Software Developer, Software Engineer

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is a professional and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and improve the quality of care for surgical patients. The College is dedicated to the ethical and competent practice of surgery. Its achievements have significantly influenced the course of scientific surgery in America and have established it as an important advocate for all surgical patients.

The College has more than 90,000 members and is the largest organization of surgeons in the world. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). .

The American College of Surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of the surgical patient and safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment.

To create a healthcare landscape where surgeons thrive and every patient has access to and benefits from the highest standards of surgical care, driven by innovation, education, leadership, and trust.

The Software Developer designs, develops, tests, and maintains application components that support the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) and related cancer reporting and analytics systems. Working under general supervision, this role contributes to backend and web-based application development, supports data processing and reporting workflows, and applies established development practices to deliver reliable, secure, and maintainable software solutions that support cancer research, accreditation, and quality improvement initiatives.

This exempt level position will report to the Manager, Information Technology, National Cancer Database in the Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care.
It is based in our Chicago office and is a hybrid role: 3 days per week in the office/2 days per week remote.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $103,000 - $115,000 (commensurate with related experience).

• Design, develop, and maintain application components supporting NCDB and related reporting systems.
• Implement enhancements, bug fixes, and new features under guidance from senior developers and technical leads.

• Support development of batch and real-time data processing workflows used for analytics, quality measures, and reporting.
• Assist with development and maintenance of reporting-related application logic and services.

• Develop and execute unit and integration tests to ensure application functionality and reliability.
• Assist with troubleshooting and resolution of application issues in development, test, and production environments.

• Collaborate with developers, analysts, statisticians, and IT partners across the software development lifecycle.
• Follow established coding standards, documentation practices, and version control procedures.

• Build technical skills through ongoing learning, code reviews, and participation in team knowledge-sharing activities.
• Contribute ideas for improving development workflows, tools, and system maintainability.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred but not required.
• 3+ years of experience with database design, development, and analysis (Oracle, PL/SQL) is required.
• 3+ years of Java application development experience, on J2EE preferably, with an emphasis on developing and utilizing web services of Java Application Servers (JBoss, JRun, Oracle AS, JMS, Drools) as well as Apache Camel architecture is required.
• C# experience is preferred.
• Firm understanding of relational database…