Senior Software Engineer, Clinical Data Repository (Freelance)

The position is for an experienced senior software engineer to act as a developer within HSDP, with excellent and deep technical expertise, who can coach others and strengthen the scrum teams.
She/he should be a strong technical developer with extensive experience on the applicable technologies (see below) and with excellent technical communication skills towards other team members.
It concerns a full-time assignment with 3-5 days per week on-site presence on the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven. This team is working in a DevOps way and is responsible for monitoring their services 24/7 in production

Main Expertise and Knowledge

• Required experience
• Multiple years (~ 5) of programming experience in Java and JavaScript+
• Ample experience with developing RESTful Microservices using Spring Boot/MVC/Cloud
• Experience in designing distributed applications on IAAS like Cloud
• Foundry/Docker/Kubernetes
• Proficient in data modelling, logical and physical database design using
• PostgreSQL/Oracle/MS SQL/MySQL
• Experience in building triggers, stored procedures/functions using SQL, PL/SQL
• Knowledge of query execution and optimization using indexes, partitions and analysing query plans, performance tuning
• Knowledge of data interchange formats like XML, JSON
• Clean code and knowledge about Design Patterns and SOLID principles
• Familiar with working in scrum teams and applying agile development techniques
• Fluent in English, both verbal and in writing
• Experience in designing and writing automated functional/performance tests

Nice to have experience

• Experience with working according Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Knowledge of OAuth2, OpenID Connect and FHIR specifications
• Experience working with Python and building triggers, stored procedures/functions using
• T-SQL, PL/PgSQL
• Experience in DevOps (e.g. production deployments, monitoring and alerting, troubleshooting)TFS, MTM (test management), CI/CD pipelines
• Test-driven development (TDD) and Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)Special characteristics / requirements
• Understanding of working in a highly regulated environment (medical)Willingness to join the rotating 24/7 on call pool
• High quality and improvement attitude
• Independent worker with fast learning attitude
• Experience with multi-cultural environment and multi-site project set up3. Key areas of responsibilities
• Creates high quality working software
• Features driven development in an agile approach
• Actively participates in sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives and backlog refinement. Contributes to continuous improvement of the team, software and processes
• Designs, codes, documents, tests (automated), maintains and deploys software
• Supports DevOps in deploying software
• Defines, monitors and meets performance and quality metrics
• Provides technical solutions that conform to requirements with a strong focus on end-users, high quality (QMS/regulatory standards), performance, safety and security
• Keeps abreast of technical knowledge by studying and implementing state-of-the-art programming techniques and development tools, participating in educational opportunities, participating in communities. 

Necessary know-how / skills

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or higher
• Good documentation and reporting abilities
• Good communication skills
• Disciplined team worker
• Analytical, creative, and abstract thinker