<h3>Responsibilities</h3><div>Ascension is looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager within our Engagement Services department to lead product development on the Salesforce platform.&nbsp;</div><div><br>You will be leading a team of software engineers that are passionate about building products that serve using state-of-the-art solutions and tools. You will work closely with the product manager, user experience manager, and your software engineering team. Engaging your experience and software engineering expertise to solve complex problems, deliver highly scalable, quality software solutions while also mentoring and growing your team members. Equally important will be your continual growth and development as a software engineering professional.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></div><ul><li>Build a high-performing software engineering team</li><li>Enable your team's success, and clear blockers</li><li>Ensures that the team’s product implements high quality code supporting software engineering standards, architecture and software best practices with support for test automation</li><li>Regularly participate in scrum activities, design reviews, code reviews and status updates</li><li>Champions product and process compliance, and is engaged in all aspects of the project from design, build, test and ultimately implementation</li><li>Evaluates effectiveness of implemented solutions to inform future trade-off decisions</li><li>Coordinate on-call support for your product or teams, triage inbound support tickets as needed, and prioritize work effectively</li><li>Engage in vision casting, strategic thinking and goal setting with the team. Then, motivate and focus the team to meet these goals and objectives</li><li>Technical mentorship &amp; coaching of team members</li><li>Ability to perform under pressure, instill accountability and achieve results with minimal oversight and direction</li><li>Engages in highly effective interviews, and provides/shares critical feedback that drives a go/no-go decision regarding a candidate</li><li>Communicates project status in a clear, concise and timely manner with supporting product adoption and health metrics as needed.</li><li>Monitors the software industry for emerging trends, tools, and best practices, while weeding out the noise</li></ul><div><br><strong>Required Experience/Skills:</strong></div><ul><li>7+ years of professional software development experience with 2+ years of leadership or management experience</li><li>Experience with Salesforce Marketing Cloud required.</li><li>3+ years experience and expert in designing, developing, and consuming Restful API’s.</li><li>Experience in designing and developing complex, scalable, performant and user experience-centered solutions on the Salesforce platform.</li><li>Expertise in microservice architectural patterns and design</li><li>Expertise in Salesforce configuration and programmatic customization.</li><li>Expert-level understanding of relational databases</li><li>Fluency in a high-level Object-oriented programming language and strong knowledge of OOAD, design patterns, data structures, and algorithms</li><li>Experience implementing APIs, bringing data to and from the Salesforce platform</li><li>Experience working on a Scrum team participating in Agile ceremonies e.g. daily standups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint demos/retrospectives</li><li>Strong verbal and written communication skills</li></ul><div><br><strong>Work Experience:</strong></div><ul><li>3 years of experience required.</li><li>5 years of experience preferred.</li><li>1 year of leadership or management experience preferred.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Characteristics We Seek:</strong></div><ul><li>Be curious about technology. The software engineering industry is constantly changing and evolving. At Ascension, we embrace change and are curious to learn how the latest technology can be used to improve the lives of patients and our clinicians.</li><li>Learn and grow professionally. We strive for continuous improvement of our Digital Studio organization and our team members do the same. This comes from the path of constant learning, in addition to reflecting on past experiences for improvement opportunities.</li><li>Always ready for change. A rolling stone gathers no moss, and neither do we. We accept that change is always around us, and our work is no exception. We navigate change through early and often communication; engage the ambiguous; promote diversity; accept new ideas; and lean on learning agility.</li><li>Seek feedback. Feedback is important to us. We use it as a guide for our own development, and we build our software with feedback built into the process. It is incorporated into our software development lifecycle with design, code reviews, unit tests, and continuous integration. Feedback is also integrated into our shipped solutions with application performance monitoring (APM) and usage analytics to help us learn methods to improve.</li><li>Sound awareness of self and situations. We understand the importance of knowing our best selves, and the value gained from our teams to compensate for our shortcomings. Equally important is our ability to assess situations with a calm and clear mind, and develop next steps to proceed in the best manner possible.</li><li>Demonstrate positivity. Our organization's focus is all about solving problems, and most of these problems are challenging. We try not to let that get in our way of thinking positively -- instead it's what motivates us to reach higher.</li><li>Work with your team. We understand that our best work comes from working together. Our teams enjoy working together, sharing knowledge, helping, mentoring, and delivering our best for the communities we serve.</li><li>Live Ascension’s core values. The Ascension core values are the standard that we hold ourselves to and a source of pride for us. We live by them. Our core values include: service of the poor; reverence; integrity; wisdom; creativity; and dedication.</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>Requirements</h3><div>Education:</div><ul><li>Bachelor's degree or higher in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Programming or substantially related field is required.</li><li>High school diploma/GED with 2 years of experience, or Associate's degree, or Bachelor's degree required.</li></ul><div><br>Work Experience:</div><ul><li>1 year of leadership or management experience preferred.</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>Additional Preferences</h3><div><strong>Additional preferences:</strong></div><ul><li>Experience with Sitecore</li><li>Experience with TDD</li><li>Experience with PCF and GCP</li><li>Experience with healthcare data standards (HL7, FHIR)</li></ul><div><br></div><div><br></div><h3>Benefits</h3><div>Paid time off (PTO)<br>Various health insurance options &amp; wellness plans<br>Retirement benefits including employer match plans<br>Long-term &amp; short-term disability<br>Employee assistance programs (EAP)<br>Parental leave &amp; adoption assistance<br>Tuition reimbursement<br>Ways to give back to your community</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><em>Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance and salary range at the time of the offer.</em></div>

