Principal Software Developer

Summary

Join Northwestern Medicine's quest for better healthcare as a Principal Software Developer. Design, develop, test, and deploy applications to transform healthcare. Lead projects, mentor developers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent years of experience
• 8+ years of experience as a full stack software developer

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 high-quality 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 full-stack 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 team's 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 user-centric design and ensure that software solutions meet or exceed customer expectations