Back End Developer
Chicago, IL

The AMA is a unifying voice and powerful ally for America’s physicians, the patients they care for, and the promise of a healthier nation.  To be part of the AMA is to be part of our Mission to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.  Join the AMA as Back End Developer on our Periodical Publishing (JAMA) team.  As part of the team, you will play a vital role in a small, high-performing full stack development team within the larger AMA Education & JAMA Network product group. You will be responsible for designing back-end architectures and development as well as developing integrations for both new content products and services and for the legacy systems, platforms, apps, and other digital properties of the AMA Education Center and JAMA Network.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Systems integration – Work / consult across multiple concurrent projects to architect and develop integrations that support new B2B and B2C products and services. Provide technical recommendations and develop appropriate documentation. (30%)
• Online publishing tools development – Work with key internal stakeholders to re-imagine and build features and functionality for online publishing tools. Strive for ease-of-use and efficiencies in product portfolio. (30%)
• Legacy system support – Provide expertise and development support for legacy systems and sites. Work with media relations, editorial, and other department that rely on these sites to solve their sites’ technical problems. (20%)
• Ongoing operational support –Triage incoming help requests from across the JAMA Network. Develop code solutions to issues, test and validation proposed solutions, and work with AMA IT as necessary. (20%)

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Degree or extensive coursework in computer programming or Web development preferred.
• 4-6 years of experience programming for the Web. Demonstrated ability to program, test, and debug at an expert level in at all or most of the following languages: React, Node, PHP, AJAX, and ES6,
• Strong background in: Full application architecture stack (server, networking, hosting, data modeling, business logic, API layer), MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node.js), LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), SQL, WordPress, and RESTful and SOAP APIs.
• Experience with HTML5 hand coding and CSS 3 skills preferred. Knowledge of Flexbox, CSS Grid and the concepts of responsive and accessibility design and related coding practices
• Careful attention to detail and ability to accurately perform quality review and documentation of code. Aptitude and strong motivation to learn new coding languages and technical skills and apply them quickly to projects on an ongoing basis 
• Ability to problem-solve creatively required, and ability to work well as part of a team and to clearly communicate programming concepts to non-programmers
• Ability to manage and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously while working independently under deadline pressure 
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills required for interacting and collaborating with technical and non-technical editorial staff.
• Experience with version control software and source code repositories such as Bitbucket a plus. Ability to plan and lead deployments manually or using automated deployment solution such as Urban Code a plus. Experience with more agile based or iterative software development methodologies a plus.
• A portfolio of deployed projects available (Will be requested if needed)

The AMA offers competitive salaries, including an incentive plan; excellent benefits and progressive technology.  Our office is a business casual environment and we respect work-life balance. Please apply for the position at https://ama-assn.csod.com/ats/careersite/jobdetails.aspx?site=2&c=ama-assn&id=1223&source=BIC. The American Medical Association is located at 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 and is convenient to all public transportation in Chicago.  

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity in our workforce.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.  As an EOE/AA employer, the American Medical Association will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and veteran or disability status.

THE AMA IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE NATION