Overview:
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.
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Project/Unit Description
The Health Emerging & Advanced Technologies Division (HEAT-D) has a goal to grow a forward-looking, comprehensive capability in health data exchange and analytics technologies that brings innovative, cross-disciplinary methods and emerging techniques to the laboratory’s diverse information science portfolio. Current efforts include a portfolio of projects in federal and state public health, industry and foundational sponsorships, and internally funded research that encompasses clinical phenotyping, natural language processing, machine learning, synthetic data generation and interoperability and security standards and protocols, among other technologies and applications, for data exchange between electronic health records and reporting systems. The corpus of work naturally encompasses crucial cybersecurity and privacy considerations or technologies to ensure data security, HIPAA rules, authentication and authorization protocols, and IRB privacy protocols for research datasets, among others. This work is integral to developing robust and scalable proof-of-concept solutions. The Health Interoperability & Security Branch (HIS-B) focuses on applying health interoperability and security solutions to integrating health data systems for a wide variety of projects in multiple domains, including clinical care, research, public health improvement, cost and quality, and consumer-based health applications.
Job Purpose
The Agile Software Developer analyzes client needs to design, test, and develop software using agile methodologies. The focus of sustainable development entails: 1) good estimation of task scope and duration 2) effective strategies to develop and manage code 3) automated testing to protect quality 4) continuous integration and deployment in order to receive feedback from stakeholders expediently 5) use of a digital engineering environment. The agile developer has strong teamworking skills and collaborates well with teammates. Ideally, an agile developer is able to work on all parts of a project’s technology stack, from the front-facing human interface to the data storage mechanism. Ability to effectively engage in efforts throughout the complete software development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, test, and develop computer software in order to meet requirements.
- Deliver work through sprints. Meet daily at the daily scrum.
- Guide junior developers.
- Inspect and adapt work to develop in a more effective way.
- Contribute to research reports, white papers, and competitive proposals.
Additional Responsibilities
- Work with sponsors to identify needs and translate into tangible deliverables
- Own requirements and knowledge about full-stack proof-of-concept applications with the ability to communicate needs across the project
- Identify new opportunities to expand our health interoperability sponsor base
- Guide student employees in development practices during the course of project work
Required Minimum Qualifications
- Demonstrated technical achievements in research related to the HIS-B technical capability areas
- Demonstrated experience using Angular or a similar frontend development framework
- Demonstrated experience effectively translating requirements into a user interface
- Experience in API development, specifically to connect additional services and data to a user interface
- Experience managing workloads across multiple concurrent projects with various milestones and deadlines
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with health data standards such as FHIR and USCDI, as well as health data terminology standards (e.g. LOINC, SNOMED, ICD10)
- Familiarity with common data models such as OMOP
- Demonstrated experience translating user needs to technical deliverables, successfully involving users in the design process
- Demonstrated experience communicating technical material to a non-technical audience and vice-versa
Travel Requirements
<10% travel
Education and Length of Experience
This position vacancy is an open-rank announcement. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with Research Faculty Extension Professional ranks as outlined in section 3.2.1 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook
- 2 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Any Relevant Engineering
- 0 years of related experience with a Masters’ degree in Computer Science, Any Relevant Engineering
U.S. Citizenship Requirements
Due to our research contracts with the U.S. federal government, candidates for this position must be U.S. Citizens.
Clearance Type Required
Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active security clearance.
Benefits at GTRI
Comprehensive information on currently offered GTRI benefits, including Health & Welfare, Retirement Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Time Off, and Professional Development, can be found through this link: https://hr.gatech.edu/benefits
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