Junior Software Engineer MEDCO for the Department of Information Systems

Job description

Junior Software Engineer MEDCO for the Department of Information SystemsContexteThe Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) is one of five Swiss university hospitals. Through its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne and the EPFL, CHUV plays a leading role in the areas of medical care, medical research and training.
The mission of the Data Science group, wich part of CHUV Department of Information Systems, is to foster the adoption and use of data science and innovative tools in medical informatics within the hospital to significantly improve biomedical research and hospital key processes.
To achieve this ambitious goal, one of the core tasks of the group is to develop the necessary IT infrastructure for providing physicians and scientists with the means to smoothly access and use, for their clinical research projects, the massive volume of clinical data that every day is generated within the hospital. Our current and future challenges lie at the intersection of big data, medical informatics, data protection and artifical intelligence.
To address these challenges and push the bar furhter, a part of the Data Science Group is specifically focused on projects in Medical Informatics that will explore innovative Tools and technologies for implementing new prototype applications that could potentially be deployed in operational settings.MissionAs a Junior Software Engineer within our Data Science team, you will be responsible for :

Defining technical and functional specification for new medical informatics applications based on end-users (scientists, physicians and IT experts) requirements and latest technological  advances from the research academic community
Developing and documenting robust and mature proofs of concept and prototypes of these applications and help in the transition to production environments within the team.

In your past experiences, you have shown a proven track record of crafting innovative and elegant software solutions and the capacity to fully document the solutions you have developed. Your are passionate about technology and excited about working in the medical field.ProfilThis position requires a university degree in Computer Science or Medical Informatics or equivalent discipline with :

Proficiency in at least one object-oriented design development and data-driven development language (JAVA is highly preferable, Go is a plus)
Excellent understanding of data structures and algorithms
Ability to implement robust prototypes almost ready for deployment in production settings
Experience with RESTful JSON APIs and design of micro-services and Web services
Experience with relational database management systems and SQL
Experience with front-end Framework such as VueJS, WebSockets ans HTML/CSS
Experience with DevOps Tools for software deployment and automation using containerization frameworks such as Docker (Kubernetes and Docker Swarm are a plus)
Experience with Agile software development as a team and version control (OAuth, OpenID connect, etc.)
Oral and written proficiency in French is required to help you interact with end-users and peers on a daily basis.
Nous offronsIf you become an employee at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, we will offer you the following :

High social benefits
Three days of training per year
25 working days of vacation per year
Very good restaurants with preferential rates.
Contact et envoi de candidatureContact for information on the function : Mrs Nathalie Jacquemont, au 021 314 76 09
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