Job Description

Job description This is a dynamic opportunity to join a rapidly growing Vancouver-based company, with industry leading software and services in the healthcare space. Policy Reporter provides a portfolio of offerings designed to redefine the way medical manufacturing companies receive and react to relevant information in the market. Our core offerings include a SaaS based platform hosting a database of the latest medical information, as well as custom projects to suit our clients\' needs by leveraging our industry experience with private medical and government institutions. Our clients include Fortune 10 companies in the healthcare field, as well as an array of Fortune 500 companies within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms internationally. Learn more at www.policyreporter.com. About the Team: We\xe2\x80\x99re a team of engaged developers who love building reliable, scalable systems that solve direct customer problems. We\xe2\x80\x99re an easy-going team and have found value in being open to learning new technologies and we\'re eager to dive into our applications to tackle a wide variety of technical issues. As a team we are making significant investments into our tech stack by improving our data structures, increasing automation, scalability, and software quality. We have a challenging problem of building a comprehensive database of payer policy data and keeping it up to date. Our technology stack is JavaScript, PHP, Python and Go, with PostgreSQL as our primary data store. Our single page application is written in React with D3. Many of us are full stack developers and we care deeply about building quality products. Our Culture: At Policy Reporter, people are the heart of our company. We foster an environment that promotes diversity and inclusion, and believe in a culture that supports open communication, continuous learning, innovation, and team collaboration. We create opportunities for employees to thrive both personally and professionally and work together with them to carve out their career path and future with the Company. Our employees work hard and are empowered to take on challenges head-on by being flexible and ready for change. We\xe2\x80\x99re focused on delivering great work with great people. At Policy Reporter, you will be able to do what you love, be yourself, and impact the lives of millions of patients. Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership to the team. Including, but not limited to: code reviews / guidance, mentorship on software development best practices as needed, architectural guidance
• Proactively identify roadblocks -- analyze situations, coordinate troubleshooting and problem solving activities, ensure proper follow up for post-incident analysis are completed and implement necessary process improvements
• Contribute to projects to achieve project goals with a mix of front-end and back-end code dependent on the specific project
• Assist as needed with technical reviews of code samples and in technical interviews
• Work towards departmental goals and objectives like improving accuracy of technical project estimates, improving critical test coverage, and overall code quality
• As a project\'s technical lead, collaborate with teams outside of Engineering to ensure that all stakeholders understand project goals, requirements and realistic timelines

Qualifications:

• 8+ years building a variety of web applications.
• Experience working with modern back end frameworks such as Rails, Zend, Laravel, or Django.
• Experience working with React, webpack and other modern web development tool chains.
• Strong competency with the React framework on both greenfield and brownfield projects.
• Writes tests early on and values decoupled easily testable code.
• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in Computer Science/Engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
• Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills.
• Knows how to structure applications for long term maintenance and ongoing flexibility.
• Candidate must have good communication skills (written and verbal), and be a fast learner.
• Strong understanding of common web exploits with knowledge on how to prevent them.
• Experience writing and reading RESTful APIs.
• Very comfortable with PostgreSQL.

Good to have:

• Experience communicating directly with customers to synthesize their requirements and align it with business goals.
• Ability to work effectively with object oriented code and with functional programming styles.
• Knowledge of the medical insurance industry and the ability to speak directly to medical professionals.
• Knowledge of distributed design patterns an asset.

What we offer...

• Healthy work/life balance
• Competitive compensation package including company-paid extended health benefits and Employee Assistance Program, paid-time off, paid volunteer leave
• Employer-matching Group RRSP
• Excellent opportunities for personal and career development
• Collaborative and supportive Company culture with fun team-building activities

Policy Reporter\xe2\x80\x99s Core Values:

• Excellence
• Value & Respect
• Continuous Learning
• Ownership & Accountability
• Teamwork

Policy Reporter is committed to Employment Equity. Accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request for candidates with disabilities. Work Location: Remote Job Type: Full-time Salary: $100,000.00-$130,000.00 per year Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Flexible schedule
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision care
• Work from home

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Application question(s):

• What are your annual salary expectations?
• Do you currently require sponsorship to work in Canada?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Vancouver, BC V6E 1B5