Software Developer, Senior (Remote Canada)

Smile Digital Health

$90K — $110K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of professional software development experience, preferably in healthcare or technology.
  • Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.
  • Expertise in Java, Spring, SQL, Git, and distributed systems.
  • Proven track record in troubleshooting critical production issues.
  • Strong skills in client relationship management and understanding complex challenges.
  • Experience leading technical projects from inception to delivery.
  • Proficiency in debugging, observability, logging, and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

  • Lead investigations and resolve complex production issues affecting healthcare clients.
  • Collaborate with support teams to diagnose and remedy customer-reported incidents.
  • Analyze solutions ensuring interoperability, performance, and maintainability.
  • Escalate high-risk client issues to leadership when necessary.
  • Diagnose, resolve, and implement long-term actions for high-priority production challenges.
  • Design and maintain scalable and reliable software solutions within the platform.
  • Coordinate with DevOps for hotfix deployments and develop robust code patches.

Benefits

  • Remote work environment.
  • Flexible time away from work, including PTO and sick days.
  • Competitive health and medical benefits.
  • Retirement savings plans including RRSP/TFSA/401K contributions.
  • Life and disability insurance coverage.
  • Employee assistance program for personal support.
  • Access to learning programs like FHIR Study and Skillsoft.
  • Engagement in employee cultures like the Super HAPI Fun Club.
Full Job Description
The Senior Software Developer, Support works closely with cross-functional teams to lead the investigation, design, and delivery of solutions for complex client-reported issues and platform enhancements within the Smile Digital Health platform. This role plays a critical part in maintaining highly reliable healthcare systems used in production environments, while driving technical excellence, mentoring team members, and contributing to the long-term stability and scalability of the platform. This position works closely with all areas of the business to gather product requirements and design, implement and test components of the system. This position may include an on-call rotation for complex Tier 2 issue support. Responsiblities • Lead the investigation and resolution of complex production issues impacting healthcare clients. • Working with Tier 1 and Tier 2 support teams to diagnose and correct issues raised in customer incidents. • Analyzing solutions to ensure that they will be interoperable, performant and maintainable. • Escalate high risk and complex client issues to leaders, as appropriate. • Diagnose and resolve complex, high-priority production escalations that require deep code-level analysis and database inspection. • Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and maintainable software solutions within the Smile Digital Health platform. • Drive root cause analysis efforts and implement long-term corrective actions to reduce recurring issues. • Identify root causes of systemic software regressions, develop robust code patches, and coordinate with DevOps for hotfix deployments. • Provide technical leadership during incident response, troubleshooting, and high-priority client escalations. • Review, optimize, and refactor existing systems with a focus on performance, resiliency, and maintainability. • Conduct thorough code reviews and forensic log analysis isolate intermittent or hard-to-reproduce bugs. • Participate in code reviews, ensuring adherence to engineering best practices and coding standards. Requirements: • 6+ years of professional software development experience. Experience in the healthcare and/or technology industry, preferred. • Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, and/or equivalent working experience. • Demonstrated experience and expertise with Java, Spring, SQL, Git, and distributed systems. • Proven experience troubleshooting and resolving critical issues in complex production environments. • Strong client relationship building skills and abilities to understand client objectives and goals, complex challenges and provide a clear path to resolution. • Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, scalability, and maintainability principles. • Experience leading technical initiatives and driving projects from requirements through delivery. • Ability to analyze ambiguous problems, assess risk, and make sound technical decisions independently. • Strong experience with debugging, observability, logging, and monitoring tools. • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams. • Demonstrated mentorship and technical leadership experience. • Experience working in healthcare technology, HL7, or FHIR is considered an asset. $90,000 - $110,000 a year Some of the benefits we offer: * Remote Work Environment * Flexible Time Away From Work Policy including PTO, Personal and Sick Days * Competitive Salary and Health/Medical Benefits * RRSP/TFSA/401K Employee Contribution * Life and Disability * Employee Assistance Program * FHIR Study Program and Skillsoft Learning * Super HAPI Fun Club

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