Associate Software Developer - Full Stack

About CRISALIS

Founded in 2010, CRISALIS, LLC (Custom Research Integration Systems and Logistically Integrated Solutions) transforms how researchers collaborate through custom research database applications. Inspired by the Greek word "chrysalis," our name reflects our mission—creating innovative IT solutions that drive medical discoveries.

We specialize in electronic data collection (EDC) systems designed for clinical trials, research institutions, government agencies, and non-profits. Our secure, compliant, and customizable platforms ensure data accuracy, regulatory compliance, and streamlined workflows, empowering researchers to focus on breakthroughs that matter.

About the role

• As an Associate Software Developer - Full Stack, you will be a crucial member of a tightly knit, U.S. based development team that adds new capabilities and features to enterprise grade SaaS (software-as-a-service) web applications while architecting and designing the future. You will be a problem solver, finding effective ways to make the frontend and backend deliver on the specific needs of our clients. You'll develop web applications with excellent usability, smooth responsive user design that works on desktop, pad, and mobile devices, and performant backend microservices that are reliable, resilient, and scalable. Data Science and database architecture are also part of your story. As a Data Wizard, you'll extend your technical reach while providing ways to visualize and leverage data, crafting schema and backend microservices to provide everything that's desired. Senior software developers will help to guide your efforts and speed your movement forward in your skills and abilities. Because CRISALIS is a small, growing company, you'll find that we have no silos. You won't be stuck in a tiny corner of a massive project. Instead, you'll get to understand how the entire system works and directly contribute, making our products, development processes, architecture and design philosophy better.
• This role is based in the United States, with the expectation that you'll work a typical Monday-Friday workweek and have work hours that have a high overlap with members of the team that are located on the West Coast and Central U.S.

What you'll do

• Full-Stack Development: Design and develop frontend and backend components of web applications. On the frontend, you'll be writing multi-page, stateful, web applications with Vue.js, Vuetify (Vue Component Framework), Pinia (state management), html, JavaScript with Materials Design UI guidelines. On the backend, you'll be writing microservices with C#.NET, defining and interacting with data stores such as Microsoft Azure SQL databases, Cosmos DB for NoSQL data storage, and utilizing Azure Service Bus for event driven architecture,
• Customize existing web applications for clients, providing those unique features and capabilities that they require above our base functionality.
• Investigate and resolve issues with usability and functionality that come to light as clients do the unexpected and our internal Quality Assurance Analysts employ ever more rigorous testing strategies.
• Endeavor to always remain compliant with our standard operating procedures and ethical standards. We are intent on complying with SOC 2, IS27001, and GxP and you will be a key part of this effort.
• Uphold information security and data integrity both in what you do and in what you deliver.
• Collaborate with business analyst, quality assurance analysts, test engineers, and software developers to design, code, test, debug, and support new software projects to meet defined business needs and product offerings.
• Create proof of concepts solving technical challenges on both the frontend and backend.
• Learn and document new technologies, explain their benefits, and apply them to existing applications where applicable.
• Be proactive in making suggestions that improve the user experience and the backend microservices that must be reliable, robust, performant, and have exceptional data integrity.
• Participate and contribute to development, and deployment to quality assurance environments
• Perform code reviews, merge, and resolve conflicts.
• Be a productive member of the team with minimal supervision.
• Abide by the Agile Software Development Principles (Based on the Manifesto for Agile Software Development)

Qualifications

• Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
• Strong understanding of Object-oriented development using its inheritance, structures, etc.
• Solid understanding of the backend Microservices Architecture
• 1+ years of technical experience in the Microsoft.NET web stack: (C#, VB.NET, .NET Core, ASP.NET)
• 1+ years of technical experience using web technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Typescript and at least one of the following: Angular, React, Vue.js
• 1+ years of technical experience using data stores – MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, NoSQL, etc.
• 1+ years of experience using any source control system (Azure DevOps, Git, etc.)
• 1+ years of experience using unit test frameworks
• Understanding of the use of work management systems such as Jira or Azure DevOps to organize and track work
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations in English.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Education, Experience, and On-Going Training

• Either a University Undergraduate degree in Computer Science from an accredited institution or a combination of a one-year certificate in computer science from a college or technical school plus three or more years of related experience in software development.
• Stay up to date in the field of Computer Science through professional association meetings, webinars, independent research, and other professionally sanctioned activities.