Senior Software Engineer - Microservices

The Senior Software Engineer (Microservices) is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining highly scalable, secure, and performant microservices-based applications supporting enterprise platforms. The role operates across the full SDLC and collaborates with cross-functional teams including Product, Architecture, Dev Ops, QA, Application teams, performance test team and Platform.

• Performs as a key contributor to an engineering team that builds and supports exceptional products that provide innovative solutions to challenging business use cases, existing system and operational problems
• Participates in architectural design, system analysis, and programming activities on application software; this may often require independent research and study
• Develops high-quality and production-ready software by using best-practice data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and frameworks that are maintainable, scalable, responsive, and secure
• Writes highest quality code with utmost attention to scalability, security and performance and with an end-to-end mindset from conception to delivery and production support, owning specifications, quality, release deployments and monitoring of production health
• Produces complete, simple, and readable technical documentation for everything developed and maintains a team culture of documenting everything
• Tests and ensures quality of all code that is developed in line with principles of test-driven development and continuous delivery, utilizing test automation frameworks wherever possible
• Participates in code-reviews, provides technical guidance and mentors software engineers
• Collaborates closely with Engineering leadership, Product Managers, Designers, Test Automation and other teams and business units to define, prioritize, sequence and scope business and functional requirements and drive results
• Instruments infrastructure and application performance monitoring, capacity management, alerting, tools instrumentation and metrics (KPI) management
• Performs impact assessment of product (hardware, software) upgrades

• 4+ years of experience w/Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent technical field
• MS is a plus
• Additional experience may be accepted in lieu of education or degree
• Experience designing and developing highly scalable and secure applications and products
• Experience developing and deploying applications on Azure or similar cloud platform
• Ability to understand business plans and apply that information into the development of an IT business case
• Anticipates problems, resistance or likely objections and takes action to resolve them
• Ability to guide, train and mentor associate engineers
• Highly skilled in developing quantitative cost/benefit analysis to measure improvements
• Core Engineering:
  Microservices architecture, Java/Spring Boot, REST APIs, scalable batch and real-time systems
• Cloud & Dev Ops:
  Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Git Ops, Helm, ArgoCD, and cloud-native design
• Claims Domain Expertise:
  Claims adjudication, coordination of benefits (COB) logic, EDI integrations, and high-volume transaction processing
• Architecture Leadership:
  System design, modernization from legacy to microservices, API governance, and cross-team alignment
• Reliability & Observability:
  Monitoring, logging, incident management, resiliency engineering, and performance optimization
• Test Automation: API testing, test-driven development (TDD), and automated regression frameworks for microservices
• Data & Workflow Automation:
  Batch processing, workflow orchestration, and business intelligence integration
• AI & Intelligent Automation: AI-assisted development, AIOps, anomaly detection, machine learning integration via APIs, and developer productivity tools
• Security & Compliance:
  Secure API design, vulnerability management, and business continuity planning
• Communication &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Strong collaboration with product managers, business stakeholders, and cross-functional technology teams; ability to translate technical solutions into business outcomes; effective participation in design discussions, sprint ceremonies, and enterprise initiatives
• Leadership:
  Mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, driving innovation, and leading modernization initiatives
• Proficient in organizational processes as well as capable of assessing and initiating change of such processes
• Demonstrates an in-depth knowledge and application of competency and can consult as well as lead others in its application
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies
• Ability to develop and maintain key vendor relationships with a focus on technology currency and best practices
• Life-long learner, process improver
• Ability to understand an existing business process and collaboratively develop a more efficient and automated workflow

Base Pay Information

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