About the Role
The Senior Software Engineer/Developer will oversee computer application development in support of the Wadsworth Center. This position will be part of a dynamic team serving the information technology needs of Wadsworth Center including software development to support laboratory accessioning, processing, resulting and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Performing application development tasks including researching and documenting technical designs, programming solutions, and customer technical support.
- Developing unit tests and testing processes autonomously to ensure conformity of the application with business requirements and implement change management.
- Overseeing the release management process, including the testing, promoting and releasing of applications through the development environment.
- Leading code critique sessions and overseeing the development of technical design documentation.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology and four years of computer programming, database design/development, or systems analysis experience OR an Associate’s degree and six years of such experience; OR eight years of such experience.
- A Master’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology may substitute for one year of experience.
- Valid and unrestricted authorization to work in the U.S. is required.
- Grant funded position. Compliance with funding requirements such as time and effort reporting, grant deliverables, and contract deliverables, is required.
- The selected candidate must reside within a reasonable commuting distance of the official work location specified in the job posting and must also be located in or willing to relocate to one of the following states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, or Massachusetts, prior to hire.
Skills
- Building web applications in React
- Custom hooks for state/logic reuse and a functional core, imperative shell approach to side-effect separation
- Programming with SQL (Postgres and Oracle)
- Using type-safe access layers like pg-typed, Kysely or Drizzle to bridge complex legacy schemas with modern TypeScript applications
- Advanced TypeScript features (discriminated unions, generics and template literal types) to ensure type safety from the database layer through to the UI
- Type-directed functional programming such as leveraging Result/Option types for error handling instead of traditional try-catch exceptions
- Unit, component and integration testing using tools like Vitest or React Testing Library
- Managing and deploying applications via Kubernetes (k8s) and container tools like Docker or Podman
- Experience within government or highly regulated environments
- Domain knowledge of Laboratory Information Management Systems
Location
- New York City
- Nassau
- Rockland
- Suffolk
- Westchester Counties
- New York
- New Jersey
- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Vermont
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Travel up to 10% of the time
Experience Level
- Four years of computer programming, database design/development, or systems analysis experience
- Six years of computer programming, database design/development, or systems analysis experience
- Eight years of computer programming, database design/development, or systems analysis experience
- At least four years of experience building web applications in React
- At least four years of experience programming with SQL (Postgres and Oracle)
- At least two years of experience using advanced TypeScript features
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
- Associate’s degree
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
Salary/Compensations
- $100,379.00 Annually
- $4,000 annual downstate adjustment
Benefits
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- Flexible benefit accounts - Medical, dependent care, adoption assistance, parking and transit
- Generous paid time off - Paid federal and state holidays, paid sick, vacation and personal leave
- Tuition support
- Retirement Benefits - HRI is a participating employer in the New York State and Local Retirement System and offers optional enrollment in the New York State Deferred Compensation Plan.
- HRI provides a postretirement Health Benefits Plan for qualified retirees to use towards health insurance premiums and eligible medical expenses
- Employee Assistance Program - Provides educational and wellness programs, training, and 24/7 confidential services to assist employees, both personally and professionally
About the Company
- HRI participates in the E-Verify Program.
- Join us in our mission to make a difference in public health and advance scientific research! At Health Research, Inc. (HRI), your work will contribute to meaningful change and innovation in the communities we serve! At HRI, we are on a mission to transform the health and well-being of the people of New York State through innovative partnerships and cutting-edge public health initiatives. As a dynamic non-profit organization, HRI plays a crucial role in advancing the strategic goals of the New York State Department of Health (DOH), Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (RPCCC), and other health-related entities.
Equal Opportunity
- Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Qualified Individuals with Disabilities/Qualified Protected Veterans
