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At Boston Children’s Hospital, the quality of our care – and our inclusive hospital working environment – lies in the diversity of our people. With patients from local communities and 160 countries around the world, we’re committed to reflecting the spectrum of their cultures, while opening doors of opportunity for our team. Here, different talents pursue common goals. Voices are heard and ideas are shared. Join us, and discover how your unique contributions can change lives. Yours included. The Computational Health Informatics Program (www.CHIP.org) at the nation’s top pediatric institution, Boston Children’s Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, is seeking an experienced full-stack web developer to join the SMART Health IT team (http://smarthealthit.org). In this role, you will rapidly prototype and build next-generation clinical interfaces that are deployed in real pediatric care settings, not just demos or proofs of concept. You will be part of the team that has helped define national standards for healthcare data APIs and population-scale clinical data exchange, and that has created widely adopted open-source platforms used across health systems, researchers, and technology companies. Your work will sit at the intersection of software engineering, clinical care, and data standards, where design decisions directly shape how clinicians and patients interact with health data. This role is ideal for a JavaScript developer who enjoys moving quickly from idea to working software, values clean, maintainable systems, and wants their work to have real-world clinical impact.
Job Responsibility:
Researches and identifies the requirements of software development and application programming needs
Analyzes vendor, internally developed, and open source solutions to meet the integrated needs ranging the spectrum of artificial intelligence and biomedical informatics
Specifies, designs, develops, codes, tests, and implements software that support the needs of multiple projects considering the individual goals and objectives of each entity
Participates in leading the creation and maintenance of standards for development and software selection and makes software development process and design recommendations within the department or program and to project stakeholders
Provides analytical and technical guidance to team members and stakeholders
Identifies requirements, develops software design, codes, plans, and executes testing, and ensures that the software delivered meets specifications
Creates systems development life cycle documents and/or assists team members in the creation of project documents
Produces written documentation for new and existing processes, programs, code, applications, and workflow
Keeps software documentation accurate and up to date
May assist team members in software administration and maintenance, including preparing and reviewing reports for operations, senior management, and stakeholders
Creates all necessary documentation for code and applications and supports applications
Requirements:
Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Engineering, Mathematics, or related discipline
4 years of experience in a professional work environment outside of academic or educational settings or Master’s in 2 years of experience
Professional experience with NodeJs, HTML, React, CSS, SQL and other technologies used in web development
Strong proficiency with front-end development and data visualization using Javascript
At least one other programming language (Python preferred)
Comfortable doing basic system administration in a Linux environment to deploy applications
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Excellent problem-solving ability, collaborative spirit, and scientific curiosity
Nice to have:
OAuth experience is a plus
Background with healthcare data formats and APIs like FHIR, SMART, and HL7 v2 are a strong plus
Sharing a link to your portfolio and/or work on GitHub is a plus
What we offer:
flexible schedules
affordable health, vision and dental insurance
child care and student loan subsidies
generous levels of time off
403(b) Retirement Savings plan
Pension
Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement