Junior Software Developer

About Sound Physicians:

Headquartered in Tacoma, WA, Sound Physicians is a physician-founded and led, national, multi-specialty medical group made up of more than 1,000 business colleagues and 4,000 physicians, APPs, CRNAs, and nurses practicing in 400-plus hospitals across 45 states. Founded in 2001, and with specialties in emergency and hospital medicine, critical care, anesthesia, and telemedicine, Sound has a reputation for innovating and leading through an ever-changing healthcare landscape — with patients at the center of the universe.

Sound Physicians offers a competitive benefits package inclusive of the items below, and more:

• Medical insurance, Dental insurance, and Vision insurance
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match
• Paid time off (PTO) begins accruing immediately upon start date at a rate of 15 days per year, in accordance with Sound's PTO policy
• Ten company-paid holidays per year

About the Role:

The Junior Software Developer contributes to the development and maintenance of Sound’s web based and mobile business applications under the direction of the Technical Product Manager and the Director of Software Development.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyze, develop, and test software solutions that achieve Sound’s business goals. The Jr. Software Developer is expected to contribute at an individual level under the direction of the Technical Product Manager
• As part of Sound’s agile Scrum team, collaborate with other team members to estimate upcoming work, plan development sprints, self-assign appropriate work items, and review sprint achievements
• Clearly communicate status to Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, and other project participants
• Participate in on-call support rotation and assist application support team with resolution of support issues as assigned by Director of Software Development
• Write clear and concise documentation of new and existing systems
• Develop knowledge of software development life cycle and tools, including
  • Microsoft Suite of development products
  • Web application development
  • Mobile application development
  • Azure Cloud Services
  • Azure SQL Database Platform and tools
  • Appian Low-Code Platform

Education, Knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum: College level coursework in Math or Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Preferred: BA/BS Math or Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to haves:

• Experience working on an Agile team
• Familiarity with cloud technologies, especially Microsoft Azure (Storage, Function Apps, AppInsights, etc.)
• Experience with at least one modern JavaScript framework such as Vue (preferred), Angular, React, etc.
• Knowledge of C#, .NET / .NET Core, SQL, and NServiceBus

This job description reflects the present requirements of the position. As duties and responsibilities change and develop, the job description will be reviewed and subject to amendment.