You're driven, resourceful, and above all else -remarkably smart.
You love a good challenge. You are the first to roll up your sleeves and work with relentless energy until you solve the unsolvable, beat the unbeatable and you always come out on top. Passable doesn't cut it - you've got fire in your belly to learn more, do more and be more. For you, the sweetest success is shared success and you're known for your good nature. You'll fit right in at inVentiv Health where we surround ourselves with the most talented and agile professionals in the industry, but we check our egos at the door.
Why inVentiv Health? Join a groundbreaking network of more than 15,000 employees in 110 offices worldwide with the ability to service clients in over 90 countries. Take part in offering world-class therapeutic expertise to leading biopharmaceutical companies so they can focus on what they do best - prevent and treat disease.You'll provide the brilliant ideas, valuable insight and relentless energy that drive biopharma products from lab to life. In the past five years, inVentiv Health has helped to develop or commercialize 81% of novel new drugs approved by the FDA and 70% of products granted marketing authorization by the EMA.
Here, there's no shortage of challenging work, learning and opportunities. Because we offer many services to varied clients, our knowledgeable professionals gain experience across a large section of the industry. Our client roster consists of more than 550 organizations including all 20 of the largest global biopharmaceutical companies.
This opportunity is with Adheris Health, an inVentiv Health company.In this role, you'll join the industry leader in education and adherence programs that help patients stay on prescribed chronic drug therapy. Working with a national network of retail pharmacies and major pharmaceutical manufacturers, we design and administer programs designed to manage chronic disease, educate patients about their condition, and increase patient's compliance with prescribed medication.You'll be part of a successful organization with steady, but well-managed growth. The work environment is that of a small, entrepreneurial organization, however, you'll have the security and resources that come from being a wholly-owned subsidiary of inVentiv Health.
Responsibilities
At Adheris, we believe that software development is both art and science, and to do it well requires talented and passionate team members. The Software Engineer II position is a highly skilled software development role requiring advanced technical skills, effective business acumen, leadership abilities, and enthusiasm for the art and discipline of software development. In addition to accomplishing the standard tasks of the software development lifecycle, the Software Engineer II actively participates in conceptual discussions, seeks out ways to innovate, and an drives him/herself and others toward software engineering excellence.
Will develop and maintain Java progams. Will access the ObjectDB for patient historyand use JPA.
Professional Development
Works with management to create and execute an individual development plan
Independently maintains skills through various channels, such as technical blogs, books, tutorials, training
Maintains awareness of industry trends and new technologies
Independently takes on learning technologies in use within the business domains
Leadership
Guides and mentors other developers in skills described under Technical Skill section
Presents learnings from Professional Development section to team members and others
Actively participates in technical initiatives, presents perspectives and professional opinion
Actively collaborates on ways to improve the execution of the software development lifecycle for team, department and enterprise
Participates in discussions, presents personal perspective, helps drive toward consensus with team members, respects decisions even if they contradict personal point of view
Problem Solving
Quickly comprehends issues, participates in researching root cause
Presents findings and recommends solutions clearly and coherently
Implements solutions, validates effectiveness
Documents issue and work done to resolve
Effectiveness
Appropriately estimates tasks and, on average, completes tasks within estimated times
Is focused on helping team complete Sprint goals in priority order
Assists others with tasks to help move stories to completion
Is an effective communicator, both within and outside his/her group
Requirements
Technical Skill
Demonstrates advanced skill in programming languages required by the domain
Demonstrates a solid understanding of technologies in use within the domain, including database systems, inter- and intra-process communication, application development frameworks
Is effective in applying several common programming patterns in his/her work, is acutely aware of and avoids anti-patterns
Displays effective use of SOLID programming principles
Understands and applies the various concurrency access patterns (optimistic locking, pessimistic locking, implicit locking)
Skilled in RDBMS technology, including SQL, table design, ACID, and transactional processing including two-phased commits
Is skilled in working with XML
Is skilled in the application of object oriented concepts, properly designs class relationships according to accepted object oriented design principles
Is highly effective in the application of Software quality paradigms including unit testing, mocking, test automation and code coverage
Participates in peer-level code reviews and is effective at identifying potential problems in others' work
Is capable of guiding other developers in the skills listed above
Development Platform:
Language: Java
Application Framework: Spring Core
Integrated Development Environment: Eclipse
Code Configuration Management: GIT and Microsoft Team Foundation Server
Database: ObjectDB/JPA
Application Type: backend/web services; no user interface
Project Execution: Agile/Scrum
Unit Testing Framework: TestNG
Developer Workstation: Windows 7 Professional
Production Host: Windows 2012 Server R2
Software Development Lifecycle
Has strong understanding of the Agile/Scrum project execution methodology
Is an effective participant in the five standard meetings of the Scrum process
Comes to stand-up meetings prepared to discuss completed tasks, next tasks, and roadblocks
Actively listens during others' stand-up presentations, looking for opportunities to help advance completion of languishing tasks and clear roadblocks
Corporate Citizenship
Respectful to all regardless of position or role
Available for consultation during regular working hours and, as required, outside of business hours
Supports the company mission
Avoids blame, complain, defend (BCD) behavior, helps others recognize and avoid it as well
Displays a passion for role
Design
Has the ability to write an application solution design
Utilizes standard diagramming techniques - UML 2.0, use case diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, interaction diagrams, flow charts utilizing Visio or other tools
Can effectively interact with business owners and to ensure designs meets business needs
Is able to balance design objectives based on business priorities (performance, speed to market, feature set)
Business Skills
Understands the larger business implications of the work s/he is doing
Understands system-level requirements
Make your work matter everywhere.Be a driving force in a rapidly evolving healthcare industry.
inVentiv Health is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled)
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor's Degree
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InVentiv Health