Bright Horizons · 17 hours ago
Application Development Specialist
Newton Massachusetts 02459
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$147K/yr - $154K/yr
5+ years expBright Horizons Children's Centers LLC is seeking an Application Development Specialist to provide technical support and ongoing improvements for business applications. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to define functional requirements, ensuring data integration, and proposing new technical solutions.
EdTechEducationE-LearningHealth Care
No H1B
Responsibilities
Provide technical support and ongoing improvements for business applications
Coordinate activities with data source application owners to ensure data integration, including data integrity and data quality
Collaborate with business owners, business analysts, and other team members to define and document functional requirements for interfaces and system changes
Ensure project schedules and timelines are aligned with business application implementation goals and requirements, adjusting as necessary
Develop and use relevant industry standards and domain information models to satisfy functional and non-functional requirements and remain in compliance with corporate standards and guidelines
Propose new technical architectures and solutions to improve and enhance existing architectures
Evaluate and test emerging technologies and tools
Conduct and facilitate collaborative data modeling activities among multiple stakeholders, and support business development efforts where data architecture and analysis requirements are defined
Adapt to Agile methodologies, determine project scope, and provide level of effort estimates for project tasks and related activities
Participate in regular status meetings with development and applications teams and communicate relevant project information to management, adjusting communication strategy and approach to match the needs of specific business groups, individuals, and development partners
Ensure that feedback from key business owners is fully acknowledged and incorporated into functional and technical specifications, process flow diagrams, and project plans
Serve as a communication bridge between business leaders, applications team, developers, and infrastructure team members to facilitate understanding of initial requirements, address questions, and manage changes across team
Serve as a technical liaison with third party development partners and resolve and escalate technical issues in a timely fashion when working on complex application projects
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and five years' experience with Microsoft technologies and development practices
Experience must include five years with each of the following: Microsoft Stack, SQL Server, and SSIS; coding standards; building queries and writing PowerShell scripts using Python/UNIX; and supporting all phases of the project life cycle including running project prioritization and post-installation project meetings
Experience must include three years translating business requirements into ETL designs, technical design documents, and mapping specifications; and ETL performance tuning and development using Informatica Power Center and IDMC. Experience may be gained concurrently
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Paid vacation, sick, holiday, and parental bonding leave
401(k) retirement plan
Long-term and short-term disability insurance
Life insurance
Money-saving discounts and financial planning tools
Tuition assistance and education coaching
Caregiving support and resources for the children and adults in your family
Company
Bright Horizons
Bright Horizons provides education and child care to fit the way people learn, live and work today.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.43B2025-08-21Post Ipo Debt· $450M
2018-03-26Post Ipo Secondary· $390.88M
2017-11-09Post Ipo Secondary· $262.5M
Leadership Team
Kara Conley
Vice President, Care Delivery
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