Principal Software Engineer

at  HCA Healthcare

INTRODUCTION

Are you looking for a work environment where diversity and inclusion thrive? Submit your application for our Principal Software Engineer opening with HCA Healthcare today and find out what it truly means to be a part of the HCA Healthcare team.

NOTE: ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS MAY VARY BY LOCATION.

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!

JOB SUMMARY AND QUALIFICATIONS

What makes HCA Healthcare Information Technology Group (ITG) unique as a technology company is that our solutions ultimately impact the care of patients. Although our skills are needed many industries, we in ITG apply them specifically to the noble cause of healthcare. We are “Healthcare Inspired.” It is this guiding vision that pervades and positively influences every level of our organization. It shapes our mission, defines our values, and brings our leaders and employees together in a shared enthusiasm for their work, setting ITG apart as a uniquely purpose-driven company in the IT industry. As a part of that, we exist to raise the bar, unlock possibilities, and care like family.

• A principal software engineer role is responsible for providing engineering leadership across all facets of system and application design and implementation. This role will actively develop software solutions both independently and in a team.
• The candidate will provide leadership and technical mentorship to foster a collaborative and effective working relationship between business, analysts, developers, and other teams within the organization. The role requires the candidate to possess excellent communication, proposal, and presentation skills in order to inform senior management and development staff of status and direction.
• This position is within an innovation team that operates on multiple initiatives across the enterprise. The candidate must be comfortable in moving to different technical ecosystems from project to project that will require discovery and adaptation to systems, teams, and business stakeholders..
• We are on a mission to change the face of the healthcare industry through value driven products. These products will create innovation to all users of healthcare across HCA’s nationwide ecosystem. To do this we are building teams that are curious and quick to adapt to new technologies.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree Computer Science or related field required
• 8+ years of experience a Software development or engineering roles required

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, BEHAVIORS:

• Growth mindset and a willingness to learn new skills, technologies, and frameworks required
• Full-stack experience working with various languages, platforms, and other tools, systems including, but not limited to some combination of: SQL or noSQL databases (e.g. SQL Server, DB2, Teradata, CosmosDB, MongoDB), ETL and data-pipeline type tools (e.g. SSIS, GCP DataFlow, Azure DataFactory), message queue type systems (e.g. Azure EventHub, GCP PubSub, Kafka, RabbitMQ), microservice environments (e.g. Docker/Kubernetes, C#, Java, Python, NodeJS), and APIs (e.g. REST, OpenAPI) required
• Experience interfacing with or working within CRM, ERP, eCommerce, or EMR/EHR solutions and common integration patterns preferred
• Experience with DevOps tooling (e.g. GitHub, Azure DevOps) required
• Experience with diagramming tools (e.g. Visio) required
• Strong Experience in cloud native, deploying within cloud environments, serverless development and/or container-based solutions required
• Strong understanding of best practices in the design of REST-based APIs required
• Strong Understanding of agile methodology and software development lifecycles required
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing required
• Ability to lead community events with a focus on software development or delivery required
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills required
• Troubleshooting skills including experience working with utilities for log analysis and load testing required
• Ability to work independently and lead a team to specific outcomes required
• Strong ability to understand context for code, the codebase, and its relation to business objectives required
• Understanding of IT contracting and purchasing practices preferred
• Ability to lead technical interviews of potential candidates of a vary levels preferred
• Ability to sit for long periods of time required

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promote a collaborative team environment and work closely with colleagues to achieve business objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (e.g. business stakeholders, product owners, project managers, and end users) to understand functional and non-functional requirements.
• Lead Investigations and solution proposals to development and design problems.
• Guide team members in scope of work estimation and forecasting.
• Performing proof-of-concept or proof-of-technology tasks to get buy-in from cohorts and stakeholders.
• Collaborates with team members to successfully execute development initiatives using Agile practices and principles
• Gather requirements, designs, constructs and delivers solutions either individually or with a team
• Serve as a leader to the team’s continuous integration and continuous delivery automation pipeline
• Participates in large-scale development projects involving multiple areas outside of core team
• Designs fit-for-purpose products to ensure products align to the customer’s strategic plans and technology road maps
• Formulate unit and integration tests and conduct functional and performance testing where appropriate.
• Adhere to and influence established development practices and processes.
• Practices and adheres to the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement.”
• Training and mentoring of peers and other staff
• Performs other duties as assigned

What makes HCA Healthcare Information Technology Group (ITG) unique as a technology company is that our solutions ultimately impact the care of patients. Although our skills are needed many industries, we in ITG apply them specifically to the noble cause of healthcare. We are “Healthcare Inspired.” It is this guiding vision that pervades and positively influences every level of our organization. It shapes our mission, defines our values, and brings our leaders and employees together in a shared enthusiasm for their work, setting ITG apart as a uniquely purpose-driven company in the IT industry. As a part of that, we exist to raise the bar, unlock possibilities, and care like family.

• A principal software engineer role is responsible for providing engineering leadership across all facets of system and application design and implementation. This role will actively develop software solutions both independently and in a team.
• The candidate will provide leadership and technical mentorship to foster a collaborative and effective working relationship between business, analysts, developers, and other teams within the organization. The role requires the candidate to possess excellent communication, proposal, and presentation skills in order to inform senior management and development staff of status and direction.
• This position is within an innovation team that operates on multiple initiatives across the enterprise. The candidate must be comfortable in moving to different technical ecosystems from project to project that will require discovery and adaptation to systems, teams, and business stakeholders..
• We are on a mission to change the face of the healthcare industry through value driven products. These products will create innovation to all users of healthcare across HCA’s nationwide ecosystem. To do this we are building teams that are curious and quick to adapt to new technologies