Senior Software Engineer

Company Information

At Advarra, we are passionate about making a difference in the world of clinical research and advancing human health. With a rich history rooted in ethical review services combined with innovative technology solutions and deep industry expertise, we are at the forefront of industry change. A market leader and pioneer, Advarra breaks the silos that impede clinical research, aligning patients, sites, sponsors, and CROs in a connected ecosystem to accelerate trials.

Company Culture

Our employees are the heart of Advarra. They are the key to our success and the driving force behind our mission and vision. Our values (Patient-Centric, Ethical, Quality Focused, Collaborative) guide our actions and decisions. Knowing the impact of our work on trial participants and patients, we act with urgency and purpose to advance clinical research so that people can live happier, healthier lives.

At Advarra, we seek to foster an inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone is treated with respect and diverse perspectives are embraced. Treating one another, our clients, and clinical trial participants with empathy and care are key tenets of our culture at Advarra; we are committed to creating a workplace where each employee is not only valued but empowered to thrive and make a meaningful impact.

Job Overview Summary

Read, analyze, write, modify, debug, and optimize software for asynchronous-based, stand-alone or integrated client and server applications. Use text editor, source-level debuggers, and other tools. Work collaboratively in a Scrum team to build best of class applications emphasizing quality and maintainability. Mentors team members in technologies and engineering methodologies.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Contributes as a senior engineer, collaborating with product owners, developers, and testers to deliver business value on an iterative basis.
• Work independently and collaboratively to design, analyze, author, unit test, and maintain in-house applications, integrations to third-party applications, and databases.
• Architect, design, and develop highly scalable, secure, fault tolerant, and maintainable end-to-end software solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement to DevOps practices to increase the rate of software delivery.
• Serves as a mentor and idea leader in continuously improving the team by sharing new technology/process opportunities, and best practices.
• Author and maintain formal documentation including technical designs, development plans, unit test plans, data dictionaries, change logs, and release notes.
• Key involvement in full software development life cycle including planning, coding, support during testing and release and retirement.

Location

This role is open to candidates working remotely or hybrid in the United States.

Basic Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent accredited four-year degree program or equivalent industry specific work experience
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering
• 4+ years using .NET technologies (C# or VB.NET)
• 4+ years of experience with a SQL-based DBMS
• 5+ years of experience designing and developing consumer-facing applications
• 2+ years Agile Software Development experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrable application development capabilities in the following technologies and environments
  • Web and Windows application development (ASP.NET and WPF)
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • RESTful web services
  • AWS Services
  • Unit testing and TDD
• Experience across the full range of SDLC activities from ideation and requirements to release and production support
• Strong knowledge of functional programming, object-oriented programming (OOP), and enterprise patterns
• Software design experience, including third party package integration

Physical and Mental Requirements

• Sit or stand for extended periods of time at stationary workstation
• Regularly carry, raise, and lower objects of up to 10 Lbs.
• Learn and comprehend basic instructions
• Focus and attention to tasks and responsibilities
• Verbal communication; listening and understanding, responding, and speaking

Advarra is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability or genetic information or any other status or characteristic protected by central, state, or local law.  Advarra provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of these protected characteristics. Further, Advarra takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants and employees are treated without regard to any of these protected characteristics in all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and separation from employment.

The base salary range for this role is $76,000 - $129,200. Note that salary may vary based on location, skills, and experience and may vary from the amounts listed above. This position may also be eligible for a variable bonus in addition to base salary as well as health coverage, paid holidays, and other benefits.