Software Developer, Senior (Remote Canada)
Summary
Senior developer on Smile Digital Health's FHIR-based healthcare data platform: leads investigation and resolution of complex production issues, designs scalable platform enhancements, drives root-cause analysis and incident response, mentors developers, and shapes architecture. Core stack: Java, Spring, SQL, Git, distributed systems.
The Senior Software Developer works closely with cross-functional teams to lead the investigation, design, and delivery of solutions for complex client-reported issues and platform enhancements within the Smile Digital Health platform. This role plays a critical part in maintaining highly reliable healthcare systems used in production environments, while driving technical excellence, mentoring team members, and contributing to the long-term stability and scalability of the platform.
The ideal candidate is a strong technical leader who can balance urgent customer needs with sustainable engineering practices, navigate ambiguity, and make sound architectural and implementation decisions across complex systems.
Responsiblities
- Lead the investigation and resolution of complex production issues impacting healthcare clients.
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions within the Smile Digital Health platform.
- Drive root cause analysis efforts and implement long-term corrective actions to reduce recurring issues.
- Provide technical leadership during incident response, troubleshooting, and high-priority client escalations.
- Review, optimize, and refactor existing systems with a focus on performance, resiliency, and maintainability.
- Participate in code reviews, ensuring adherence to engineering best practices and coding standards.
- Mentor intermediate and junior developers through technical guidance, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.
- Contribute to architectural discussions and help guide technical direction for engineering initiatives.
- Perform risk assessments to determine potential impact of bugs on production systems.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge-sharing materials.
Requirements:
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of professional software development experience.
- Strong experience with Java, Spring, SQL, Git, and distributed systems.
- Proven experience troubleshooting and resolving issues in complex production environments.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, scalability, and maintainability principles.
- Experience leading technical initiatives and driving projects from requirements through delivery.
- Ability to analyze ambiguous problems, assess risk, and make sound technical decisions independently.
- Strong experience with debugging, observability, logging, and monitoring tools.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
- Demonstrated mentorship and technical leadership experience.
- Experience working in healthcare technology, HL7, or FHIR is considered an asset.
- Experience with integration frameworks such as Apache Camel is considered an asset.
Skills
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- What is your reason for seeking a new opportunity or considering a job change?
- What motivates you to work with us?
- What is your earliest possible start date? What is your current notice period (if applicable)?
- Any planned or upcoming vacation within next 6 months optional
- Do you have 7+ years of professional back-end development experience? Briefly describe your experience. optional
- Briefly describe your experience with Java, Spring, REST APIs, SQL, and Git. optional
- Briefly describe your experience with end-to-end feature development and unit testing. optional
