Senior Mobile Application Developer - Android & iOS

JOB SUMMARY

In your role as a Senior Mobile Application Developer, you will work on the mobile application MyCap, which is a platform developed by VUMC to capture patient reported outcomes via mobile devices. Researchers at VUMC and participating institutions use the MyCap server module to customize the MyCap mobile app to fit the specific requirements of their research project.

The person in this position will be a mobile developer, initially responsible for maintaining and growing the existing Android and iOS versions of MyCap using modern software engineering practices. Further down the line you will be tasked in joining the effort in porting and consolidating the existing iOS and Android codebases to the Flutter cross-platform framework.

Our applications are continually evolving to incorporate more data sources and provide greater utility, requiring flexible software architecture and the ability to rapidly refactor/modernize. As a mobile application developer, you will work with stakeholders to define specifications, as well as collaborate with peers to integrate systems and build shared codebases. Our goal is always to produce software befitting a leading medical institution - clean, maintainable, and efficient behind the scenes; responsive, intuitive, and beautiful for the end user. We encourage you to read about the exciting things our larger informatics group is doing here: https://victr.vumc.org/victr-office-of-research-informatics/

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive the full mobile application development lifecycle - including architecture, implementation, deployment, maintenance, and enhancement
• Apply and disseminate contemporary best practices for cross-platform mobile development
• Collaborate with product owners to design features and user experiences that meet the unique needs of clinical research
• Work with web application teams on features and APIs to support mobile integrations

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Expert in native (Android & iOS) mobile application development
• Strong experience with Kotlin and Swift
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Strong experience with git-based version control systems
• Some experience with cross-platform development
• Some experience with relational databases and query optimization
• Some experience with API programming in PHP

About the Department:

The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (VICTR) is Vanderbilt's virtual home for clinical and translational research. Supported by Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Office of Research and the NIH-sponsored Clinical and Translational Service Award (CTSA), the mission of the institute is to transform the way ideas and research discoveries make their way from origin to patient care. VICTR functions to help researchers and clinicians do their jobs better by providing tools and support to improve the quality of research, publications, grant writing, and training for future doctors and researchers.

Position Shift: Days

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

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VUMC Recent Accomplishments

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• US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children's Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.
• Healthcare's Most Wired: Among the nation's 100 "most-wired" hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.
• Becker's Hospital Review: named as one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America", in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.
• The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children's hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows
• Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.
• National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement
• Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6^th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.