Applications Development Specialist I

Boston Children's Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Health insurance

Vision and dental insurance

Child care subsidy

Student loan subsidies

Generous time off

403(b) Retirement Savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

License reimbursement

Phone plan discounts

T-pass discounts

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital is seeking an Applications Development Specialist to join the Musculoskeletal Digital Innovation and Informatics (MDI2) Program. Work with biomedical engineers, orthopedic surgeons, and data scientists to develop, maintain, and deploy interactive software applications and informatics systems that support translational research and clinical care of musculoskeletal conditions.

The role focuses on delivering user-centered computational tools, testing, debugging, beta

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a closely related field.
• Proficiency in Python with CS fundamentals and OO design.
• Experience with frontend technologies for interactive UIs is preferred.
• Experience with Django, REST APIs, SQL, and cloud hosting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Research software requirements with emphasis on user-facing layouts and interactive workflows.
• Designs, develops, tests, and deploys scalable software applications with modern UIs.
• Resolves problems using basic scientific, mathematical, or technical principles.
• Coordinates delivery, manages version control, code hosting, and cloud deployment workflows.
• Produces and maintains documentation for processes, code, and deployment.

Skills

Python

Team collaboration

Analytical problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Django

REST APIs

SQL

JavaScript framework

Cloud hosting

Job description

Position Summary

The Musculoskeletal Digital Innovation and Informatics (MDI2) Program (https://www.musculoskeletal.ai) at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine has an immediate opening for a motivated Applications Development Specialist to work with a multidisciplinary team of biomedical engineers, orthopedic surgeons, and computer and data scientists to develop, maintain, and deploy (design, test, debug, provide beta support, and implement) interactive software applications, platforms, and informatics systems in the field of digital health. This opportunity is primarily focused on translational research with immediate impact on clinical care of patients with a range of musculoskeletal conditions, through publication of novel findings and development of user‑centered computational tools used by clinicians.

Key Responsibilities

• Researches and identifies the requirements of software application development programming needs, with an emphasis on user‑facing layouts and interactive workflows.
• Designs, develops, codes, tests, debugs and implements scalable software applications across multiple digital health platforms, focusing on delivering responsive and modern user interfaces.
• Resolves problems that require the use of basic scientific, mathematical, or technical principles.
• Coordinates, schedules, and ensures timely delivery of development services, overseeing version control repositories, code hosting, and cloud‑based application deployment workflows.
• Produces written documentation for new and existing processes, programs, code, applications, and workflow, and hosting environments. Keeps software documentation and deployment procedures accurate and up to date.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree is required in Computer Science or a closely related field.

Experience

• Experience with Programing Languages (proficiency in Python).
• CS fundamentals, object-oriented architecture utilizing design patterns, analytical problem solving, testing, and debugging skills.
• Analytical skills to collect information from diverse sources, apply professional principles in performing various analyses, and summarize the information and data in order to solve problems.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing and actively contribute to team-based application development.
• Experience in modern frontend technologies for interactive user interface development (e.g. a JavaScript framework) is preferred.
• Experience in backend frameworks such as Django is preferred.
• Experience in RESTful APIs is preferred.
• Experience in relational database (SQL) is preferred.
• Experience with cloud‑based hosting and deployment solutions (e.g., distributed cloud platforms, container services, or deployment orchestration tools) is preferred.

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good‑faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job‑related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T‑passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.