Developer Specialist III - Remote

As a part of the Tenet and Catholic Health Initiatives family, Conifer Health brings 30 years of healthcare industry expertise to clients in more than 135 local regions nationwide. We help our clients strengthen their financial and clinical performance, serve their communities, and succeed at the business of healthcare. Conifer Health helps organizations transition from volume to value-based care, enhance the consumer and patient healthcare experience and improve quality, cost, and access to healthcare. Are you ready to be part of our solutions? Welcome to the company that gives you the resources and incentives to redefine healthcare services, with a competitive benefits package and leadership to take your career to the next step!

JOB SUMMARY

The Developer III will be a critical team member for the delivery of key customer commitments surrounding Conifer’s Revenue Cycle Management and Value- Based Care data sets and support the build out of enterprise information management capabilities across the business.

This position requires the individual to be very logical and have strong coding skills. The developer III will work individually and as a member of a development team to design, develop and maintain customized business application software. He/She is expected to lead small to medium development projects. Developer will be involved in all aspects of the development process, including: design, development, system testing and all other aspects of the software development process. Individual will be expected to further their technical knowledge and knowledge of Conifer products during the workday and in off business hours. Self-motivated, fast learner with a desire to learn new technologies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Include the following. Others may be assigned.

• If in Product Development group: 
  • Make enhancements and build applications of any size. 
  • Design and build small to large size applications with little or no direction or oversight. 
    • Document application flow. 
      • Lay out sgl tables, stored procedures, and queries. 
    • Application code 
      • Present/Review status and completion with Sr developers, Managers, and business entities. 
  • Able to translate business requirements/specs into technical requirements and documentation. 
  • Assist with conversion of legacy code projects.
  • Interface with all business entities including upper-level management. 
  • Debug, read, and support code written by other developers. 
  • Mentor/advise lower-level developers.
  • Contribute by writing applications that drive RCM and Value Based Care products forward.
• If in Data Management group: 
  • Bl and Reporting Metadata Development / Data Warehouse Development and Integration 
  • Data Modeling, ETL/BI design

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be knowledgeable regarding design patterns, design best practices, and microservices architecture
• Must have superior problem-solving skills
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to engage with teams who may be remote
• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer working in an Agile environment, preferably Scrum
• 5+ years of professional experience with Microsoft technologies – C#, .NET (Framework 4.6+ and Core 2.1+)
• 3+ years of professional experience with SQL in a relational database environment

and either

• 5+ years of professional experience with ASP.NET and Entity Framework under .NET Framework or .NET Core
• 3+ years of professional experience with JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• 3+ years of professional experience with web frameworks such as Blazor/WebAssembly, React, Angular, or Bootstrap
• 3+ years of professional experience with unit-test frameworks such as xUnit
• 2+ years of professional experience building and deploying Docker images
• Working knowledge of message bus technologies such as Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ, or MSMQ
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and Kubernetes management tools, preferably Helm

or

• 5+ years of professional experience creating integrations between systems of medium to high complexity using different technologies such as Inter Systems IRIS for Health/Object Script/Cache, C#, Java, Python, Perl, Flynet, Summit Scripting Tool, and SQL

in addition

• Experience in Azure and Azure DevOps is a plus
• Experience in Healthcare or Healthcare IT is a plus
• Experience with HL7 and X12 EDI is a plus
• Experience with a healthcare integration engine like Rhapsody or Mirth a plus

Additional Skills

• Must have excellent written and spoken communication skills and ability to engage with teams who may be remote
• Nice to have experience in data modeling (normalized, dimensional), data architecture, reference and master data
• management
• Technology Must haves - IBI Webfocusor any leading Bl reporting tool,Microsoft SQL server,T-SQL, Stored
• procedures
• Technology Nice to have - Microsoft APS, Hadoop

Product Development

• Visual Basic 6.0
• ASP
• ASP.NET
• C#
• COM Objects
• Stored Procedures
• SQL Server/T-SQL 
• HTML

Conifer requires its candidates, as applicable and as permitted by law, to obtain and provide confirmation of all required vaccinations and screenings prior to the start of employment. This may include, but is not limited to, the COVID-19 vaccination, influenza vaccination, and/or any future required vaccines and screenings.

EDUCATION /EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or management information systems
• 6+ years of experience as a Report/BI Metadata developer
• 6+ years of experience as a ETL/ELT developer
• 5+ years of experience developing Data Marts/Data warehouses 
  3+ years of experience as Report/BI Tool Administrator

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to work in sitting position, use computer and answer telephone
• Ability to travel
• Includes ability to walk through hospital-based departments across broad campus settings, including Emergency Department environments

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Office Work Environment
• Hospital Work Environment

Compensation and Benefit Information

Compensation

• Pay:  $77,376-$123,552 annually. Compensation depends on location, qualifications, and experience. 
• Management level positions may be eligible for sign-on and relocation bonuses.

Benefits

Conifer offers the following benefits, subject to employment status:

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and business travel insurance
• Paid time off (vacation & sick leave) – min of 12 days per year, accrued accrue at a rate of approximately 1.84 hours per 40 hours worked.
• 401k with up to 6% employer match
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employe discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, AD&D, auto & home insurance.
• For Colorado employees, Conifer offers paid leave in accordance with Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.