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About Epocrates: As highlighted in recent New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today articles, Epocrates is a market leader in providing innovative clinical solutions to physicians and other healthcare professionals at the point of care. Our rapidly expanding range of clinical products for mobile devices and the web help clinicians save time, and avoid medical errors. More than 900,000 healthcare professionals, including 1 in 3 US physicians, use our innovative mobile and web-based medical references to help them save time and improve care.

Position Summary:
As a member of a fast-paced software development team, the successful candidate will be working on Epocrates' Java-based server platform. The successful candidate will be heavily involved in designing the architecture of the next generation content delivery system.

Primary Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be responsible for development of new products, as well as maintenance and enhancement of the existing products. The responsibilities encompass all phases of the software development cycle including requirements review, software design & implementation, documentation, unit test, QA & release support, and post-release maintenance. In particular, the successful candidate will be the key contributor to the next generation content delivery system, and is also expected to identify architectural improvement on the existing system.

Primary Qualifications:

Ten or more years of experience in Java development; Strong J2SE and J2EE skills

Good understanding of object-oriented design and various software design patterns and frameworks.

Extensive experience in/knowledge of latest technologies and related commercial/open-source products or frameworks.

Must have previous experience of working with large-scalable high-performance server system. Familiar with data modeling, cache management, performance tuning, capacity planning, and hardware deployment

Excellent at documenting architectural design. The candidate must demonstrate excellent ability to communicate design ideas to cross-functional teams.

Proficient in SQL and Oracle or other relational databases.

Proficient in working on Window and Unix/Linux.

Good written and communication skills.

Self-motivated and team oriented.

Knowledge of software development processes.

Mobile application development experience desired.

Education:
BS or MS in Computer Science or in a related field.

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