Principal Software Engineer

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Principal Software Engineer responsible for building front-end and back-end solutions at Stanford Health Care. Collaborating with diverse teams to enhance user experience and maintain quality standards.

Responsibilities:

  • 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

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Web Design or a directly-related field from an accredited college or university
  • 10+ years of directly related experience
  • 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.

Benefits:

  • SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience
  • Equal Opportunity Employer