New Job at RxVortex
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I have some big news to share. I started a new full-time job at RxVortex.
RxVortex is a youngish startup company building a software platform for compound pharmacies. A compound pharmacy mixes personalized medicine, often because of a special need or an allergy concern. As one can imagine, this kind of work comes with a lot of logistics and regulatory responsibilities, and RxVortex hopes to raise the bar for quality and cohesion. As expected, the platform uses Elixir heavily and has Jim Freeze (of ElixirConf fame) leading our system architecture.
I’m currently helping expand and mature the verify.doctor service, which helps with practitioner identification and certification tracking. It is one slice of a larger platform which handles pharmaceutical ordering, fulfillment, and much more. We also have some bleeding-edge robotics and automation in play too. I’ll probably jump around in time, but for now I’m helping expand verify.doctor and make sure its communication with other systems works well.
My official title is Software Developer, UI/UX, but out of the box I’m full stack and work on everything. I hope to dedicate special attention to refining our UI and raising the bar for usability. Most industry software for this kind of thing is pretty bad for usability, and there is a lot of value in presenting something clean, focused, and extensible to meet our customers’ unique workflows.
With consulting work being very spotty over the last 12 months, I started to consider full-time opportunities alongside my contracting promotional efforts this summer. This feels like a great fit for me, from the startup-with-resources angle to the talented team I get to work alongside and learn from. I also feel like it is a very turbulent time for software development, and having a stable place to work my craft is something to be very thankful for.
My first two weeks are behind me and have gone really well. I look forward to meeting more of the team and increasing my impact as I get more comfortable with our domain.
I have side projects and blogging goals outside my new job, so be on the lookout for more content here in the future.
About the Author. Mike Zornek is a developer and teacher focusing on product design and development with a heavy focus on Elixir and LiveView. He currently works at RxVortex, building software for compound pharmacies. During off hours, he enjoys watching Phillies baseball and playing relaxing video games.
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