Junior Software Developer

Position Summary

The Software Engineering department is looking for a Junior Software Developer.

Our Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software AccuroEMR has the largest adoption in Canada and serves thousands of providers and millions of patients. Our patient platform Medeo leverages that market penetration and connects patients to their healthcare providers. Our other supporting products round out a robust offering, connecting healthcare providers to their patients, their data and each other. As we continue to build up new and exciting interactions between our products and other healthcare organizations in the industry, we are looking for a passionate leader who is motivated to be an integral driver of innovation in healthcare technologies in Canada.

As a fantastic Junior Software Developer, you should be eager to learn. You've gone through a period of education, and you're excited to see how your new skills match a role in the industry. You're a good communicator, and you've had some experience in group or shared projects. These shared projects have set the groundwork for you to work in a team of likeminded and enthusiastic teammates. You recognize working in a team is critical for your new role because peer learning and pair programming are such powerful tools to refine your skills. You are excited to pick up new frameworks and techniques, using them to make meaningful contributions.

Success as Junior Software Developer is achieved by learning the codebase, learning how to work in a team, and contributing to the team's shared goals in the codebase. You should feel pride when code that you've written makes it in front of users and is received positively.

Competencies Critical for Success

• A genuine desire to build world-class products
• A passion for learning and teamwork
• An educational foundation of theoretical knowledge

Primary Responsibilities

• Understanding the codebase, architecture and application functionality
• Writing testable code that works; evolving your practices based on advice provided by others on the team
• Participation in agile ceremonies, gathering a deeper understanding of their purpose and value
• Embracing curiosity, learning everything you can
• Positively contributing to the capacity of your team by adding value during this initial phase of your career

Additional Duties and Expectations

• Promote QHR's "Blue Culture" framework to foster a collaborative, positive and efficient workplace
• Contribute to the organization's positive image both internally and externally
• Team composition may change year over year to accommodate evolutions in strategic direction
• Perform other duties consistent with the position, as reasonably directed by your manager

Qualifications, Education and Experience Requirements

Role Requirements

• A degree or diploma in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field
• 0-2 years of relevant development experience
• Exposure to
• Object oriented programming languages such as Java
• Code repositories such as GIT
• Relational databases such as MS SQL
• Unit test frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito

Team Requirements

As part of our team focused on Accuro EMR, experience with the following are critical:

• Java 11+
• Java Swing
• JDBC and MS SQL
• Jmockit or Mockito

In addition, experience with the following would be considered an asset:

• FHIR and/or HL7
• Terraform, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Helm
• Angular and Typescript
• RESTful APIs
• Websockets and WebRTC
• OAuth 2.0 and JWT
• CI/CD Pipelines
• API Gateway/Integration Patterns
• Data Mapping and Transformation

Compensation and Logistics

• Base salary, variable bonus established at the corporate level, competitive benefits package
• Hiring Range: $60,000 - $70,000
• Final pay for this position may depend on candidate knowledge, skills, experience, and location
• This position is hybrid for those located in Kelowna, BC and fully remote for any other locations.
• Full time, permanent
• No travel required

QHR is a dynamic, high-growth Canadian technology company and division of Loblaw Companies Limited. Our mission is to unite Canadian Healthcare, connecting Providers and their Patients to information and each other.