Software engineer and designer positions available

[taylor192]

These are 2 internal postings which we are allowed to recommend external people for. I have removed all references to the company to protect myself, so please PM me to apply.

These are obviously senior positions with specific job requirements. Please don't waste my time if you don't fit the skills required, I will not forward on your resume.

Moderators, there is a referral bonus. This is a competitively paid senior position, thus the referral bonus for finding a good candidate. This is a great opportunity for someone on RS, yet understand if the referral bonus breaks the rules.

We are searching for a Senior Software Engineer to be involved in the development of our acute clinical software product.

Ideal candidates should have the following skills and come from commercial software and high-technology companies. We seek self-starters who work well in high-pressure environments.

Responsibilities:
- Design, develop and ultimately deliver software solutions reflective of the requirements and in alignment with committed schedules.
- Take complete ownership of assigned modules but expect to provide assistance outside of your immediate domain.
- Work collaboratively with and provide technical expertise to Product Management and QA.
- As a member of a product team, you will be responsible for shipping a high quality product on time with complete scope.

Job Requirements:
- Candidates must have 5 or more years of software development experience and come from commercial software or other high-tech companies.
- Candidates with 5 or more years of C# is required.
- In-depth understanding of the .NET Framework and objected oriented design skills is required.
- Experience with C++, Java, or similar object oriented languages is desirable.
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server (T-SQL), WPF, WCF is desirable.
- Previous experience shipping Windows based products and exposure to commercial software development methodologies, and test driven development is desirable.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
- Able to adapt to a high-pressure but progressive and agile environment.

Offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, including holidays, vacation, medical, dental, and vision insurance, company paid life insurance and Registered Retirement Savings Plan with company match.

We are searching for a Software Product Designer who is creative and has a solid understanding of clinical processes (in particular those related to Pharmacy and Medication Management) to be involved in the product design of our clinical software product.

In this role, you will be exposed to all phases of the development process with focused responsibilities on the functional design of our Pharmacy solution including its integration with other components such as Order Entry and Knowledge Based Medication Administration.

Responsibilities include functional design of system solutions for presented business problems as they relate to pharmacists, physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals, development of system requirements and functional specifications and business rules, as well as problem-solving of related workflow and application issues. In addition, you will be involved in conducting peer reviews in support of the design process, interviewing customers with regard to workflow details, assisting in the testing of product releases to validate against specifications, reviewing end-user documentation, training internal users (customer support, implementation, education services teams) on application features and working to set and meet project delivery dates.

Experience/Skills Required:

- Hospital pharmacy experience (pharmacist or tech);
- Pharmacy software installation or management;
- Clinical experience and/or software design expertise or a clinical software implementation background would also be acceptable;
- Bachelor degree in area of specialty;
- 6-8 years of experience in the field or in a related area;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required;
- Ability to work independently as well as in a collaborative team environment;
- Self motivation;
- Excellent problem-solving skills and strong organization skills are required;
- MS-office skills (Word, Excel, Access and Powerpoint) are required;
- Basic programming skills (VB, C#) are desirable.

Offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, including holidays, vacation, medical, dental, and vision insurance, company paid life insurance and Registered Retirement Savings Plan with company match.

[taylor192]

Wow, not one single response. I knew the membership was young on RS, yet I figured there be some older tech peeps here.

There are officially 3 jobs now. 2 designers (one Pharmacy, one more generic healthcare IT) and 1 developer.

[Glove]

I just emailed my buddy the posting,

he fits the bill

[6793026]

you won't get any response. i mean the job description is great. I would think someone with those skills sets are introverts and are typically paid really well and treated fairly at the company they are working for.

[taylor192]

Originally Posted by 6793026

you won't get any response. i mean the job description is great. I would think someone with those skills sets are introverts and are typically paid really well and treated fairly at the company they are working for.

I told my manager something similar. We're still not out of the recession, and anyone that has survived layoffs and is senior would not want to risk changing jobs unless the job is a LOT better or pays a LOT better.

No offense to my own industry, yet healthcare is slow moving and not exactly cutting edge fun stuff. It does pay well, among the top, yet the salary isn't going to be significantly more than what any other senior employee would make.

Thus it has been difficult to hire. It is a fantastic workplace, with awesome benefits and great people. Kinda like a government job, minus the lazy people with higher salaries.

[taylor192]

We're hiring Senior Software Developers/Engineers again.

Healthcare is a great place to be if you're looking for a stable, well paid career with awesome benefits. The benefits were already above industry standard, yet since our recent merger they have gotten even better! I appreciate the flexibility to work at home at times and how sick/vacation days are managed.

The work is really interesting lately as we're developing a few new products, and integrating products between the 2 merged companies.

[instantneedles]

I think the hospital experience/pharmacy experience is whats turning down most programmers/software engineers... IT definetly has a very big job market and most looking for a career in the field are hungry for a job.... My mom does recruiting for jobs similar to the descriptions you have mentioned, and so far she has been turning down alot of people... Not too long ago, I know of a guy who was in desperate search for a job, and landed with a clinical job ie. programming, database, etc (I won't be exposing the name of the company) with many years of systems analyzing experience but with zero clinical experience.... I really think that the clinical experience really shouldn't be a requirement so much as it should be just an asset.. If they really know what they're doing, it wouldn't really be that hard to adapt to the health/pharmacy environment

[taylor192]

Originally Posted by instantneedles

I think the hospital experience/pharmacy experience is whats turning down most programmers/software engineers... IT definetly has a very big job market and most looking for a career in the field are hungry for a job.... My mom does recruiting for jobs similar to the descriptions you have mentioned, and so far she has been turning down alot of people... Not too long ago, I know of a guy who was in desperate search for a job, and landed with a clinical job ie. programming, database, etc (I won't be exposing the name of the company) with many years of systems analyzing experience but with zero clinical experience.... I really think that the clinical experience really shouldn't be a requirement so much as it should be just an asset.. If they really know what they're doing, it wouldn't really be that hard to adapt to the health/pharmacy environment

I hope not, I had zero clinical experience when I started. Developers need little/no clinical experience, yet Designers definitely need it.

It took me awhile to adjust to the clinical terms. Since I came from a military contractor I did understand some of the ass-backwards things clinical software does, cause lives are on the line things are not always done in the most efficient, cost effective manner like in other tech industries.

We're still hiring. 7 people as designers, developers, managers, and implementation specialists (ie client installation and support).