Developer II
Austin, TX

Job Description

Job Functions, Duties, Responsibilities and Position Qualifications:

Overview

Sonic Healthcare USA is the largest medical laboratory in the world and third largest in the United States. As a company, we are shifting our focus to be a competitive player in technology. As part of this effort, we have created a web application called LabIS that will be the gold standard for workflow and information management in all of our lab operations. The Rails Developer is part of the LabIS team.

Challenges you can work on

* Greenfield development of an enterprise laboratory information system
* Architect a multi-tenant application environment to reach new lines of business
* Build automated environment deployment solutions (Docker / Puppet / Chef, etc…)
* Develop features that will drive our business through real-time feedback loops

Technologies we use

* Ruby on Rails, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Bootstrap, JS (JQuery / CoffeeScript / React)

Responsibilities

* Planning and Design:
* Collaborate with peers and key stakeholders to create conceptual designs for new software applications and upgrades to existing software applications
* Engage in design & implementation discussions
* Assign complexity estimations to features




* Application Development & Testing:
* Apply Test Driven Development (TDD) practices to compose unit and integration tests, ensuring proper functionality and stability
* Deliver clean, readable code that meets requirements
* Follow team standards for development practices
* Provide appropriate documentation of development work
* Collaborate with teammates on every task
* Subject all features to manual testing to ensure acceptance criteria are met with a focus on user experience
* Participate in peer review on every task




* Support and Maintenance:
* Work with support teams to understand and triage defects as they arise
* Participate in efforts to reduce technical debt
* Be available to address emergency issues in a 24/7 healthcare environment




* Culture and Team Development:
* Actively seek out mentorship from senior development staff
* Coach and mentor junior team members
* Actively seek out opportunities to improve the team dynamic
* Maintain a focus on breaking down silos
* Foster an environment of fluid collaboration
* Ensure that all data communications are secure as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996



Qualifications

Required

* 2+ years of Rails development experience
* Excellent problem solver, with a focus on team success
* Excellent communication skills with ability to work cross-functionally across multiple teams
* Comfortable working in a Linux environment
* Advanced knowledge of various SQL languages and Git

Preferred

* Experience with BDD/TDD using RSpec
* Experience with React.JS or other JS frameworks

Additional Information

* Great Medical Plans
* Competitive salary
* Growth opportunities
* Free drinks & snacks
* Coffee snob-approved espresso / cappuccino machine

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Work Shift:

Company:

Sonic Healthcare USA, Inc

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This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.