Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do. To overcome today’s biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress, we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement, be part of the progress, and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter, and so does the impact you can make with us.

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Digital Developer based out of our National Center.

The Digital Developer is responsible for designing, developing and modifying web applications and other integration software to support American Heart Association's digital assets across all businesses.  Responsible for researching legacy code and SQL, documenting current state and requirements, monitoring testing, and remediating defects throughout the development process and delivery to end users.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our diversity, equity & inclusion, our focus on work-life harmonization and our Guiding Values. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued™ at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and at heart.jobs.

• Research legacy .Net and SQL solution, design, develop and maintain web applications and Web API by using Microsoft technologies and other client languages (such as JavaScript, jQuery, Dapper, etc.)
• Develop software artifacts based on requirements, solution architecture, application architecture, and development standards.
• Test developed software in unit and integrated testing cycles. Support user acceptance testing and defect remediation.
• Handle incoming tickets and defects including preliminary debugging, triaging, escalating and communicating back to customers on status of the tickets.
• Support the clarification and refinement of business requirements.
• Provide estimations based on requirements and functional specs.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, related certification or equivalent related work experience
• 2 Years of Experience in software development using Microsoft .Net full-stack and related technologies
• 2 years of Experience in web development technologies using HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, XML or C# programming language
• Experience with REST Web API; ASP.NET MVC 5; ASP.NET Entity Framework
• Experience with ticketing systems; troubleshooting web application defects, and debugging with in-browser tools
• Experience with SQL Server database development including Transact-SQL and table design
• Experience writing Stored Procedures
• Customer service minded with excellent communication skills
• Solutions oriented with good problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure platform
• Experience working with identity management solutions (SSO)
• React or another JavaScript framework experience

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package.  Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary.  That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
  
  
• Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position.  
  
  
• Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.  As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
  
  
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.  HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
  
  
• Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.  The number of days will increase based on seniority level.  You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.
  
  
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees.  This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Association’s 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health, by 2028 the AHA will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy, and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.

At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. We're committed to ensuring our workforce, workplace culture and mission have a shared impact across a diverse set of backgrounds.

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