Senior Software Developer

blackcanyonconsulting; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Employer-contribution retirement plan

Paid holidays

Vacation

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Black Canyon Consulting seeks a senior software engineer to build and maintain software that manages researcher identity, authorization, and access to controlled biomedical data. You’ll collaborate with a specialist team across established data access platforms, contributing to design, delivery, maintenance, and technical guidance for other developers.

The role requires expert C++ (10+ years), scripting in Bash or Python, Linux, and cloud experience (AWS or Google Cloud).

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience with object-oriented C++ programming.
• Fluency in Bash or Python; Linux experience.
• Experience with cloud services, including AWS EC2/S3 or Google Cloud GKE/storage.
• Ability to work with JSON and similar structured data formats.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Experience with HTML, CGI, REST APIs, Agile practices, CI/CD, and testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, deploy, and maintain software for controlled data access products.
• Help design solutions and advise developers on implementation choices.
• Estimate and plan assigned work, track progress, and communicate status.
• Document software and systems to meet product and program needs.
• Share knowledge, mentor colleagues, and help reduce expertise silos across teams.
• Keep current with changes in technology and infrastructure.

Skills

C++

Python

Bash

Linux

JSON

SQL

REST APIs

Agile

CI/CD

Multithreading

Security concepts

Tools

Docker

Job description

Role overview

Build and maintain software that manages researcher identity, authorization, and access to controlled biomedical data. You’ll work with a specialist team across established data access platforms, contributing to design, delivery, maintenance, and technical guidance for other developers.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, deploy, and maintain software for controlled data access products.
• Help design solutions and advise developers on implementation choices.
• Estimate and plan assigned work, track progress, and communicate status.
• Document software and systems to meet product and program needs.
• Share knowledge, mentor colleagues, and help reduce expertise silos across teams.
• Keep current with changes in technology and infrastructure.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience and demonstrated proficiency in object-oriented C++ programming.
• Fluency in a scripting language such as Bash or Python, and experience programming in Linux.
• Experience with cloud services, including AWS EC2 and S3 or Google Cloud GKE and storage.
• Ability to work with JSON and similar structured data formats.
• Experience with network and multithreaded programming, SQL, and relational databases.
• Experience with HTML, CGI, REST APIs, Agile practices, CI/CD, and unit, integration, and regression testing.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of capability-based security, JWT or JWS, cryptography, PKI, and keystores.
• Experience with serverless functions, SQL Server stored procedures, Docker, or development across POSIX and .NET environments.

Benefits and work setup

The position is described as full-time, with onsite work and/or remote work available. Benefits listed include medical, dental, and vision coverage, an employer-contribution retirement plan, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement.