Position Summary
The Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at Columbia University has an immediate opening for a talented and self-motivated Software Engineer who can succeed in a collaborative work environment. The ideal candidate should have experience in developing pipelines to extract and process clinical data in real time between relational databases containing health records and applications that use the FHIR and SMART standards (both backend and provider facing applications).
Additionally, experience with docker platform and health system information security requirements would be beneficial. The candidate will be responsible for the entire software architecture for one or more large multi-site research projects, including prospective informatics intervention studies. Additionally, experience with clinical decision support and/or data science methods would be beneficial. The ideal candidate will have professional experience in several programming languages, databases, and development environments. The successful candidate will contribute to the development and evaluation of data science driven, real-time informatics interventions, including open-source solutions, together with a community of international researchers.
The current available position is grant-funded under several NIH, AHRQ and foundation funded grants. The Software Engineer's time would be shared across several grant funded projects focused on foundational and applied clinical informatics research, with each grant led by either Principal Investigator or .
Columbia University's Department of Biomedical Informatics is internationally recognized as one of the best programs of its kind. Our mission is to improve health for society by focusing on discovery and impact: we develop new informatics methods, enrich the biomedical knowledge base, and enhance the health of the population.
Responsibilities
1. Software and system specifications, design, implementation, and testing (60%)
2. Application deployment and configuration (30%)
3. Communicate with technical individuals at various grant sites (10%)
4. Querying enterprise Datawarehouse to support research activities
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus four years of related experience.
Other Requirements
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran
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