Software Engineer

At Stanford Health Care, we seek to provide patients with the very best in diagnosis and treatment, with outstanding quality, compassion and coordination. With an unmatched track record of scientific discovery, technological innovation and translational medicine, Stanford Medicine physicians are pioneering leading edge therapies today that will change the way health care is delivered tomorrow.

The Software Engineer, is responsible for building the front-end user interface for various web applications at Stanford Hospitals and Clinics. This position will collaborate on design issues with a diverse group of product managers, designers, engineers, and infrastructure teams to build and deliver robust front end solutions that showcase the Hospital's brand while providing a high-quality experience for users. This position should have a basic understand of front-end web development.

* Develops websites, performs unit testing, implementation, and production application support * Develops front-end HTML/XHTML,CSS and JavaScript from interface wireframes and visual designs, following Web standards and promoting user experience best practices * Helps to develop processes and select frameworks and tools for web content management and web application development * Gathers functional requirements to generate technical design specifications * Follows specifications to implement high fidelity visual and UX designs * Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency * Generate systems software engineering policies, standards and procedures * Designs, develops, tests, debugs and implements operating systems components, software tools, and utilities, * Determines systems software design requirements * Other duties as required

**Education:** * B.S. in Computer Science or in field/discipline from an accredited college or university **Experience:** * Three (3) At least three (3) years of experience with AJAX, JavaScript, CSS, DHTML, HTML, XHTML Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying. **Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities** * Knowledge of front-end browser technologies including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript * Knowledge of Semantic Markup, AJAX, JSON, and JS libraries (jQuery, YUI, etc) * Experience developing highly responsive websites * Knowledge of front end optimization and performance techniques * Knowledge and practiced application of industry best practices in rich web * Knowledge of user behavior and interaction design patterns * Knowledge of algorithms, data structure, web technologies, protocols, and cross-browser compatibility issues * Knowledge of architecting or building front end components and/or libraries * Ability to develop web sites for multiple contexts (mobile, tablet, desktop, etc.) and multiple locales * Ability to build and ship production-quality software to a large consumer audience, specifically user-centric design and development * Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment * Ability to demonstrate strong programming knowledge * Ability to accurately communicate complex technical abstractions * Ability to influence peers and/or management and a champion of best practices that will encourage and drive adoption.