Software Developer II

Position Overview

This position is a non-management development position. Developers in this position will design, develop, and maintain the software products offered by HealthStream in accordance with technology best practices and product offerings. Work with team leaders and senior developers to understand and refine requirements. Design and estimate effort of new features or sub-systems from business concept to detailed technical design. Develop quality, defect free software that adheres to company coding and documentation standards. Developers in this position will participate as members of a software development team and will have individual project leadership responsibilities across the spectrum of software development for a particular HealthStream product or serve as Development lead for a HealthStream Software Development team under guidance of a more senior Developer.

This role is located in Nashville, TN and requires 3 days a week in our Capitol View office

ESSENTIAL DUTIES OR RESPONSIBILITIES (The below listed duties are not all inclusive. This position must also perform other duties as assigned.):

• Provide complexity estimates for proposed software application features and enhancements
• Inform application software architecture
• Program new applications, features, and enhancements, including application code, data stores, queries, and monitoring mechanisms
• Plan and execute integrations with third-party software systems
• Author and maintain automated tests for software applications to safeguard the quality
• Investigate, diagnose, and mitigate software applications failures and defects
• Deploy software applications to production-like test environments, including the development of automated deployment scripts
• Advise Quality Assurance regarding how to test software application features, enhancements, and defect fixes
• Measure, record, and maintain a standardized set of metrics for software code quality
• Monitor and support live software applications
• Mentor and coach junior software developers to advance their technical skills
• Provide consultations for other software developers working in his/her areas of subject matter expertise
• Produce, maintain and improve technical documentation related to products and solutions for both internal and external consumption
• Adhere to all HealthStream standards, processes, and best practices for software development

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any discipline), or a closely related field is preferred.
• Over 3.5 years of experience in software development, with exposure to full-stack development.
• 3.5+ years of experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer, or closely related occupation is a plus
• 1+ year experience with React

Qualifications

• Proficient in .NET (C#, ASP.NET Core) for building APIs and microservices.
• Experienced with web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.
• Skilled in React, including components, hooks, and state management, with a basic understanding of Microfrontends.
• Working knowledge of MySQL, including writing queries and understanding relational database concepts.
• Familiar with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS) and deploying applications in a cloud environment.
• Experienced with version control tools like Git and experience with agile practices.
• Proficient in SQL querying and performance tuning.
• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS.
• Understanding of web security basics, including API authentication and CORS.
• Strong attention to detail and a willingness to learn and adapt in a team setting.

• Knowledge of AWS tools like CloudWatch or Lambda for monitoring and serverless deployments.
• Previous work with other databases or frontend libraries is a plus.
• Participation in Agile development methodology, ideally focused on SCRUM or Kanban
• Strong communication skills including technical writing ability
• Ability to work in person at the Nashville Office three (3) days per week.

HealthStream is an equal opportunity employer. HealthStream prohibits employment practices that discriminate against individual employees or groups of employees on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other category deemed protected by state and/or federal law