Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Kotlin/Java)

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Kotlin/Java) to design and scale cloud-native backend systems for enterprise device management and connected healthcare platforms, focusing on building secure, high-performance systems.

Responsibilities:

• 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, and integrations across large-scale enterprise environments
• Develop and maintain backend services using Java/Spring Boot, Kotlin, PostgreSQL, 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
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs and platform goals
• Research and recommend new technologies and enhancements to improve platform capabilities
• Contribute to system and data architecture improvements, including assessing current systems and recommending enhancements

Requirements:

• BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in architecture/design in relevant technology disciplines
• Experience in building secure, high-performance, and scalable backend systems
• Experience with Java/Spring Boot, Kotlin, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Docker
• Ability to ensure system reliability, scalability, performance, and observability in production environments
• Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and cloud infrastructure design
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs and platform goals
• Experience in technical design sessions, architecture reviews, and requirements gathering
• 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)
• Proficiency with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, 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