Senior Software Engineer III (Java, SQL)

Advarra provides integrated solutions that safeguard trial participants, empower clinical sites, ensure compliance, and optimize research performance. Connecting the clinical research ecosystem, Advarra delivers solutions through a site-centric approach that unifies and accelerates the drug development lifecycle, making clinical trials safer, smarter, and faster.

Advarra promotes individual and team success by encouraging and supporting team autonomy. We believe work-life balance is important for individuals and fundamental in writing high quality software.

Competitive PTO plan with float holiday and an additional week off between Christmas and New Year's.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Building web enabled clinical trial management software by: Designing and developing web-based systems using Java EE technologies in a multi-tiered environment including working with front-end components, business logic, workflow logic, backend systems as well as integration endpoints.

• Developing user interfaces built using JavaScript and other browser-based technologies with a focus on usability, security, cross-browser compatibility and performance.

• Determining operational feasibility through analysis, problem definition, requirements gathering, solution development, and solution proposal.
• Studying information needs, conferring with users/focus groups, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes.
• Applying a sense of urgency, commitment and focus on the right priorities in developing releases and solutions in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrated logical, solution-oriented approach and possess the ability to offer a variety of solutions or functionality to solve problems.
• Performing technical root cause analysis and outlining corrective action for given problems.
• Documenting and demonstrating solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.
• Working collaboratively and professionally with other internal team members (Software Test Engineering, Product Management, Product Support and Support Engineering) to achieve customer goals.
• Adhering to and enforcing company coding standards in accordance with applicable software development methodology and release processes.
• Working with Software Test Engineering Team on functional performance and deployment issues.
• Collaborating and adding value through participation in peer code reviews, providing comments and suggestions.
• Mentoring less experienced Software Engineers.
• Serving as a technical lead including directing other's work, as required.
• Managing the responsibility of participating on multiple projects.
• Reviewing product and/or application information including manuals and brochures for technical accuracy, as needed
• Maintain Professional and Technical knowledge by:
  • Attending internal and external training.
  • Reviewing professional publications.
  • Participating in professional networks and/or organizations.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Education:

• High School diploma is required.
• Masters or Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, related discipline is preferred. Relevant professional-level work experience considered in lieu of a degree.

Experience:

• Extensive professional experience using Java based or other object-oriented programming technologies (Objective-C, C#, C++, etc.) for building database driven web applications.
• Extensive professional experience using relational databases and writing SQL. Oracle specific knowledge preferred. Knowledge of PL/SQL a definite plus.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• • Must possess the ability to write SQL in an ad hoc fashion to facilitate the troubleshooting of customer application issues.
  • Understanding of object relational mapping preferably including the persistence API (JPA or NPA) and the use of corresponding frameworks (Hibernate, NHibernate, etc).
  • Cross-browser client-side development experience using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
  • Professional experience with JavaScript frameworks/libraries (Dojo, D3, Angular, Vue, React, jQuery, Backbone.js, Ember.js, etc.)
  • Well versed in the use of version control systems (SVN, Mercurial, Git, etc.).
  • Professional experience in publishing and consuming SOAP and REST based web services.
  • Strong attention to detail in diagnosing problems and ensuring solutions address the issues.
  • Demonstrate proficient ability to capture and document software requirements.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively manage project activities with and through internal relationships including Software Engineers, Customer Support, Quality Assurance and Project Management.
  • Planning, organizing, setting objectives, and managing time to meet deadlines.
  • Working knowledge of clinical trial process and medical informatics is preferred.

EEO Statement:

Advarra provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran, marital, or domestic partner status, citizenship, genetic information or any other status or characteristic covered by federal, state, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

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Advarra employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment unless a medical or religious exemption is approved as a reasonable accommodation. Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. New hires must be fully vaccinated or have received approval of an exemption as a reasonable accommodation as of their first day of employment.

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