Senior Distributed Systems Engineer - Kotlin

Location: This role enables associates to work virtually full‑time, with required in‑person training sessions. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within commuting distance of an office.

The Senior Distributed Systems Engineer designs and scales cloud‑native backend systems that power enterprise device management and connected healthcare platforms. The focus is on building secure, high‑performance, and scalable backend systems for device provisioning, management, and integration across cloud‑native environments.

• Design and implement scalable, high‑performance backend architectures across distributed, cloud‑native systems.
• Define and contribute to system architecture, integration patterns, and API design standards.
• Evolve highly available backend systems responsible for secure provisioning, policy management, telemetry, and integrations across large‑scale enterprise environments.
• Develop and maintain backend services using Java/Spring Boot, Kotlin, Postgre
  
  SQL, AWS, and Docker, ensuring code quality and best practices.
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, performance, and observability in production environments.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and cloud infrastructure design.
• Partner with mobile and platform teams to build backend services that support device management (MDM), external APIs, and enterprise integrations.
• Participate in technical design sessions, architecture reviews, and requirements gathering.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in backend development and system design.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs and platform goals.
• Research and recommend new technologies and enhancements to improve platform capabilities.
• Support vendor evaluation and integration of third‑party services.
• Contribute to system and data architecture improvements, including assessing current systems and recommending enhancements.

• BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field and a minimum of 5 years of experience in architecture/design in relevant technology disciplines; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Strong backend engineering experience using Kotlin and/or Java within JVM‑based microservices architectures.
• Experience building cloud‑native backend services using Spring Boot, Kotlin, or similar JVM technologies.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture, microservices, and RESTful API design.
• Experience with cloud‑native development on AWS (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes preferred).
• Proficiency with relational databases such as Postgre
  
  SQL, including performance tuning and data modeling.
• Ability to balance technical, analytical, and product considerations in solution design.
• Exposure to Okta (IAM), Grafana (monitoring/observability); geocoding API is a bonus.

Salary range for this position: $138,160 to $226,080. Benefits include a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401(k) contribution (subject to eligibility).

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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