About the role

Intermediate Backend Software Developer at Ava Industries. Assist in transferring patient health data using Ruby on Rails for a cloud-based EMR system.

Responsibilities

Work with Ava’s Data Migrations team to import and export patient health data
Build, design, and maintain the backend services we use to import and export patient data
Take ownership of clinic-specific projects: oversee projects from the time you load the data in our test environment, through the back-and-forth feedback loop with the clinic, all the way to loading their data in production
Assimilate feedback provided by our clients—clinics—and apply it to improve our ETL pipeline and meet client expectations
Perform investigations of migration-related issues and reconstruct the course of events that took place, by accessing the data via the backend and analyzing the code that imported the data
Write thorough specs for all the code you write

3+ years of experience in professional software development teams
1+ years of experience building programs where you exercise judgement making design evaluations and choices
2+ years of experience with Object Relational Mappings (ORMs), preferably ActiveRecord
2+ years of experience with SQL: Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server
2+ years of experience writing tests
1+ year of experience with pair programming, preferably in a remote setting
Familiarity with the Ruby on Rails framework
Ability to critically assess different and sometimes conflicting principles, and to make sound, well-informed decisions for what is best for the situation at hand
Strong ability to communicate with clarity with technical audiences, both in written and in verbal forms
Experience with Git/Github
Experience with AWS
Familiarity with Linux
Experience with Docker
Experience with Linux Command Line Interface