Developer II - Psychiatry

CO00 Children's Hospital Medical Center; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnati Children's is seeking a software engineer to develop and support AI-enabled workflow tools for healthcare research. The role focuses on modular services, APIs, UIs, and background workers using C#, .NET, Python, and Blazor in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities include translating workflow requirements into actionable software, building browser-based automation, and ensuring secure, auditable processes with human review where needed.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, biomedical engineering, data science, information systems, health informatics, or a related field.
• C# development experience with Blazor and .NET.
• Experience with AI terminal coding agents / AI-assisted software development tools.
• Familiarity with Linux environments, Docker, API development and integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and support software components for AI-enabled workflow tools in a healthcare research environment.
• Build modular software services, APIs, user interfaces, background workers, and integration components using C#, .NET, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Blazor or related frameworks.
• Translate workflow requirements into software specifications, tests, and maintainable code.
• Develop browser-based automation workflows that interact with clinical, research, administrative, or operational systems under human supervision.
• Support secure automation patterns with user review, traceability, and escalation for human judgment when needed.
• Assist workflow orchestration components that route tasks, collect information, prepare decision packets, and document process state.

Skills

C# development

Blazor

.NET development

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

AI-assisted development

Linux

Docker

API development

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, biomedical engineering, data science, information systems, health informatics, or a related field

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Job description

Hybrid Requirements

This position requires approximately 50% on-site presence based on operational and support needs.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Software Development and Workflow Automation Develop, maintain, and support software components for AI-enabled workflow tools used in a healthcare research and innovation environment.

Assist in building modular software services, APIs, user interfaces, background workers, and integration components using technologies such as C#, .NET, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Blazor, or related frameworks.

Translate workflow requirements into software specifications, user stories, technical tasks, test cases, and maintainable code modules.

Develop browser-based automation workflows that interact with approved clinical, research, administrative, or operational systems under human supervision and within institutional policy.

Support secure automation patterns that emphasize user review, traceability, exception handling, and appropriate escalation when workflows require human judgment.

Assist with workflow orchestration components that route tasks, collect required information, prepare decision packets, document process state, and support reproducible execution.

Computer Vision, Screen-Based Workflows, and Auditability

Support computer vision workflows involving screenshots, browser interfaces, screen-state detection, OCR outputs, visual comparison, and screen-based validation.

Testing, Validation, and Safe Development Practices

Help create mock environments, test harnesses, simulated workflows, synthetic data sets, and controlled development environments to support safe testing prior to production use.

Participate in unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, and validation of workflow automation modules.

Assist with debugging, troubleshooting, performance review, quality assurance, and iterative improvement of AI-assisted workflow tools.

Document validation steps, expected outputs, known limitations, exception pathways, and human review checkpoints.

Support controlled release processes, code review, version control, deployment documentation, and change tracking.

Collaboration and Requirements Development

Collaborate with clinical, research, operational, informatics, compliance, and technical stakeholders to understand current-state workflows and identify opportunities for safe workflow support.

Participate in meetings with project leads, investigators, clinicians, coordinators, analysts, and software engineers to clarify requirements and implementation needs.

Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders and incorporate feedback into software design and workflow refinement.

Assist in translating complex healthcare workflows into structured, reproducible, and testable software processes.

Work as part of a team committed to improving pediatric healthcare operations, clinical research support, quality improvement, and responsible innovation.

Security, Privacy, Documentation, and Compliance

Follow institutional policies and procedures related to privacy, security, HIPAA, human subjects research, clinical systems access, data governance, and responsible AI use.

Support secure data handling practices, including appropriate logging, access control, audit trails, environment separation, and documentation of data flows.

Maintain clear documentation for code, workflows, configuration steps, validation procedures, deployment processes, and user support materials.

Use established software development practices, including Git/version control, issue tracking, code review, documentation, and reproducible build or deployment processes.

