting unit test as well as system test specifications and implementations. Builds the automated test framework, drives best practices, and troubleshoots issues.
• Maintains, modifies, and improves existing applications.
• Considers corporate strategy, financial impacts, and trade-offs in determining solutions.  Recognizes when a broad solution is needed based on trends/root causes and recommends solutions.
• Leads project document reviews, and design/code reviews.
• Ensures adherence to IT Control Policies throughout design, development and testing.
• Influences the decision making process cross-functionally and at all levels.  Builds and maintains good business relationships that can help drive ideas and solutions.
• Proactively engages team to review ideas, solutions, issues, and/or concerns.
• Applies AGILE concepts and works collaboratively and closely with QA in an Agile/Scrum environment.   Acts as a coach, teacher, and mentor in AGILE principles/methodologies across the organization.

• Leads the day-to-day workflow and coordinates the activities of others across teams. Possesses unique and deep functional technical knowledge.  Is a subject matter expert across GHX products.
•  Identifies, implements, and leads the application of best practices. Is the internal expert and subject matter expert.
• Determines what work needs to be done based on the strategic vision. 
• Sells/drives the vision cross-functionally.  Provides intelligent alternatives to the status quo.  Sells and drives ideas.  Owns issues and can work effectively inside and outside of the team to influence and drive results.

Qualifications

• BS/MS Degree in Computer Science. 
• Requires a minimum of 5-8 years of working experience in building complex products and/or applications using Java, Spring, Spring Boot Microservices technologies.
• Prior experience working in an AGILE/SCRUM environment. 
• Must be able to work independently and as part of a team on multiple overlapping projects. 

• Proven track record of successfully delivering large, complex, cross-functional projects.
• Large-scale production experience with containerization and preferably container orchestration.
• Object Oriented Design and Development skills, including understanding of common design patterns. 
• Experience in designing, developing and deploying cloud native applications on AWS cloud infrastructure and managing optimal infrastructure cost. 
• Working with globally distributed development teams and attain the sustainable results.
• Experience in integrating with external systems using Restful and SOAP web services.
• Relation Database & SQL Experience 
• Basic understanding of some networking protocols [TCP, HTTP, FTP, SSH, SSL] and interfaces. 
• Experience in Linux / UNIX OS.
• Experience with Code versioning tools like GIT.
• Build tools – Maven, Gradle. 

Preferred qualifications: 

• Certificate-based authentication, cryptography 
• Experience in System integration/ B2B integrations / SCM / MMIS / ERP development or integration is a plus. 
• EDI Experience is a plus 
• Exposure to UI framework like Angular or React.js is a plus 
• SSL and java cryptography programming experience. 
• Load testing using any toolset. 
• Functional and behavioral testing using any toolset. 
• Exposure to CICD process using Jenkins/ hudson, bamboo or something similar. 
• Familiarity with centralized log management solution 
•  These include the minimum knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics necessary to perform the job effectively. (e.g., SaaS knowledge, ability to lead a team, etc.)
• Highly innovative.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and possesses a proven track record of high quality deliverables.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to technical staff and is able to work effectively with cross-functional departments with varying degrees of technical experience.
• Understands and is able to explain up and downstream impacts across products, teams, and the organization.
• Constructively challenges the status quo; develops, proposes, and supports the implementation of innovative and creative solutions. Iterates and improves across multiple business domains.
• Possesses a solid understanding of internal and external customer needs.  May interact directly with the customer.
• Displays flexibility in adapting to changing conditions and leads others through change.
• Leads by example, promotes a common purpose, and is a catalyst for success.
• Thinks strategically, displays a high degree of emotional maturity, and demonstrates a positive outlook.
• Strong team player, makes a valuable contribution to team objectives, displays trust and mutual understanding, accepts constructive feedback, and handles confrontation constructively.
• Possesses a broad understanding of Agile/LEAN principles and the ability to apply the AGILE methodology; competent AGILE team member

GHX: It's the way you do business in healthcare
Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) enables better patient care and billions in savings for the healthcare community by maximizing automation, efficiency and accuracy of business processes.

GHX is a healthcare business and data automation company, empowering healthcare organizations to enable better patient care and maximize industry savings using our world class cloud-based supply chain technology exchange platform, solutions, analytics and services. We bring together healthcare providers and manufacturers and distributors in North America and Europe - who rely on smart, secure healthcare-focused technology and comprehensive data to automate their business processes and make more informed decisions.

It is our passion and vision for a more operationally efficient healthcare supply chain, helping organizations reduce - not shift - the cost of doing business, paving the way to delivering patient care more effectively. Together we take more than a billion dollars out of the cost of delivering healthcare every year. GHX is privately owned, operates in the United States, Canada and Europe, and employs more than 1000 people worldwide. Our corporate headquarters is in Colorado, with additional offices in Europe.

Disclaimer
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC and its North American subsidiaries (collectively, “GHX”) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable law. This EEO policy applies to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, including hiring, training and development, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, educational assistance, termination, layoffs, social and recreational programs, and retirement.

GHX believes that employees should be provided with a working environment which enables each employee to be productive and to work to the best of his or her ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment based on race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. GHX expects and requires the cooperation of all employees in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free atmosphere. Improper interference with the ability of GHX’s employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.