Kaiser Permanente
Job Summary
The primary responsibility of the mid‑level product development software engineer is to transform written business requirements into modern, quality software solutions with a balanced focus on leveraging Microsoft Power Platform and SharePoint Online (low‑code technologies) while also being fluent in pro‑code web technologies, including developing JavaScript apps with REST backends and SQL/NoSQL data sources. A quickly emerging responsibility is to leverage modern AI capabilities, including generative AI such as prompt engineering using large language models (LLMs), and to demonstrate fundamentals in neural networks and deep learning.
Candidates may be stronger in low‑code or pro‑code development; the key requirement is demonstrated fundamentals experience in the alternate area.
Essential Responsibilities
- Completes work assignments by applying up‑to‑date knowledge in subject area to meet deadlines; follows procedures and policies, applying data and resources to support projects or initiatives; collaborates with others, often cross‑functionally, to solve business problems; supports the completion of priorities, deadlines, and expectations; communicates progress and information; identifies and recommends ways to address improvement opportunities; and escalates issues or risks as appropriate.
- Pursues self‑development and effective relationships with others by sharing resources, information, and knowledge with coworkers and customers; listens, responds to, and seeks performance feedback; acknowledges strengths and weaknesses; assesses and responds to the needs of others; and adapts to and learns from change, difficulties, and feedback.
- Leverages DEVOPS, both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi‑channel, high‑volume, high‑transaction, on/off‑premise, cloud‑based solutions.
- Provides insight into recommendations for technical solutions that meet design and functional needs.
- Provides systems incident support and troubleshooting for basic to moderately complex issues.
- Assists in identification of specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions to support technical solutions.
- Supports collaboration between team members, architects, and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs.
- Assists in translating business requirements and functional specifications into code modules and software solutions, with guidance from senior colleagues, by providing insight into recommendations for technical solutions that meet design and functional needs.
- Assists in the implementation and post‑implementation triage and support of business software solutions, with guidance from senior colleagues, by programming and/or configuring enhancements to new or packaged‑based systems and applications.
- Develops and executes unit testing to identify application errors and ensure software solutions meet functional specifications.
- Supports component integration testing (CIT) and user acceptance testing (UAT) for application initiatives by providing triage, attending test team meetings, keeping the QC up‑to‑date, performing fixes and unit testing, and providing insight to testing teams to ensure appropriate depth of test coverage, while supporting the development of proper documentation.
- Assists in the development, configuration, or modification of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by designing and coding component‑based applications using programming languages.
- Writes technical specifications and documentation.
- Assists with efforts to ensure new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures.
- Assists in building partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specifications.
- Participates in some aspects of the software development lifecycle phases by applying an understanding of company methodology, policies, standards, and internal and external controls.
- Works with vendors (e.g., offshore, application, service).
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and a minimum of three (3) years of experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.