Agile Senior Software Engineer

Description

As the world's largest healthcare services company with more than $100 billion in annual sales, McKesson Corporation (McKesson) is a Fortune 15 Corporation that provides pharmaceutical supply management and information technologies across the entire continuum of healthcare.

McKesson Health Solutions delivers market-leading solutions that drive clinical and business intelligence into every healthcare decision to help payors and providers optimize the quality and cost of care. Our clinical and technology tools and experts help clients validate appropriateness of healthcare services, automate authorizations, manage advanced diagnostics utilization, manage chronic disease, optimize claims payment decisions, and harness the transformative power of analytics. We achieve these results through five major product lines: innovative solutions including auto-authorization tools from Advanced Diagnostics Management; business intelligence solutions from the Care Management software product line; market-leading code audit solutions from the Claims Performance product line; the industry-leading InterQual® criteria for evidence-based clinical decision support; and whole-person Care Management services for chronic disease management and nurse triage.

Current Need

Agile Senior Software Engineer - ADM / Healthcare

Position Description

McKesson Corporation is seeking a proven Agile Senior Software Engineer who will be responsible for developing quality software specifications and code for our Healthcare applications. The Agile Senior Software Engineer will work with our development team and testers to design software for testability and rigorous, automated testing

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working in an agile software development environment, including emergent architecture, changing requirements, and changing priorities (SCRUM, Agile, XP, etc.). In addition, the Agile Senior Software Engineer will be a reliable team player devoted to completing assigned tasks on schedule with minimal supervision.

Primary Responsibilities:

Software Development

Design software for testability and rigorous, automated testing

Actively participate in requirements review, analysis and planning

Document software specifications and code

Apply McKesson coding standards in code documentation and naming conventions

Secondary Responsibilities:

Quality Assurance

Execute quality assurance testing on own software before delivery to QA department

Provide technical support for the application by diagnosing and correcting software malfunctions

Technical Expertise

Perform research and evaluation of the software design and implementation options while making recommendations as for go forward decision

Provide technical expertise to applications developers

Additional Knowledge & Skills

Comfortable working in an agile software development environment, including emergent architecture, changing requirements, and changing priorities (SCRUM, Agile, XP, etc.)

Knowledge and experience with: Java, J2EE, JDBC, Portlets, Portal Framework (JSR-168/286), Hibernate, REST, Servlets, Flex 3.0 Action Script, WSDL, SOAP, DHTML, XML, XSLT, MVC and IoC frameworks and concepts, Business Rule Engines (JSR-94), Oracle RDBMS, EDI, HL7, X12, TCP/IP, FTP, Eclipse IDE, UML, BPEL/BPMN

Business domain background in Healthcare Lab Order Management, Decision Support System, Authorization and Claims Processing and Payment, Reporting and Analytics is a definite plus

Minimum Requirements

8+ years of object-oriented software design and development experience

Problem solving aptitude

Solid team skills (team-player)

Highly motivated

Strong analytical skills

Demonstrated problem solving, planning and organizational skills

Strong written and interpersonal communication

Education

B.A/B.S. in Computer Science

Physical Requirements

General office environment

Self-starter; capable of working independently

Company Statement

McKesson offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.

McKesson is everywhere in healthcare. We offer a wealth of opportunity for individuals with a desire to make a difference in providing industry-leading, integrated healthcare services and solutions. Individuals with the passion to be a part of our entire continuum of patient-focused care. It's you and McKesson - empowering healthcare. Visit www.mckesson.com/careers for more information.

As an equal opportunity employer, McKesson Corporation unites the talents and contributions of all to advance the power of healthcare.

Agency Statement

No agencies please.

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