Sr. Digital Developer - American Heart Association

Overview

As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives as we remain devoted to a future of health and hope for everyone, everywhere. At the American Heart Association, your contribution matters, and so does your career.

The American Heart Association is looking for a Senior Digital Developer to be a founding member of a new development team that will lead the core platform that drives the American Heart Association fundraising efforts in schools. This new platform will be developed using technologies such as Azure, PostgreSQL, TypeORM, NestJS, & React. This is a phenomenal opportunity to be in at the beginning and help drive technology and architecture decisions as we design & build the fundraising platform of American Heart Association future.

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Digital Developer supporting our National Center office located in Dallas, Texas. This role can be home based.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our diversity, equity & inclusion, our focus on work-life harmonization and our Guiding Values. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued™ at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and at heart.jobs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead for a core part of the new fundraising platform
• Design, develop, deploy, support, & document new features as needed by our customers
• Collaborate with the internal Business Management team to understand customer goals and translate them into architectural & application requirements
• Work with Operations & Senior Management to reduce operational costs & complexity, while increasing performance & scalability
• Provide technical support, troubleshooting, triaging, & guidance to internal teams

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Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate in the job offered or a related field
• 5 years of experience in web development technologies, including HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), Extensible Markup Language (XML), REST, and C# programming.
• 5 years of experience with cloud providers such as Azure (e.g. Web Apps, Functions, Microservices, Storage, & Networking)
• 5 years of experience leveraging frameworks such as React or NestJS
• 2 years of experience in relational database development & SQL
• Demonstrated leadership & technical excellence on a large-scale infrastructure application or distributed system
• Proficient with data structures, algorithms, design patterns, & best practices
• Proficient with DevOps & project management tools such as VSTS & ADO
• Excellent communication skills with a customer service mindset
• Enjoys collaborating with colleagues & mentoring team members
• Experience with service management & operations
• Experience with security & identity management solutions

Compensation & Benefits

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package.  Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary.  That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
• Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position.  
• Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.  As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.  HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
• Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.  The number of days will increase based on seniority level.  You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees.  This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Association’s 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health, by 2028 the AHA will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy, and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.

At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. We're committed to ensuring our workforce, workplace culture and mission have a shared impact across a diverse set of backgrounds.This position not a match with your skills?  Click here to see other opportunities.

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