Full Stack Developer II (Remote, Canada)

Overview

Policy Reporter offers a suite of insights products and consulting services to enhance market access strategies and patient support initiatives. By tracking payer policies in near real time, we ensure that the largest pharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostics manufacturers, leading academic institutions and organized provider groups have the most up-to-date data and evidence-based guidance to help patients access the therapies they need. For more information, please visit https://www.policyreporter.com. 

We’re a team of engaged developers who love building reliable, scalable systems that solve direct customer problems. We’re an easy-going team and have found value in being open to learn new technologies and eager to dive into our applications to tackle a wide variety of technical issues. 

As a team we are making significant investments into our tech stack by improving our data structure, increasing automation, scalability, and software quality. We have a challenging problem of building a comprehensive database of payer policy data and keeping it up to date. 

Our technology stack is React, PHP, and Go, with PostgreSQL as our primary data store. Many of us are full stack developers and we care deeply about building quality products. 

The individual in this position is a self-directed, result driven candidate who is ready to experiment with finding solutions for difficult problems, appreciates challenges, is not afraid of asking questions, and enjoys working with others. 

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership to the team. Including, but not limited to: 

• Code reviews  
• Identify and report roadblocks -- analyze situations, work independently or with a team to troubleshoot and problem solve, ensure proper follow up for post-incident analysis are completed and implement necessary process improvements 
• Contribute to projects to achieve project goals with a mix of front-end and back-end code dependent on the specific project 
• Work towards departmental goals and objectives like improving accuracy of technical project estimates, improving critical test coverage, and overall code 

Qualifications

• 3+ years building a variety of web applications. 
• Experience with React and/or PHP
• Experience working with modern software development frameworks such as Rails, Zend, Laravel, or Django. 
• Experience writing tests early on and with writing decoupled easily testable code. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering discipline or equivalent. 
• Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills. 
• Knowledge of how to structure applications for long term maintenance and ongoing flexibility. 
• Good communication skills (written and verbal), and be a fast learner. 
• Strong understanding of common web exploits with knowledge on how to prevent them. 
• Experience writing and reading RESTful APIs. 
• Comfortable with PostgreSQL. 

Policy Reporter’s Core Values

• Excellence
• Value & Respect
• Continuous Learning
• Ownership & Accountability
• Teamwork

Compensation: $85,000 - $105,000 CAD

Policy Reporter is committed to Employment Equity. Accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request for candidates with disabilities.

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