Web-Scraping Developer

Web-Scraping Developer (Location: Franklin, Tenn.)

Passport Health Communications, Inc., a nationally recognized pioneer developing innovative solutions for the healthcare industry and one of Healthcare Informatics Top 100 Healthcare Companies, is seeking a Software Developer.

Within the Patient Access Verification (PAV) Business Unit is a team exclusively focused on providing additional content beyond what Passport can obtain through standard EDI channels. This development position will be responsible for building and maintaining applications that scrape web pages for content, including data analysis, designing strategies to minimize custom coding and building administrative tools that efficiently manage the operation.

The ideal candidate for this position has the ability to not only technically obtain the data from the web pages but can apply it to our existing data to deliver value added content for our customers.

Job Duties:

Build custom scripts to capture data contained within a data source’s web sites
Develop techniques for minimizing custom code and detecting web page changes
Build tools to monitor operations of scripting applications and proactively detect anomalies
Create test plans and QA strategies to insure accurate information is being delivered.
Communicate with internal/external customers during analysis and development phase
Work within existing application architecture to deliver solutions
Own development projects and be capable of taking them from design to general availability.
Work with existing application development teams to deliver content in manners that meet their needs.
Other Duties as Required.

Requirements:

Four year degree in Computer Science
Previous experience with Healthcare transactions (ANSI x12) and data.
Coding experience in a Microsoft environment specifically utilizing VB 6.0, VB.Net, ASP, ASP.Net
Working experience utilizing SQL Server
Strong background in HTML
Experience working with XML
Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Good written and verbal communications required.
Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
Ability to manage changing priorities
Attention to detail

If you are looking for a growing, values-oriented, dynamic environment where you can make a difference let us hear from you!

**Competitive salary PLUS bonus and comprehensive benefits package**