About the Role
We are seeking a skilled application developer to support business needs through the development of in-house applications. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to create functional specifications, design application solutions, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality products. This position is critical for enhancing operational efficiency and user experience, especially within healthcare applications.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop in-house applications to support business requirements following software development methodologies, e.g., Waterfall and Agile.
- Review business and system requirements and the applications portfolio to obtain a thorough understanding of business needs and deliver the most appropriate solutions.
- Translate business and user requirements into functional specifications and design application solutions that fully address business requirements.
- Create visual mock-ups, prototypes, and diagrammatic conceptual design techniques to develop user-friendly interfaces.
- Plan and manage development activities to deliver required work on time.
- Produce clear, thorough, and user-friendly technical documentation that supports quality assurance (QA) testing activities.
- Participate in functional and usability testing of own and others’ work to improve the system and user experience; troubleshoot application production issues and resolve issues.
- Collaborate with other IT personnel to implement completed production-ready systems; participate in change control processes as required.
- Manage configuration controls (versioning of source code, system documentation, and configuration).
- Deliver end-user training for developed applications, and maintain training materials & user manuals.
- Deploy and monitor a variety of applications in a production environment.
- Work on integrating clinical and laboratory devices into the designated information systems within QPHI or with other partner (third party) systems.
- Provide 2nd & 3rd level application support to end users to ensure uninterrupted system operations.
- Perform other reasonable tasks as assigned by supervisor.
Minimum Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 2-5 years of full-time experience developing Web and client-based applications in an enterprise environment, preferably in healthcare.
- Experience in Azure Cloud setup for a development environment.
- Exposure to the full SDLC (System Development Life Cycle) with proficiency in object-oriented methodologies.
- Proficient in n-tier development (multi-tier architecture).
- Exposure to LIMS, CIS, or PACS is an added advantage.
- Proficiency in development technologies such as .Net/JEE, PL/SQL, JavaScript, XML, JSON, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, .Net Core, and Blazor, with the ability to quickly master new technologies.
- Experience in data migration from legacy to new applications.
- Professional experience in ISO ISMS standard 27001 and associated processes.
- Experience in software release management.
- Experience using GitHub and associated administration activities whenever required, particularly focused on source control, versioning, and end-to-end build & test environments.
- General Web development skills, including knowledge of usability principles, cross-browser compatibility, and best practices for ensuring Web security and accessibility.
- Experience in Web User Interface Design (UI), including visual mock-ups and prototypes; exposure to Swing is an advantage.
- Web Services design experience (REST, SOAP, etc.).
- Experience employing Web 2.0 techniques and developing interfaces with libraries and frameworks such as JQuery or DOJO.
- Experience with heterogeneous database environments such as Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, T-SQL coding, PostGres, and MongoDB.
- DBMS experience, including creating and maintaining tables, constraints, triggers, views, stored procedures, and functions, packages, and types.
- Experience documenting system designs and functional requirements.
- Strong interpersonal communication and customer service skills with the ability to clearly articulate ideas.
- Excellent spoken English skills with the ability to draft and edit a variety of written reports and communications and to articulate ideas clearly and concisely; Arabic proficiency is an advantage.
