The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit
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Job Highlights
Location: Remote, must be based in the United States
Salary Range: $103,500-$143,500 per year, plus benefits. Individual salary offers will be based on experience and qualifications unique to each candidate.
Office Hours: Availability for meetings between 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Eastern Time with flexibility dependent on employee location.
Position Type: Grant funded, limited-term opportunity
Position End Date: June 30, 2025
Overview
The Software Engineer will play a crucial role in advancing the CDC Foundation's mission by developing and maintaining software applications for a public health association that specifically serves local, tribal and territorial populations. This role is aligned to the Workforce Acceleration Initiative (WAI). WAI is a federally funded CDC Foundation program with the goal of helping the nation’s public health agencies by providing them with the technology and data experts they need to accelerate their information system improvements.
This role is best for someone who is mission driven and is comfortable bringing a data driven solution to organizations who may be unfamiliar with this approach.
Working within Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness, the Software Engineer will work to build modern systems, tools and technology they need to address public health needs effectively. The Software Engineer will have strong programming skills, a solid understanding of software development principles, and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions that improve public health. Ideal candidates should be equally comfortable solving technical problems by writing code, explaining technical design architecture to technical and non-technical individuals while also leading organizational strategy and change
The candidate should have strong, demonstrable experience with mobile application development, web development, and relational databases. The candidate should be knowledgeable of engineering best practices such as source control, automated testing, continuous integration and deployment, and peer review
The Software Engineer will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness. This position is eligible for a fully remote work arrangement for U.S. based candidates.
Special Notes
This role is involved in a dynamic public health program. As such, roles and responsibilities are subject to change as situations evolve. Roles and responsibilities listed above may be expanded upon or updated to match priorities and needs, once written approval is received by the CDC Foundation in order to best support the public health programming.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.
We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.
The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.
Relocation expenses are not included.