Software Development Team Lead

Job description:

Agfa HealthCare is looking for a driven Software Development Team Lead to be part of building the future in Medical Imaging.

As one of the Team Leads for Enterprise Imaging, you will be responsible for leading a group to deliver high value, performant software solutions. You will provide guidance and direction to a team of experienced developers through the design, implementation and automated/integration testing of our software, using agile (Scrum) software development methodologies. You will work together with the product owner & scrum master to develop both short and long term plans for the team.  You will support developers in their daily work as well as in their long-term career growth.

Agfa HealthCare is a leading provider of integrated IT solutions, state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging solutions for hospitals and other healthcare centers. Agfa HealthCare has over a century of healthcare experience in diagnostic medical imaging and has been a pioneer on the healthcare IT market since the early 1990s. Over the years, Agfa HealthCare has demonstrated its capacity to rise successfully to its customers' technological challenges, and to guide them in their transition from analogue to digital IT solutions. Today, Agfa HealthCare is a global Imaging Informatics leader with over 3600 installations worldwide. The company is a pioneer in the e-health area, with solutions linking thousands of general practitioners to healthcare providers.

Agfa's Enterprise Imaging solution gives medical professionals access to medical imaging information securely from any location, on a variety of web-enabled devices, combined with dynamic tools for collaboration and workflow management. It is developed in our high-tech R&D facility in Waterloo, ON, where we offer a contemporary office with benefits including RRSP matching and an on-site gym.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the product owner & scrum master, manage 8 – 10 developers as part of multidisciplinary scrum teams that will deliver high-quality, innovative software solutions
• Support the dev and V&V team by providing direction, clarity, and removing obstacles.
• Lead daily development tasks of the team, ranging from prototyping, design, implementation, code review, automated testing, troubleshooting, and third-tier customer support.
• Manage the performance of team members by setting goals and evaluating performance, supporting growth initiatives and career planning.
• Drive continuous development process improvements.
• Build collaborative relationships with other teams and stakeholders within the organization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline.
• Experience working with agile development methodologies for 3 years or more.
• Experience leading a technical team of 5 members or more.
• Experience with Java, Spring Boot, Angular & Kubernetes technologies
• Experience in designing and developing APIs (like REST)
• Solid understanding of image acquisition, processing, compression, and delivery protocols, such as DICOM in medical imaging solutions
• Solid understanding of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) exchanging protocols such as FHIR, HL7 in medical solutions
• Solid understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns for designing scalable and robust imaging solutions
• Proven experience in leading cloud migration projects and implementing microservices architecture on cloud platform like AWS.

Assets:

• Experience developing or integrating medical software
• Experience with JIRA, Eclipse, Git
• AWS Certifications such as AWS Certified Developer – Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, etc.

We offer:

We offer a rewarding career in a field that impacts lives, the opportunity to work with a talented and committed team of individuals, training and career development programs, and a competitive compensation and benefits package. If you want to be part of this experience, we'll take you there

Agfa Inc. is committed to complying with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005 (AODA) and all of its standards to create a barrier-free Ontario. We will provide necessary accommodations during the recruitment and selection process to all applicants. If you require accommodation as part of the employment application process, please contact

At Agfa HealthCare, we are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes diversity of Age, Gender, Gender Identity or Expression, Race, Sexual Orientation, Physical Ability, Ethnicity, or any other aspect that makes someone unique. The differences among us are our strengths. We are committed to promoting a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace that fully represents the different cultures, viewpoints, and backgrounds of our global organization and the world we live in.