Software Engineer

About the role

The Software Engineer – Web Front-End is responsible for building, testing, and maintaining the front-end web applications at Stanford Health Care, working in a fast-paced agile environment. This position will collaborate with a diverse group of product managers, designers, engineers, and infrastructure teams to build and deliver robust front-end web solutions that showcase SHC's brand while providing a high-quality experience for patients.

Responsibilities

• Implement features and provide production application support for SHC products and public-facing web applications and systems, following Web standards and user experience best practices.
• Perform unit testing, implementation, and production application support.
• Aid in developing processes and selecting frameworks and tools for web application development.
• Ensure that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored for quality and efficiency.
• Participate in troubleshooting problems related to user interaction, webpage performance & mobile web optimization.
• Work with stakeholders to understand and document software requirements and ensure application UI meets functional requirements.
• Develop functional prototypes from wireframes and mockups and create proper documentation.
• Gather functional requirements to generate technical design specifications.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and software engineers to refine and improve the user experience.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer and Information Science, Software Engineering, Web Design or a directly related field from an accredited college or university.
• 3+ years to 5 years of directly related experience building high quality, public facing websites.
• 3+ years of JavaScript experience, including the concepts of asynchronous programming, closures, promises, and ES6.
• 3+ years of HTML/CSS experience, including the concepts of layout and cross browser compatibility.
• 2+ years of experience building websites with the ReactJS framework.
• Experience with supplemental tools, frameworks, and technologies: git, grunt, webpack, AJAX, JSON, jQuery, etc.
• Experience developing responsive websites for multiple target devices.
• Knowledge of front-end web application optimization and performance techniques.
• Knowledge and practiced application of industry best practices in rich web design and construction.
• 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 responsive 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 build and ship production-quality software to a large consumer audience.

Physical Demands and Work Conditions

These Principles Apply To ALL Employees SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery. You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective: Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination