The Scientific Computing and Data division of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is seeking a highly-motivated and accomplished Senior Web Developer with demonstrated experience in designing, building, deploying, and maintaining websites and web applications. The successful candidate will collaborate with a team of software engineers, data engineers, research scientists, and clinical Informaticists to develop cutting-edge software systems that support the clinical and biomedical research community at the medical school.
The Research Data Services team prioritizes, develops, and delivers software capabilities and change requests using the Agile Methodology, applying best practices and tools for continuous development/continuous integration processes for testing and deploying solutions. The successful candidate for this position will play an integral role in building and nurturing the professional software engineering culture within the Scientific Computing and Data Division. This position reports to the Executive Director for Scientific Computing and Data Division.
Responsibilities
- Lead and/or participate in projects for enhancing and improving established web portals for semantic and other data-driven applications for Mount Sinai-led research.
- Design, build, and maintain the evolving Scientific Computing and Data division website by working closely with the Dean and division leaders.
- Assist with, direct, and perform code reviews of other team members.
- Manage and deliver web development projects as needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, an advanced degree preferred.
- Seven years of experience in systems programming with increasing administrative and leadership responsibilities, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Extensive experience developing web applications using some or all of the following technologies:
- JavaScript frameworks for client side and server-side web development, including Node.js, Express.js, React.js, Angular.js, JQuery, etc.
- The .NET Core software framework and Internet Information Services (IIS) web server
- SQL Server
- HTML 5
- CSS frameworks like Bootstrap, Tailwind, etc.
- Experience developing web applications following the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern.
- Experience working in highly technical biomedical and clinical research environments.
- Ability to guide technical decision-making, enforce coding standards, and ensure high-quality code through code reviews and best practices.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with search technologies and NoSQL document databases, such as Apache Solr, MongoDB, and ElasticSearch.
- Experience building Semantic Web based applications and using GraphQL for embedding graph data into web applications.
- Experience working with biomedical data, such as electronic health records and genomic data.
- Experience integrating dashboards built on Tableau or Power BI into web applications.
- Experience developing accessible web applications for visually impaired users.
- A portfolio of web applications that you have designed and built, which can be shared with the hiring manager.
- Experience managing projects from inception to completion, including scoping, planning, scheduling, and delivering projects on time and within budget.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and provide effective solutions.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
- Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
- Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
- Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.
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About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”
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Compensation
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $109000 - $163695 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
