Senior Applications Developer

Job Summary

BMC2 is a collaborative consortium dedicated to improving the quality of care and outcomes in patients who undergo cardiovascular procedures across the State of Michigan. BMC2 is developing a new heart failure registry, which will take a population health-based approach to measuring outcomes and improving quality of care for patients with heart failure. The new registry will bring together diverse stakeholders including patients, specialists, primary care physicians, and pharmacists. Support for BMC2 is provided by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network as part of the BCBSM Value Partnerships Program.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain complex, database-driven applications and services
• Develop and optimize advanced SQL queries, stored procedures, and data models to support reporting, analytics, and operational systems
• Build, maintain, and monitor data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and delivering data across systems
• Develop backend services and APIs using languages such as PHP and Python
• Contribute to frontend and backend application development as needed
• Manage application source code using Git and follow best practices for version control and code reviews
• Packaging, deployment, and maintenance of applications using containerization tools such as Docker
• Perform light server and application infrastructure maintenance, including configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Ensure application performance, scalability, reliability, and data integrity
• Create and maintain technical documentation for applications, data flows, and operational processes
• Analyze, compare, and evaluate multiple courses of action and exercise independent judgment on matters of significance, free from immediate direction, within the scope of responsibilities
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues independently

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Significant professional experience in application development with a strong focus on SQL and relational databases
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, including query optimization and complex data transformations
• Experience developing applications using PHP and/or Python
• Strong understanding of data pipeline concepts and data lifecycle management
• Working knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker
• Familiarity with Linux-based server environments
• Ability to work independently, prioritize work effectively, and make sound technical decisions
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience designing, managing, or optimizing extracting, transforming, and loading (ETL) processes
• Familiarity with modern data engineering tools such as dbt
• Experience using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins
• Experience managing scheduled jobs, background workers, and long-running server processes
• Full-stack development experience, including modern frontend frameworks and backend APIs
• Experience working with large datasets or data-intensive applications
• Knowledge of cloud platforms or infrastructure-as-code concepts
• Experience improving system observability, logging, and monitoring
• Exposure to performance tuning at the database and application levels