The Staff Software Engineer will serve as engineering lead for technical aspects of projects that support strategic value for the organization. They will work with product owners and business analysts to determine the functional and technical design of the software requests to drive high-quality software applications to meet business requirements. They will collaborate with other Platform Engineering and IT leaders to establish and enforce technical direction, standards, and best practices. They will champion new processes and technologies. Additionally, the ideal candidate will have excellent analytical problem-solving skills as well as good interpersonal communication skills.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Support PathGroup's mission, vision, goals, and management decisions
• Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle including requirement definitions, design, implementation, testing and maintenance.
• Provide leadership and mentor/sponsor less-senior developers
• Collaborate with Platform Engineering and IT leadership to establish technical baselines for development products and advise on field's concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Provide leadership to integrate AI tools and techniques into team practices to accelerate the software development lifecycle.
• Work with IT leadership to Identify, develop, and evaluate process improvement initiatives
• Effectively lead large programs, projects, and daily work and act as an IC (individual contributor)
• Monitor performance data, identify improvement trends and opportunities, and present findings to senior leadership and members as appropriate
• Participate in agile activities such as Daily Stand-up, Sprint pre-/planning and story pointing, retrospectives
• Work closely with various stakeholders to ensure delivery of the product with the agreed upon features by the agreed upon target dates.
• Work closely with outside partners to ensure deliverables are met on time and on budget
• Participate in DevOps process improvement activities
• Work under the direction of the dept. VP/CIO to identify and address process improvement opportunities
• Perform all job responsibilities in alignment with the industry's best security practices and regulatory guidelines to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected health information and other sensitive company data.
• Must be familiar with and abide by the Corporate Compliance Program and all corporate policies, including the Privacy and Security policies.

EDUCATION & LICENSURE:

• Bachelor's degree required in computer science or engineering field or a comparable combination of experience and education.

REQUIREMENTS:

• At least ten years of software development experience, preferably in the healthcare field.
• Extensive programming experience with Microsoft development tools.
• Strong relational database knowledge.