All,
I like to plan ahead; we're about 60 - 90 days out (if all goes as planned)
from adding a perm dev position at Provisio / iTrials. I don't like to beat
around the bush much, so here goes:
1. I don't have any information on the budget allocation. Naturally, I need
to keep it low, while finding the best talent I can. Depending on skillset
and eventual responsibilities, I'm guessing the initial salary will be in
the 50 - 80K range, with requisite equity considerations, etc.
2. Work environment is very loose - we grade on performance, not what you
wear. While you will be required to work on-site most days, hours are very
flexible - and I mean very. If you're hitting your dev goals and delivering,
you can come in at 10 and leave at 3, and do the majority of your work from
home via RDS.
3. Environment is CFMX 6.0/6.1, preparing to migrate to Blue Dragon .NET. DB
is SQL Server 2000.
4. No fusebox. Minimal crap in the URL. Portable processes, with a focus on
abstraction and recovery.
The primary service platform is designed for use in-house, with no
customer-facing component. CFML was chosen not because it runs the fastest,
but because each client's needs are radically different, requiring
significant changes/additions to the codebase and running processes in order
to deliver our contracted products. Products include reports of analysis on
large datasets designed to isolate potential clinical trial candidates,
statistical analysis on potential trial site identification, and scoring of
candidates, sites, caregivers, facilities and other data entities via
proprietary algorithms. That said, here's what you need to be able to do:
1. Pretty code. Perfectly indented, perfectly formatted, proper case,
commented, etc. Yes, it can be done. If you don't do it this way, please
don't try to fake it. If you need an example, please drop me an email.
2. Experience integrating CF with external applications, such as mapping
software, etc. This can be via embedding tokens or other information in the
http stream, hooking the java engine, etc - I don't care, as long as you can
make it happen.
3. Experience breaking up very large / long-running processes into chunks
that can successfully run in succession in a browser or other thin-client.
4. Accuracy, and the ability to document your implementation of processes.
5. Ability to understand large, multi-database schemas, programmatically
enforce normalization at times, and recover / rollback programmatically when
required.
6. Experience in either medical systems programming or geo-data centric /
mapping programming. Both would be really great.
7. Familiarity with the following software packages:
*CF Studio. Please, no dreamweaver.
*SQL Server tools - EM, QA, etc.
*MS Visual Studio 6.0 SP6
MS VS.NET (VB)
Golden Software Map Viewer
( * - Required )
Those are the minimal requirements. To really shine and climb into the
higher salary echelon, I'd like to see this:
1. Ability to rapidly grok our Working Set / Reduced Aggregate Set schema,
and be able to rapidly write import parsers for it. Import data may consist
of a multi-gig flat file, a detached SQL database with 200 tables, or a
BASIS PRO 5 db from an old AIX box - there's no way to tell, until it
arrives from our data providers. The faster we migrate their data into our
systems, the faster we get paid.
2. Experience developing mission critical automated systems with recovery
capabilities. Automation is a *huge* part of our business.
3. Experience adhering to standards, such as HIPAA, OIG, FDA, 21 CFR Part
11, ICH-GCP, etc. IF you don't know what these mean, please have the
courtesy to at least look them up and fake it convincingly.
4. Experience with XML would be good. Experience with CDISC, UB92, HCFA1500,
NSF and similar claims formats would be great.
5. .NET experience, particularly with migration of VB6 code, as well as thin
client development and process encapsulation (DLL's, etc) in a 64 bit
environment.
This will be a great CF job, really. Programming challenges will abound,
plenty of tough problems, casual work environment, company big enough to
make real money but still small enough that you can make a real difference,
etc. As long as you deliver, you're golden. Of course, if you drop the ball
a few times, you'll be back to 9-to-5 until you pick it back up, but hey -
that's life. :) If you're code is clean and pretty, you have some of the
experience listed above, and you're fast, fast fast, let's talk.
Here's a bit about Provisio / iTrials. Provisio was formed about 2 years ago
as a vehicle to sell services to the clinical trials sector. iTrials is the
flagship product, representing a suite of services that range from basic
analysis of proposed trial parameters to identification of trial candidates
and potential new trial investigators, including contact and enrollment
services, media market penetration and analysis, and post marketing
surveillance. Because of the rapid acceptance and success of the iTrials
product offerings, Provisio has grown from shoestring startup with 4
employees to a recent third-party valuation of $25M+. The next stage of this
growth includes the unification of the various technology components
composing the iTrials service platform and documentation of the platform in
preparation for pending diligence processes that (hopefully) preface an
acquisition event. As one of the primary architects of the final service
platform, the person filling this position would very likely be retained or,
at the least, contracted for at least 6 months to a year, in order to smooth
the transition of technology management and execution to a new technology
team.
Because at that point, I'll be outta there. I'm basically looking to hire my
replacement.
Please contact me directly if this position sounds like you. Ask me anything
- I'm a fairly no-nonsense guy. Don't send me any URL's - we're not
interested in layout. Please be prepared to provide source code examples of
your solutions to complex business problems. If you're going to be in the
Nashville area, drop me a line or call - We can have lunch and discuss the
opportunity.
W. Sean Harrison
CSO / Senior Architect (and Co-Founder, I might add)
Provisio Inc.
3212 West End Avenue
Suite 500
Nashville, TN 37203
615.838.9289
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis ad capul tuum saxum immane
mittam.
W. Sean Harrison
CSO / Senior Architect
Provisio Inc.
3212 West End Avenue
Suite 500
Nashville, TN 37203
615.838.9289
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis ad capul tuum saxum immane
mittam.
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