Applications Programmer

Overview

Baltimore, United States | Posted on 02/02/2026

The Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (MHBE), an independent unit of state government, provides Marylanders with accessible, affordable health coverage. MHBE administers Maryland Health Connection (MHC), the state’s health insurance marketplace. Through MHC, Maryland residents explore health insurance plans, compare rates, and determine their eligibility for advanced premium tax credits (APTC), cost-sharing reductions (CSR), and public assistance programs such as Medicaid and the Maryland Children’s Health Insurance Program (MCHP).

MHBE seeks an Applications Programmer (Senior Java Developer) responsible for understanding, defining, analyzing, designing, coding, evaluating, testing, debugging, documenting, and implementing complex software applications for the development, enhancement, and maintenance of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (HBX) and other systems.

• Design, develop, enhance, maintain, fix, and support enterprise systems and applications of MHBE technology platforms utilizing open-source driven enterprise architecture, Java/J2EE, Angular, PHP, HTML, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, RESTful API, JBoss EAP, and other technologies.
• Interface with business and IT teams to understand and translate business requirements into formal technical specifications and application codes.
• Develop and execute quality unit tests, integration plans, and scripts to validate that application changes meet technical specifications.
• Work with testing and business teams to complete acceptance testing and contribute to integration, performance, and other testing functions.
• Participate in technical reviews at various stages of software and application development.
• Adhere to all security, PMO, change control, work management, service delivery policies, processes, tools, and methodologies.

Note: candidate must be flexible to work overtime as needed, including weekends, holidays, and off-hours.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in Java EE development and maintenance of enterprise applications.
• A minimum of four (4) years of experience developing SQL Queries for relational databases such as Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, Oracle, or other enterprise databases.
• A minimum of four (4) years of hands-on experience integrating Java-based applications with Mongo
  
  DB, SQL, No
  
  SQL, or other enterprise databases.
• A minimum of two (2) years of hands-on experience developing Java-based REST API with tooling such as Spring-REST, Struts, or equivalent.
• Proven experience designing and working with n-tier architecture and microservices-based applications (UI, Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer).
• Proven strong analytical and debugging skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in the Information Technology field developing, enhancing, maintaining, or supporting Java EE technology-based public-facing complex applications.
• A minimum of eight (8) years of experience in Eclipse IDE, SVN/GIT, Java/J2EE, Spring/Struts/JPA/Hibernate, Web Services, and Enterprise Service Bus.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience developing secure Java-based REST APIs such as Spring REST and working with various technical teams to integrate the APIs with front-end applications.
• A minimum of five (5) years of front-end integration experience working with development, testing, and leading technical initiatives revamping technology solutions and adopting responsive design standards using Angular and React JS.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience with SQL Stored Procedures and complex SQL queries using relational databases.
• A minimum of four (4) years of experience providing technical support designing, developing, enhancing, or maintaining health insurance marketplace, health, and human services, integrated eligibility, or equivalent complex public-facing applications.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience with build and deployment…