Software Development Engineer

About Kindering

Kindering a notforprofit neurodevelopmental center has provided comprehensive services for children with special needs and their families since 1962. We are committed to creating and providing superior individualized familycentered services for children who are disabled medically fragile or vulnerable because of abuse or neglect. Kindering is dedicated to maintaining a highly trained licensed and certified team of professionals. Current services include comprehensive developmental assessments physical and occupational therapy speech and language therapy special education family counseling a feeding team childcare consultation parenting education and family resource coordination.

Kinderings vision for equity is I BELONG. Eradicate systemic racial and oppressive barriers so everyone succeeds. Kindering values diverse perspectives and life experiences. We aim to seek out people from systemically oppressed and marginalized backgrounds to apply including people of color women people with disabilities veterans LGBTQ individuals immigrants and refugees.

Purpose

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our IT team. This role will maintain support and improve our legacy software VBA Access applications. It will also support and extend newer .NETbased web applications developed for some of our programs. The ideal candidate will have experience in programming with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) .NET and SQL.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following:

• Develop maintain and enhance VBA Access Applications.

• Design implement and maintain web applications using .NET framework.

• Write optimize and troubleshoot SQL queries and TransactSQL Stored procedures.

• Collaborate with cross functional teams to define design and deliver new features and enhancements.

• Serve as an escalation point for issues related to existing legacy applications.

• Use and maintain helpdesk ticketing system to track issues document and communicate resolution processes and outcomes.

• Collaborate with IT team daily and work as a team to provide support across all locations.

• Work with IT Support Specialist(s) to create review and update technical howtos.

• Design Develop and maintain database schemas and structures to support application development.

• Ensure data integrity and security across various database systems.

• Perform database tuning optimization and maintenance tasks.

• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies.

• Recommend and implement improvements to existing systems and processes.

• Assist with rollout of new commercial EMR system: form and report building.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Education & Experience

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience preferably in related field.

• Proficiency in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and Microsoft Access.

• Strong knowledge of .NET frameworks and associated languages (C# VB)

• Expertise in SQL including writing and optimizing queries and TransactSQL programming (stored procedures).

• Experience with database design management and optimization.

• Experience with Cloud based databases and services (Azure)

• Demonstrate professional interpersonal skills in writing over the phone and in person.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Strong organizational and project management skills.

• Customer Service Orientation.

Minimum Prerequisites

• Pass the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) criminal history and background check as well as the FBI fingerprint check.

• Strictly maintain the confidentiality of all client information in accordance with privacy regulations and organizational policies.

• Demonstrate proficiency in word processing and familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite including advanced skills in MS Word Excel and Access.

• Possess a valid Washington State drivers license and maintain valid automobile insurance coverage.

• Have access to a dependable personal vehicle for transportation purposes.

• Possess the physical ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to 40 pounds.

• Provide documentation of a negative tuberculosis test result.

• Provide proof of current immunizations including COVID19 and Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccines or submit a titer test result demonstrating immunity*

*Kindering requires all employees to be vaccinated or apply and be approved for a sincerely held religious belief or medical exemption. Employees must apply and be approved for an exemption and agree to additional safety precautions.