Senior Application Developer - ICTS - Biomedical Informatics

Senior Application Developer - ICTS - Biomedical Informatics

The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) is seeking a highly skilled Senior Application Developer to support cutting-edge biomedical research and data science. In this role, the developer serves as the primary application and data developer for the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) supported research projects, owning the full lifecycle from requirements gathering through implementation, maintenance, and technical debt management.

This role is critical in enabling researchers and clinicians to advance discovery, improve patient outcomes, and accelerate translational science. The position will coordinate with central Carver College of Medicine (CCOM) IT and institutional partners as needed to align with security, compliance, and hosting standards, while remaining focused on ICTS research systems. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in software engineering, a strong understanding of data management and architecture in biomedical contexts, and experience collaborating in academic or research-driven environments.

• Collaborate with colleagues and research community end users (both local and national) to define functional/technical specifications and offer solutions. Lead design and analysis.
• Consult with colleagues and research community end users to define system requirements, identify programming and output needs, and verify preliminary design and output. Write documentation and educate community in application and or data warehouse functionality.
• Recommend tools, languages, technologies, techniques, and standards to improve our processes.
• Propose software maintenance procedures and schedules.
• Provide on-call coverage for complex issues.
• Scope potential projects to create summaries and make recommendations.
• Develop work plan and time schedules for computing projects including outlining phases and identifying personnel and computing equipment requirements.
• Gather business system solution requirements by interviewing and analyzing work processes and operations; evaluate business and information systems functionality.
• Act as a functional expert for the translation of business practice into systems.
• Build and foster relationships. Provide leadership in multiple areas of expertise.
• Seek ways to improve assigned processes.

The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) at the University of Iowa was approved by the Iowa Board of Regents in 2007 to support the work of investigators involved in clinical and translational science. Our mission is to accelerate translational science through programs to develop the translational workforce, to promote engagement of community members and other stakeholders, to promote research integration across the lifespan, and to catalyze innovative clinical and translational research.

These efforts will lead to the development of novel therapies and healthcare delivery strategies, the integration of translational research and clinical practice, and, ultimately to measurable improvements in the health of Iowa and the nation.

• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans.

• A minimum of five years’ experience, advanced proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, PhP, R, and C#, with experience in web frameworks (Django, Flask, Spring, .NET, Node.js, React, or Angular).
• Strong expertise in database design, optimization, and data integration (SQL and No
  
  SQL).
• Familiarity with medical informatics interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, CDISC).
• Familiarity with clinical and research common data models (PCORNet CDM, OMOP) and biomedical ontologies (SNOMED CT, ICD, LOINC, MeSH, RxNorm).
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake), containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub, Git Lab, Jenkins).
• In-depth knowledge of web security and login technologies (LDAP or Active Directory).
• Ability to design and implement data…