Senior Software Developer
Job Description
THE COMPANY:
VitalHub UK is a leading group of health-tech companies, with a collective of over 75 years of experience in collaborating with the NHS, to co-design, develop and deploy expert digital patient-flow solutions.
We work with the NHS to improve care services, achieve higher levels of operational efficiency, and enable more coordinated, continuous, and ultimately safer care for patients. Our portfolio of solutions aims to simplify the complexity of data integration for the healthcare industry and are deployed across over 66% of the NHS in England, as well as internationally, and serve to support healthcare organisations to manage patient care services.
VitalHub UK brands include MyPathway, Transforming Systems (SHREWD), Intouch with Health, Synopsis, MCAP, Alamac, Beautiful Information, S12 Solutions and Hicom.
THE ROLE:
Senior Software Developer - MyPathway
This role will sit in the MyPathway team, reporting to the Development Manager. MyPathway is a Patient Engagement Portal (PEP) that delivers a digital communication channel to connect patients, carers and healthcare providers via two solutions the MyPathway Patient App and MyPathway Clinical Portal. The award-winning platform supports a personalised interaction between the patient and clinician, increasing access to care services and providing greater data insight at individual and population levels. The MyPathway clinical pathway management solutions provide enriched patient data to support enhanced decision-making and improved clinical outcomes, whilst reducing clinical and operational administration.
The Senior Software Developer at MyPathway is a pivotal role in the delivery of high value, quality software solutions. The Senior Developer works with the business tech leadership to help define and implement technical architecture, design principles, and coding guidelines throughout the Software Development Life Cycle. The successful application will have a passion for software development, and play an integral part in driving forward this ambitious project.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsibilities within the role of Senior Developer will include but is not limited to:
Delivery of quality software in line with defined standards
Work with the Product Office/Subject Matter Experts to ensure clear development requirements are defined
Collaborate with the QA team
Assist in maintaining the development backlogs (Jira)
Contribute to discussions in relation to architecture, design principles, and coding standards
Mentoring of junior development staff
Joining customer calls to provide technical expertise
Code reviews
Preparing new builds and assisting with deployment as required
Assisting the support team as required
THE RIGHT PERSON:
The suitable candidate will have a passion for technology, quality and customer satisfaction. A hands-on, seasoned developer, with good technical and communication skills.
EXPERIENCE:
Essential
3+ years as a senior developer, minimum 8 years overall experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to communicate effectively with both a technical and non-technical audience
Strong relationship-building skills
Ability to prioritise tasks and deliver work under pressure and to deadlines
Senior level development skills in the following technologies:
Java (at least version 8)
Spring
Hibernate
Thymeleaf
JavaScript
jQuery
MariaDB/MySQL
JIRA
Eclipse / IntelliJ
Docker
Highly Desirable
Git source control
Drools / KIE Server
PHP / Laravel
MongoDB
React
Bash
Desirable
NHS / Healthcare software experience
Understanding of integration technologies including HL7 and RPA
AWS
Tomcat
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Apache Nginx
Python
TDD
Experience developing multi-tenant SAAS solutions
CI/CD
Agile methodologies
Relevant BTECH/HND/Degree
Domain specific certifications such as MCSA: Web Applications
As an equal opportunities employer, VitalHub is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination based on age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Vitalhub.
