Research Technology Principal Software Engineer

Stanford Health Care
Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/15/2024 CLOSED ON 8/20/2024

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

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A Brief Overview
The Principal Software Engineer is responsible for building or testing the front-end / back-end / mobile interface for web applications or software tools at Stanford Health Care. This position will collaborate on design issues with a diverse group of product managers, designers, engineers, and infrastructure teams to build and deliver robust front and back end solutions that showcase the SHC's brand while providing a high-quality experience for users. This position should have a complete understand of web development.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do
  • Provide strategic direction on mid to long term technology development inline with SHC's enterprise goals on Performance, Privacy, Security, Availability, Maintainability and User Experience
  • Collaborate with business partners, vendors and developers in defining strategic and tactical solutions;
  • Identify opportunities to improve IT service quality through automation and reduction of process defects;
  • Implement inhouse proof of concept, facilitate technical vendor evaluations and documentation;
  • Share knowledge with technical team and senior management of emerging technology and trends, their implications, challenges and opportunities.
  • Partner with MyHealth, SHC Mobile, UX Design and Internal Web teams;
  • Hands on technical role; contributes and helps set standards for all phases of the software development lifecycle, including analysis, design, implementation, automation and QA
  • Develops functional prototypes from wireframes and mockups, and create proper documentation
  • Develops websites, performs unit testing, implementation, and production application support
  • Participates in troubleshooting problems related to user interaction, webpage performance & mobile web optimization
  • Collaborates with business, functional, technology system and operational owners engineers to refine and improve the user experience
  • Follows industry trends with regard to front-end technologies and techniques

Education Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Web Design or a directly-related field from an accredited college or university Master’s degree preferred

Experience Qualifications
  • 10 years of directly related experience.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Expert Knowledge in relevant technology stack
  • Knowledge of front end optimization and performance techniques
  • Knowledge and practiced application of industry best practices in rich web
  • Knowledge of user behavior and interaction design patterns
  • Knowledge of algorithms, data structure, web technologies, protocols, and cross-browser compatibility issues
  • Knowledge of architecting or building front end components and/or libraries
  • Ability to develop web sites for multiple contexts (mobile, tablet, desktop, etc.) and multiple locales
  • Ability to build and ship production-quality software to a large consumer audience, specifically user-centric design and development
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment
  • Ability to demonstrate strong programming knowledge
  • Ability to accurately communicate complex technical abstractions
  • Ability to influence peers and/or management and a champion of best practices that will encourage and drive adoption
  • Expert knowledge of front end browser technologies including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/ECMAScript
  • Knowledge of Semantic Markup, AJAX, JSON, and JS libraries (jQuery, YUI, etc)
  • Strong Experience with UI libraries and Front End tools (jQuery, Bootstrap, AngularJS, LessCSS, SASS)
  • Advanced knowledge of HCI, usability, interaction design patterns
  • Proven ability to develop web sites for multiple target devices (mobile, tablet, desktop, etc.)
  • Proven ability to build and ship production-quality software to a large consumer audience


These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

  • Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
  • Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
  • Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $88.93 - $117.84 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.

Employment Type: Full time

Salary : $89 - $118

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