Software Engineering Specialist

Job description

3085238
Additional Cities

Chicago
Career Level

Entry-Level
Relocation Assistance

No
Business

GE Healthcare
Business Segment

Healthcare Digital
Function

Digital Technology
Country/Territory

United States
Additional States/Provinces

Illinois
Postal Code

60661-3671
Role Summary/Purpose

We are taking on the world’s biggest challenges through innovative software solutions. You will work with a group of energized software professionals in a highly collaborative environment to build next generation diagnostic imaging visualization applications used by Radiologists, Cardiologists, and various clinicians. You will be responsible for programming a feature or a small feature set and will contribute to the team, taking direction from management but working independently.

Essential Responsibilities

In this role you will:

·  Have awareness of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, Refactoring and Testing Techniques. 
·  Ability to write code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project. 
·  Understand performance parameters and can assess application performance. 
·  Understand core data structures and algorithms and has the ability to implement them using language of choice. 

Qualifications/Requirements

Basic Qualifications: 

·  Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) 
·  A minimum of 0-2 years of professional experience

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. GE may agree to sponsor an individual for an employment visa now or in the future if there is a shortage of individuals with particular skills. 
·  Must be willing to work out of an office located in Chicago, IL

Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise:

·  Comfortable in building features such as web services and Queries on existing tables. 
·  Aware of Methods and practices such as Lean/Agile/XP, etc. May have prior work experience in an agile environment, or introductory training on Lean/Agile. Aware of and able to apply continuous integration (CI). 
·  Operates with general understanding of the impacts of technology choice to the software development life cycle. 
·  Experience in software platform, advanced applications (web), user- interface design and systems engineering  
·  Experience in java script framework (Angular, Websocket, WebGL/Canvas, RequireJS) and HTML5 technologies  
·  Experience working in enterprise java programming language 
·  Experience building APIs and services using RESTful, SOAP etc.  
·  Experience with Scrum/Agile development Methodologies using BDD. 
·  Experience with Windows and Unix / Linux based programming 
·  Experience developing web applications (Spring, JAX-WS, Web Services) 
·  Experience with front-end technologies such as CSS, BackboneJS, EmberJS, KnockoutJS 
·  Experience with database tools (JPA, Hibernate,JDBC, Spring Data) 
·  Experience with rules engines (Camel, Drools, JRules) & modern tooling (Gradle, Collaborator, Maven, Git, SVN) 
·  Experience developing application using .net C# programming language 
·  Experience developing application on Cloud platform (Azure, AWS, Docker Containerization) 
·  Experience working on software projects in the Healthcare domain (DICOM/HL7/IHE) 
·  Experience working on automation framework (SpecFlow, JBehave, Selenium) 

Business Acumen: 

·  Has the ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks. 
·  Understands the technology landscape, up to date on current technology trends and new technology, brings new ideas to the team. 
·  Displays understanding of the project’s value proposition for the customer. Shows commitment to deliver the best value proposition for the targeted customer. 
·  Learns organization vision statement and decision making framework. Able to understand how team and personal goals/objectives contribute to the organization vision
 
Leadership: 

·  Voices opinions and presents clear rationale. Uses data or factual evidence to influence. 
·  Learns organization vision statement and decision making framework. Able to understand how team and personal goals/objectives contribute to the organization vision.
·  Completes assigned tasks on time and with high quality. Takes independent responsibility for assigned deliverables. 

Personal Attributes: 

·  Has the ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks. 
·  Seeks to understand problems thoroughly before implementing solutions. Asks questions to clarify requirements when ambiguities are present.
Implements clean concise solutions that address the requirements at hand.  
·  Makes transitions to the new and different. Adapts to new environments and changing requirements. Pivots quickly as needed. When coached, responds to need & seeks info from other sources. 
·  Identifies opportunities for innovation and offers new ideas. Takes the initiative to experiment with new
software frameworks 
·  Adapts to new environments and changing requirements. Pivots quickly as needed. When coached, responds to need & seeks info from other sources #DTR

About Us

GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services to meet the demand for increased access, enhanced quality and more affordable healthcare around the world. GE works on things that matter - great people and technologies taking on tough challenges. From medical imaging, software & IT, patient monitoring and diagnostics to drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies and performance improvement solutions, GE Healthcare helps medical professionals deliver great healthcare to their patients.
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GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is anEqual Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Primary Country

United States