Software Developer

Job Summary

The Software Developer role contributes to the design, development, testing and maintenance of education and administrative platforms. The Software Developer collaborates closely with Project and Technical Leads, Project team, and partners to deliver secure, reliable and user-focused applications. This position is responsible for programming, debugging, documenting and supporting the software development lifecycle while ensuring best practices in data privacy, security and development standards.

Reports to the Manager, Research Data Services in the Faculty of Medicine, Digital Solutions, Research Data Management portfolio.

• Integral member of a software development team.

• Works with Technical and Project Leads to plan software projects.

• Works with our partners to design, develop and support our education and administrative platform and solutions.

Organizational Status
The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC’s entrepreneurial spirit has embraced innovation and challenged the status quo. UBC encourages its students, staff and faculty to challenge convention, lead discovery and explore new ways of learning. At UBC, bold thinking is given a place to develop into ideas that can change the world.

Our Vision: To Transform Health for Everyone

Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the UBC Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across British Columbia, more than 12,000 faculty and staff are training the next generation of doctors and health care professionals, making remarkable discoveries, and helping to create the pathways to better health for our communities at home and around the world.

The Faculty—comprised of approximately 2,200 administrative support, technical/research and management and professional staff, as well approximately 650 full-time academic and over 10,000 clinical faculty members—is composed of 19 academic basic science and/or clinical departments, 3 schools, and 25 research centres and institutes. Together with its University and Health Authority partners, the Faculty delivers innovative programs and conducts research in the areas of health and life sciences. Faculty, staff and trainees are located at university campuses, clinical academic campuses in hospital settings and other regionally based centres across the province.

The UBC Vancouver Campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. The City of Vancouver is located on Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations territory.

Work Performed
Specific Duties:

• Work as part of a software development team.

• Design, develop, test, maintain and support our platforms and solutions for educational and administrative services.

• Follow best practices to ensure data privacy and security.

• Participate in refinement, estimation and planning.

• Demo features and fixes for stakeholders.

• Contribute to documenting our processes, designs, and guidelines.

• Contribute to continuous improvement activities.

• Maintain appropriate professional designations and knowledge.

Core Duties:

• Programs software applications and services.

• Conducts testing and debugging to ensure application meets specifications.

• Prepares programming documentation for supported programs.

• Supports software development lifecycle, and applies and follows appropriate programming/development methodologies and best practices.

• Maintains appropriate professional designations and up-to-date knowledge of current information technology techniques and tools.

• Participates in project planning and implementation.

• Builds and maintains good working relationships and collaborates with others to achieve client objectives.

• Performs other related duties as required.

Consequence of Error/Judgement

Contributes to decisions regarding the design and development of education and administrative platforms and solutions for the Faculty of Medicine. Errors in judgment that impact the security and privacy of data may have a significant impact in achieving the strategic goals and vision for the Faculty of Medicine.

Supervision Received
Works with moderate latitude. Work is reviewed in terms of achievement of desired results. Receives guidance from senior developers, product leads and project managers.

Supervision Given

May manage staff and be responsible for hiring, evaluation, discipline and termination.

Minimum Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline. Minimum of two years of related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own

- Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with full-stack development

• Experience with relational database development

• Experience with scripting languages and version control Git

• Effective problem-solving skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to seek advice on tasks and responsibilities when needed

• Ability to identify and document processes within area of responsibility. Seeks guidance on aspects of process that are out of immediate scope. Drafts procedures that comply with the process

• Experience in a mixed software development and software maintenance role

• Experience with software development in Linux and Microsoft server environments

• Experience with web development languages HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, Java, C# and frameworks Laravel, React, Vue.js, Node.js

• Experience with CI/CD tools Bamboo, Maven

• Experience with Agile development Scrum or Kanban