Escalate security, privacy, workflow, or patient safety concerns promptly to senior team members, investigators, project leads, or appropriate institutional stakeholders.

Assist in developing methods to capture, interpret, and validate screen-state information in a manner that supports human review and quality assurance.

Help create visual audit trails, workflow logs, structured outputs, and validation artifacts to support transparency, reproducibility, and review.

Work with senior engineers and project leads to improve accuracy, reliability, and safety of screen-based automation tools.

Assist in evaluating edge cases, failure modes, ambiguous screen states, and situations requiring human intervention.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of work experience in a related job discipline
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, biomedical engineering, data science, information systems, health informatics, or a related field
• C# development
• Blazor and .NET development
• AI terminal coding agents / AI-assisted software development tools
• Linux operations and command-line environments
• Docker and containerized application environments
• API development and integration

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with browser, workflow, robotic process, or test automation, including tools such as Playwright, Selenium, or similar technologies.
• Experience with computer vision and image-processing technologies, including OCR, screenshot analysis, screen-state detection, visual validation, OpenCV, or related tools.
• Experience with AI/LLM-enabled development, including prompt engineering, AI-assisted software development, agentic workflows, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or human-supervised automation.
• Experience with healthcare technology environments, including Epic, FHIR, HL7, REDCap, clinical research systems, EHR-integrated workflows, or other enterprise healthcare platforms.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and related enterprise technologies, such as Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Graph, Teams applications, or similar cloud and collaboration platforms.
• Knowledge of modern software development and validation practices, including version control, debugging, testing, documentation, secure development, test harnesses, simulated workflows, synthetic data, and validation tools.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across technical and non-technical teams and operate effectively within healthcare privacy, security, compliance, and development standards.
• Interest in applying technology and responsible AI to pediatric healthcare, clinical research, quality improvement, or healthcare innovation.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Strong knowledge of software engineering principles, including modular design, testing, debugging, source control, documentation, maintainability, and secure development practices.

Ability to understand and translate complex operational workflows into reliable software solutions, including decision points, exception handling, validation, and user review requirements.

Ability to work with browser-based and screen-driven workflows, including screenshots, OCR outputs, visual data, and screen-state information.

Understanding of human-in-the-loop and AI-assisted automation, including the ability to identify uncertain or incomplete outputs and appropriately escalates situations requiring human review or professional judgment.

Ability to develop solutions while balancing innovation, reliability, privacy, security, auditability, regulatory requirements and institutional standards within a healthcare environment.

Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and documentation skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers, clinicians, researchers, analysts, project leaders and other technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Ability to learn and apply emerging technologies responsibly while helping continuous improvement, healthcare innovation, and improved outcomes for children.

About Us

At Cincinnati Children’s, we come to work with one goal: to make children’s health better. We believe in a holistic team approach, both in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery. We strive to do better and find energy and inspiration in our shared purpose. If you want to be the best you can be, you can do it at Cincinnati Children’s.

Cincinnati Children's is: Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as atop 10 best Children's Hospitals in the nation for more than 15 years Consistently among the top 3 Children's Hospitals for National Institutes of Health (NIH)Funding Recognized as one of America’s Best Large Employers (2025), America’s Best Employers for New Grads (2025) One of the nation'sAmerica’s Most Innovative Companiesas noted by Fortune Consistently certified as great place to work A Leading Disability Employeras noted by theNational Organization on Disability Magnet® designated for the fourth consecutive time by theAmerican Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) We Embrace Innovation—Together. We believe in empowering our teams with the tools that help us work smarter and care better. That’s why we support the responsible use of artificial intelligence. By encouraging innovation, we’re creating space for new ideas, better outcomes, and a stronger future—for all of us. Comprehensive job description provided upon request.

Cincinnati Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all our employees, patients, and families.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

EEO/Veteran/Disability

Cincinnati Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all our employees, patients, and families. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

EEO/Veteran/Disability