Software Developer - Genitourinary Medical Oncology

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is one of the world's most respected centers focused on cancer patient care, research, education and prevention. It was named the nation's No. 1 hospital for cancer care in U.S. News & World Report's 2021-2022 rankings. It is one of the nation's original three comprehensive cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute.

MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is to eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation, and the world through outstanding programs that integrate patient care, research and prevention, and through education for undergraduate and graduate students, trainees, professionals, employees and the public.

SUMMARY

The Software Developer is responsible for delivering solutions that accelerate the pace of clinical research operations and discovery. This opportunity will focus on enhancing a custom-developed clinical research platform by working side-by-side with research nurses, study managers, investigating oncologists, and scientists across MD Anderson and its network of cancer care partners. The solutions to be delivered aim to streamline clinical trial execution and enable data visualization and exploration in a way that assists investigators in the development of new research.

JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

Full Stack Development

• Participate in all technical aspects of software development for clinical research platform
• Responsible for contributing sound and scalable React, C#, and SQL code in appropriate UI, business domain, services, and data access layers
• Adhere to establish coding guidelines within the team using approved software packages
• Ensure optimal use of version control and tracking system to manage code, coordinate migration of database changes from development environment to test and production environments
• Maintain required documentation for the infrastructure and overall application architecture
• Oversee that applications meet the technical needs of the institutional Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) assessment and 21 CFR Part 11 regulations

System Integration

• Design systems, solutions, and integrations between the platform, the electronic health record system (Epic), laboratory information management systems, institutional data warehouses, and other core critical medical and research systems
• Provide vision for the overall direction of the platform and its evolution; provide regular maintenance of architecture

Innovation

• Work side-by-side with target users to understand their problem space and offer new, creative, and/or unforeseen solutions
• Curate design and development patterns that increase the velocity of delivery from ideation to completion
• Keep up with knowledge on improvements in new or relevant technology
• Find new ways of bringing appropriate data and analysis to researchers

Education Required - Bachelor's degree.

Experience Required - Three years in software programming and analysis. May substitute required education degree with additional years of equivalent experience on a one to one basis.

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html