Software Developer II (Finance)

Position Summary:

This position is a non-management development role. Developers in this position will design, develop, and maintain the software products offered by HealthStream in accordance with technology's best practices and product offerings. They will work with team leaders and senior developers to understand and refine requirements, design and estimate effort for new features or sub-systems, and deliver high-quality, defect-free software that adheres to company coding and documentation standards.

Developers in this position will participate as members of a software development team and may take on individual project leadership responsibilities across the software development lifecycle for a particular HealthStream product. They may also serve as Development Lead for a HealthStream Software Development team under the guidance of a more senior developer.

In addition, developers are expected to leverage AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI) to enhance productivity, reduce boilerplate, and improve code quality. They should be comfortable applying prompt engineering techniques to guide AI in generating accurate, context-aware code, documentation, and test cases as part of their daily development workflow.

This role is located in Nashville, TN and requires 3 days a week in our Capitol View office

ESSENTIAL DUTIES OR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide complexity-based estimates for proposed software application features and enhancements
• Inform application software architecture
• Program new applications, features, and enhancements, including application code, data stores, queries, and monitoring mechanisms
• Leverage AI technologies and tools to enhance software development processes, improve productivity, and drive innovation. Utilize AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI) to enhance productivity, code quality, and development speed while in compliance with HealthStream AI usage policy.
• Plan and execute integrations with third-party software systems
• Author and maintain automated tests for software applications to safeguard the quality
• Investigate, diagnose, and mitigate software applications failures and defects
• Deploy software applications to production-like test environments, including the development of automated deployment scripts
• Advise Quality Assurance regarding how to test software application features, enhancements, and defect fixes
• Measure, record, and maintain a standardized set of metrics for software code quality
• Monitor and support live software applications
• Mentor and coach junior software developers to advance their technical skills
• Provide consultations for other software developers working in his/her areas of subject matter expertise
• Produce, maintain and improve technical documentation related to products and solutions for both internal and external consumption
• Adhere to all HealthStream standards, processes, and best practices for software development

Qualifications

Job Qualifications :

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any discipline), or a closely related field is preferred
• Over 3.5 years of experience in software development, with exposure to full-stack development
• 3.5+ years of experience as a Software Developer, Software Engineer, or in a closely related role is a plus
• Minimum of 1 year of hands-on experience with React
• Knowledge of AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI)
• Experience with AI-assisted coding, code generation, and prompt engineering

Qualifications

• Proficient in .NET (C#, ASP.NET Core) for building APIs and microservices.
• Experienced with web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.
• Skilled in React, including components, hooks, and state management, with a basic understanding of Micro frontends.
• Working knowledge of MySQL, including writing queries and understanding relational database concepts.
• Familiar with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS) and deploying applications in a cloud environment.
• Experienced with version control tools like Git and experience with agile practices.
• Proficient in SQL querying and performance tuning.
• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS.
• Understanding of web security basics, including API authentication and CORS.
• Strong attention to detail and a willingness to learn and adapt in a team setting.
• Knowledge of AWS tools like CloudWatch or Lambda for monitoring and serverless deployments.
• Previous work with other databases or frontend libraries is a plus.
• Participation in Agile development methodology, ideally focused on SCRUM or Kanban
  Strong communication skills including technical writing ability
• Ability to work in person at the Nashville Office three (3) days per week.

HealthStream is an equal opportunity employer. HealthStream prohibits employment practices that discriminate against individual employees or groups of employees on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other category deemed protected by state and/or federal law