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Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

With minimal supervision, the Software Development Engineer III role is to provide custom software solutions where no optimal solutions exist to support the mission of Fred Hutch. In this role, you will work in a small team of software engineers, collaborating with product owners, designers, lab staff and others. Projects include extending an existing laboratory information management system (LIMS), building API's to enable integrations with third party systems including OpenSpecimen, OnCore CTMS and Epic, and developing applications to improve clinical lab processes. These tools support exciting new initiatives to enable bioinformatics analysis pipelines, spatial transcriptomics and precision oncology.

The Software Development Engineer III will join a larger, talented team of software engineers within the Solutions, Engineering and Architecture team (SEA), a part of Fred Hutch IT. Our work supports Fred Hutch's broad research, clinical and administrative needs. As a team, we treat each other with respect, work collaboratively, focus on our customers, and challenge ourselves and each other to grow. The Software Engineer reports to the Software Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in an Agile environment with other software engineers, product owners, designers, business analysts and customers to understand and translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Participate in scrum ceremonies - daily stand-up, retrospective, sprint planning, and refinement/design sessions.
• Design, develop, deploy and maintain secure, efficient and scalable distributed systems, ETLs and components.
• Ensure code quality through code reviews, unit and integration tests; continually improve the testability and stability of applications.
• Provide technical leadership in developing new applications and maintaining legacy solutions, with a focus on building maintainable, secure solutions.
• Configure containerized build and deployment pipelines to test and production environments, both on-prem and cloud.
• Follow current software development trends and tools, promote best practices and standards.
• Create and maintain documentation.
• Coach/mentor junior developers.
• Provide Tier 2 Support of software (limited after hours may be required)

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering or related field desired or equivalent professional experience
• Minimum of 6 years professional software development experience

Preferred qualifications:

• Expertise with modern programming paradigms / languages, preferably Java and .NET
• Database design and development, preferably SQL Server
• UI development experience using JavaScript, preferably knowledge of TypeScript
• Solid understanding of software testing methodologies. Ability to write test plans that include both manual and automated testing
• Proven track record of delivering on multiple complex projects through all stages of the development lifecycle; design through deployment
• Demonstrated leadership abilities in a software engineering environment driving operational excellence and best practices
• Design and deliver formal and informal presentations on a variety of technical topics
• Experience writing and consuming APIs
• Experience with Spring, Hibernate, gradle, git and modern IDEs, such as IntelliJ IDEA or VSCode
• Understanding of containerization using Docker
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitLab
• Linux and AWS experience

This position is patient facing and/or requires access to Fred Hutch clinical facilities. As such, full COVID-19 vaccination is required as a condition of employment, without exception. Booster doses are strongly recommended but not required. If declining a booster, completion of the COVID-19 Vaccination Status Form Questionnaire and COVID-19 Booster Declination Training is required. Because of our immunocompromised patient population, there are no medical or religious accommodations available for any employee who is patient facing and/or requires access to Fred Hutch clinical facilities. Only employees whose positions are fully remote, who are not patient facing and/or require no access to clinical facilities, may apply for medical or religious accommodations. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees must provide proof of vaccination before their first day of employment.

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

The annual base salary range for this position is from $106,427 to $168,223 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 6 months).

Our Commitment to Diversity

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Employer. We are committed to cultivating a workplace in which diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability (physical or mental), marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, or membership in any other legally protected class. We are an Affirmative Action employer. We encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds to apply and desire priority referrals of protected veterans. If due to a disability you need assistance/and or a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to our Employee Services Center at hrops@fredhutch.org or by calling 206-667-4700.