Overview

Altarum is a nonprofit based in Ann Arbor, Michigan with roots in public-sector innovation that date back to 1946. Throughout our history, we’ve translated research into action, solving challenging problems facing society. Today, we are focused on improving the health of at-risk and disenfranchised populations by building better systems of care and empowering all people to make well informed health decisions. We are creators and doers. Our solutions are holistic, enabled by technology, and intently focused on equity, prevention, and delivering the most appropriate care. 

Altarum is seeking a Software Engineering Director. The Software Engineering Director is a leadership role within a growing custom software engineering team. This role will support that growth by helping establish sound software engineering standards across the organization, staying abreast of the latest technologies in public health IT and mentoring more junior staff. This role requires excellent communication skills including helping to write technical sections of client proposals. This is a hands-on development role as the SW Engineering Director will spend most of their time leading technical teams on client projects. 

Altarum provides modernized public health systems to jurisdictions across the country and this role will be key in helping to prepare states for the next pandemic.

Responsibilities

• Work with Division VP and Division Leadership to provide technical support on Division business objectives and proposals 
• Work with other senior technical staff to implement standard technical processes and procedures including build processes, software repositories procedures, backup and data retention policies, etc. 
• Mentor less experienced technical staff including helping with career development/learning paths. 
• Anticipate trends in the public health IT environment and prepare/investigate new technologies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience plus 7 years of relevant work experience leading software engineering teams. Master’s degree preferred 
• At least 5 years’ experience in public health IT 
• Significant experience with Java frameworks including microservices architectures 
• Significant experience with databases, both SQL and NoSQL 
• Significant experience with Agile development methodologies 
• Strong written and oral communication skills 

Other Skills/ Abilities: 

• Must have strong Java fundamentals and experience with Spring or Spring Boot, Hibernate, JSON and XML 
• SOLR, Power BI, or Tableau is a plus 
• Experience architecting/developing web applications using micro service architecture 
• Technical development experience with REST/SOAP web services. 
• Basic knowledge of how modern JavaScript frameworks like VUE, React and Angular2 communicate with the back-end server. 
• Experience using cloud-based environments like AWS or Azure 
• Experience with DevOps 
• Experience with modern SDLC tools - Git, JIRA, Artifactory, Jenkins/TeamCity, OpenShift, Gradle 
• Prefer experience processing Medical Document formats like HL7 / QRDA III / FHIR or processing other custom formatted files. 
• Enjoy working with a large team and to helping to develop technical coding standards 
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and a quick learner. You should have a broad base of software development experience, and be interested in continuing to grow technically via hands on experience and learning 

ABOUT ALTARUM: 

Altarum Institute (Altarum) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We improve the health of at-risk and disenfranchised populations by building better systems of care and empowering all people to make well informed health decisions. Public sector clients include the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture, Department of Veterans Affairs, and various state agencies nationwide. Altarum also serves clients in the philanthropic and private sectors. Areas of expertise include military health, women’s health, behavioral health and substance use disorders, health disparities and equity, continuing medical education and quality improvement, eldercare, public health interoperability, and disease surveillance. 

 In addition to the meaningful and challenging work, Altarum offers an outstanding benefits program that includes paid time off, tuition reimbursement, 401k (3% employer contribution plus opportunity for gainsharing), a flexible work environment, and much more. We invite you to explore exciting and rewarding career opportunities with us. 

Altarum provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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