Midlevel Software Engineer

Description:

Founded in 2007, Initiate Government Solutions (IGS) is a Woman-Owned Small Business and a fully remote IT services provider supporting federal partners nationwide. We deliver innovative Enterprise IT and Health Services solutions with a strong focus on data analytics, health informatics, cloud migration, AI, and the modernization of federal information systems.

Our vision is to be a health IT trendsetter, continuing to solve the nation’s most challenging healthcare IT issues by conceiving, designing, and building solid, creative, and innovative open-source solutions.

Our mission is to innovate, design, and deliver tailored solutions that balance technical advancement with cost-awareness while providing exceptional service.

IGS is currently recruiting a remote Midlevel Software Engineer to support our work with our state customer.

Assignment of Work and Travel:

This is a remote access assignment. The Candidate will work remotely daily and will remotely access customer systems and therein use approved IGS/customer provided communications systems. Travel is not required; however, the candidate may be required to attend onsite client meetings as requested.

The Midlevel Software Engineer will contribute to the design, development, enhancement, and support of software applications that support Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems in a cloud-based environment. This role focuses on building reliable, secure, and scalable healthcare applications while collaborating with senior engineers, architects, and cross-functional teams. The engineer will work within AWS environments and support healthcare data integrations while adhering to regulatory and security requirements.

Responsibilities and Duties (Included but not limited to):

• Design, develop, and maintain software components supporting EHR platforms and healthcare workflows.
• Implement backend services, APIs, and application features under the guidance of senior engineers and architects.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including design, coding, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Troubleshoot and resolve application defects and performance issues.
• Develop and deploy applications in AWS environments using cloud-native services and best practices.
• Assist with application monitoring, logging, and performance optimization in cloud environments.
• Follow established cloud security and cost-optimization standards.
• Support integrations between EHR systems and other applications, reporting platforms, or external systems.
• Apply secure coding practices and follow healthcare compliance requirements, including HIPAA.
• Support documentation and audit requirements related to application functionality and security.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including QA, DevOps, database teams, and business stakeholders.
• Create and maintain technical documentation such as design notes, code comments, and support guides.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience with EHR or healthcare systems.
• AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification (required).
• Experience supporting production applications in regulated environments.
• Hands-on experience working in AWS cloud environments.
• Experience contributing to medium-to-large software development projects.
• Proficiency in one or more backend programming languages (e.g., Java, C#, Python, or similar).
• Experience developing RESTful APIs and service-based applications.
• Familiarity with relational databases and data access concepts.
• Experience with source control, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.

Preferred Qualifications and Core Competencies:

• Experience with healthcare interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR).
• Prior experience supporting public health or government healthcare systems.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with Agile or Scrum development methodologies.
• Prior, successful experience working in a remote environment

Successful IGS employees embody the following Core Values:

• Integrity, Honesty, and Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest level of ethics. Doing things like being accountable for mistakes, accepting helpful criticism, and following through on commitments to ourselves, each other, and our customers.
• Empathy, Emotional Intelligence: How we interact with others including peers, colleagues, stakeholders, and customers’ matters. We take collective responsibility to create an environment where colleagues and customers feel valued, included, and respected. We work within a diverse, integrated, and collaborative team to drive towards accomplishing the larger mission. We conscientiously and meticulously learn about our customers’ and end-users’ business drivers and challenges to ensure solutions meet not only technical needs but also support their mission.
• Strong Work Ethic (Reliability, Dedication, Productivity): We are driven by a strong, self-motivated, and results-driven work ethic. We are reliable, accountable, proactive, and tenacious and will do what it takes to get the job done.
• Life-Long Learner (Curious, Perspective, Goal Oriented): We challenge ourselves to continually learn and improve ourselves. We strive to be an expert in our field, continuously honing our craft, and finding solutions where others see problems.

Compensation: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary, including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.

Benefits: Initiate Government Solutions offers competitive compensation and a robust benefits package, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care, matching 401K and profit sharing, paid time off, training time for personal development, flexible spending accounts, employer-paid life insurance, employer-paid short and long term disability coverage, an education assistance program with potential merit increases for obtaining a work-related certification, employee recognition, and referral programs, spot bonuses, and other benefits that help provide financial protection for the employee and their family.

Initiate Government Solutions participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program.