Sr. LIMS Developer

We are looking for a Sr. LIMS Developer in 401 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60611 USA. Your mission will be to:

Lead or mentor technical team. Investigate, develop, test, and recommend new software solutions for existing or proposed processes. Evaluate and implement new applications and support ongoing effective utilization of applications. Support LIMS (Lab Information Management System) and other laboratory quality systems. 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Build and mentor team members.
  • Organize, analyze, prioritize departmental work demands for assignment to others. Be responsible for the quality, value, and timeliness of deliveries of team members.
  • Articulate ideas and solution to peers and stakeholders for acceptance. 
  • Maintain industry knowledge of technical advances in LIMS and other laboratory solutions.
  • Meet with users to plan the implementation of LIMS, enhancements, and assess impact to operations and necessary workflow changes.
  • Identify opportunities for improving LIMS functionality and performance.
  • Focuses on meeting customer expectations and working with a customer service mindset.
  • Meet with lab management teams to plan the implementation of LIMS, enhancements, and assess impact to operations and necessary workflow changes.
  • Design and architect technical solutions that meet functional requirements.
  • Develop coding standards and perform code reviews.
  • Develop and enhance LIMS systems which include requirement analysis, designing, programming, configuration, upgrades/patches, system documentation, custom reports, bug fixes,  and training.
  • Configure and support LIMS analysis, test lists, and other LIMS static data as needed.
  • Develop Crystal and Excel reports, data reports to customers, Key Performance Indicator reports, and any other reports needed to support the laboratory functions.
  • Support the business in the retrieval of data from LIMS. Provide data for analysis utilizing queries and reporting tools.
  • Provide support of LIMS systems which include troubleshooting, configuration, administration, upgrades/patches, system documentation,  bug fixes,  and training.
  • Be part of the weekly on-call rotation.
  • Perform other duties as needed.

 YOUR SKILLS

  • Demonstrated ability to lead or mentor a technical team.
  • Demonstrated ability to design technical solutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to build programming standards.
  • Basic knowledge of system development life cycle (SDLC).
  • A minimum of 5 years of IT systems configuration and support experience gained through college coursework or work experience.
  • Minimum of 5 years of relational database backend programming such as stored procedures, functions, packages, database triggers, and PL/SQL
  • Minimum of 2 years of programming experience using programming language such VB, Windows scripting language, Java, Python will be an advantage
  • Experience in building SQL queries, optimization, and fine-tuning is preferred.
  • Experience applying knowledge of laboratory workflow and Quality Control principles preferred.