Senior Salesforce Engineering Manager

<div>The Staff Engineer is primarily responsible for developing software for each platform and product they support and will approve code created by junior or mid-level engineers. This role will partner with other engineers to offer guidance on best practices, ensure that tasks are well thought out and documented and that the team has the same technical strategy. The Staff Engineer utilizes their skills to deliver technical outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity.&nbsp; It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.</div><div><br></div><div>The Digital Product Team leverages technology to reach people worldwide, connecting them to our ministry and each other through our website, apps, and all Life.Church locations. Our apps serve our attenders by connecting them with our church and helping facilitate their growth as a fully devoted follower of Christ. It doesn't get much better than that!</div><div><br></div><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li>Develop organizational software by using the appropriate tools and techniques for each platform in span of care.</li><li>Collaborate with various teams and team members to determine the technical approach and to organize development plans.</li><li>Evaluate complexity of tasks and provide realistic estimates on level of effort and completion time.</li><li>Manage the release process of any software changes.</li><li>Oversee contractors, vendors, and/or volunteers who are working within the domain of Life.Church products.</li><li>Provide support to other Interactive engineers through code and architectural reviews.</li><li>Partner with junior and mid-level engineers to offer training and guidance on best practices.</li><li>Help ensure that other engineers are moving in the same technical direction.</li><li>Maintain strategic outlook to plan for future development of processes and team.</li><li>Provide technical support on escalated software issues.</li><li>Research industry best practices and new technologies or tools that could be implemented at <a href="http://life.church/">Life.Church</a>.</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>Skills Needed to Succeed</h3><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science, or related field preferred.</li><li>3+ years of related work experience.</li><li>Proficient in web technologies, such as Ruby, Ruby on Rails framework, Active Record, CRUD architecture, MVC architecture, background/worker systems such as sidekiq</li><li>Also experienced in Javascript, Coffeescript, and CSS frameworks such as SASS, SCSS, or <a href="http://tailwind.js/">Tailwind.js</a></li><li>Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to maintain relationships and partnerships.</li><li>Maintain a systematic and organized approach to completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and timely.</li><li>Clearly explain complicated and detailed processes in a concise and simple way.</li><li>Ability to self-motivate, take initiative, make independent decisions, and problem-solve.</li><li>Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.</li><li>Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations.</li><li>Own technical design for projects and understands, and articulates, the tradeoffs in creating high-quality software.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Benefits We Offer</strong></div><div>- Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.</div><div>- Generous employer-paid leave for the use of vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons.&nbsp;</div><div>- Innovative and comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance that provides team members with useful resources and savings to navigate their holistic health.&nbsp;</div><div>- Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost. Additional life insurance coverage is available to purchase.&nbsp;</div><div>- Short-Term and Long-Term disability is covered at 100% for full-time qualified staff members.</div><div>- Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits allow staff to proactively invest in their physical and emotional health.</div><div>- Generous 401(k) retirement plan allowing a team member to have up to 12.5% (including employee contribution, employer match, and employer discretionary contribution) contributed into their account in their first year. It doesn’t stop there—the more years on staff, the greater the investment!&nbsp;</div><div>-$160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth.&nbsp;</div><div>- Casual dress and work environment.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Our Beliefs, Culture, and Commitment to Diversity</strong></div><div>At Life.Church, every staff member, and intern is a minister and is expected to engage in the church's ministry fully. We consider ministry readiness and an individual’s capacity to represent Life.Church’s beliefs as a minister during the selection process for all staff and intern positions. An essential function within every position held by a staff member or intern at Life.Church is to uphold and represent the beliefs of Life.Church.</div>

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