Senior Software Developer

Union : NonUnion

Site : UHN Sites Downtown Toronto

Department :  Peter Munk Cardiac Centre

Reports to : Head Division of Cardiology

Work Model : Hybrid Remote / On Site

Grade : H0 : 09

Hours : 37.5 per week

Salary : $95862 to $119828 annually (To commensurate with experience and consistent with UHN compensation policy)

Status : Permanent FullTime

Closing Date : December 13 2024

Position Summary

This position is for a senior software developer to join a diverse team of passionate specialists who are working on expanding a next generation platform (data health platform) for storage and mining of patient data. Our data sources span everything from standard electronic medical record type entries and lab results to DNA sequencing data and diagnostic imaging. Our goal is to provide a robust and scalable platform to effectively integrate and facilitate the analysis of Big Data for purposes of research hypotheses testing and quality of care improvement.

Our team works in a casual work environment with a lot of energy and initiative. As a member of our team you will have an opportunity to participate in the decisionmaking process during design and development of the applications.  We have a heavy preference in using opensource tools.  Our architecture favors the microservice design pattern with JSON for datainterchange format.  Most of our datastore is noSQL MongoDB with some additional relational data in PostgreSQL.  We develop primarily using Golang however it is also common to encounter and use Python Java Ruby and other programming languages.  Our targeted deployment platform is Kubernetes and Linux Dockerruntime environments.

This position will help develop a variety of applications which have a direct impact on patient care at UHN.

Duties

The selected candidate will design and develop software for the digital health platform primarily in Golang although other languages may be required. The produced software will typically (in the immediate term) comprise of backend microservices that process the data in the data lake. Processing of the data includes : integrating external data sources implementation of search / retrieve API (GraphQL) anonymization facilitation of Big Data analysis etc.

The senior developer will be responsible for the full lifecycle of software delivery. This includes : requirement gathering design implementation along with testing deployment and maintenance (troubleshooting bug fixes).  Documentation will also be required through various steps in the process (loosely modeled on Agile).

Qualifications :

• Strong coding and problemsolving skills
• Experience designing and implementing complex software systems
• GIT version control and experience with its workflows
• Linux based OS and working in a command line environment

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Why join UHN

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world UHN offers a wide range of benefits programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor allowing you to find value where it matters most to you now and throughout your career at UHN.

Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHNs attendance management program to be eligible for consideration.

All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.

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Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading inaccurate or incorrect UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.

UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Remote Work : Employment Type :

Fulltime