Software Technologist

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Software Technologist

Responsible for executing comprehensive code reviews to uphold coding standards, pinpoint potential bugs, and advocate for best practices in software development, nurturing a culture of continuous improvement and top-tier code quality. The role assists DevOps in software deployment, ensuring personal performance metrics are achieved, while also defining, monitoring, and meeting broader performance and quality benchmarks. The role identifies and rectifies software defects by analyzing logs, reproducing issues, and implementing effective fixes to bolster software reliability and performance. The role develops and maintains detailed technical documentation, encompassing system architecture diagrams, API specifications, and user guides, to facilitate knowledge sharing and support. The role coaches new joiners and exerts influence within team - local lab/product.

Your Role:

• Participates in full software development processes, working with broader autonomy and in pairing mode with other software team members, challenging requirements, design, and quality.
• Serves as a recognized technical expert in specific areas within the team, leading the creation of software designs and providing guidance on best practices.
• Takes on moderately complex software development tasks, collaborating with senior team members to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet project requirements.
• Develops and executes comprehensive test plans, including unit, integration, and system tests, to ensure software reliability, performance, and adherence to specifications.
• Conducts thorough code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, identify potential bugs, and promote best practices in software development, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high-quality code.
• Supports DevOps in deploying software, setting, monitoring, and ensuring own performance metrics are met, while also defining, monitoring, and meeting broader performance and quality metrics.
• Diagnoses and resolves software defects by analyzing logs, reproducing issues, and implementing effective fixes to enhance software reliability and performance.
• Creates and maintains comprehensive technical documentation, including system architecture diagrams, API specifications, and user guides to facilitate knowledge sharing and support.
• Keeps abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in software development to continuously improve skill sets and apply innovative solutions.
• Applies analytical skills to resolve medium complexity requests efficiently, exercising judgment within defined procedures/practices to determine appropriate action.

You are fit if:

• 5-9 years of experience in software Design & Development with C#, WPF, .NET and windows, object-oriented programming and SOLID principles.
• Experience with all aspects of the software development lifecycle: Requirements, Design, implementation, test and integration
• Experience with software development methodologies such as agile (SAFE), scrum and the V-model
• Design and implementation of software (on component or module level)—understand and communicate consequences of your design on the architecture and influence design specification;
• Design software on the basis of design specifications in accordance, to ensure that the software will be reliable, efficient, user-friendly, easy to maintain and meet the (medical) quality and coding standards;
• Implement class, unit integration and unit tests for the designed modules or components;
• See the challenge in working with a very large codebase (new and legacy code) that will need new features added or embedded in existing code, updates, (bug) fixing, improvements.
• Good communication in English (both written and verbal)
• Personality skills to collaborate with colleagues from different teams/levels and think across functional borders
• A lean/pragmatic attitude who can drive change and continuously seeks improvements and ways to reduce ‘waste’
• Interest in the development of software in a controlled regulated environment
• Experience in working in a healthcare product development environment is an advantage
• At least a Bachelor degree in Electronics, SW Engineering, Informatics, Computer Science or equivalent

How we work together:
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.

Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This role is an office-based role.
 

About Philips:
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.

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