Senior Software Engineer

Highmark Health is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join an agile engineering team building scalable software applications for its customers. The role involves architectural solution design, software development, code reviews, agile collaboration, technical planning, and mentoring engineers using technologies including C#, .NET, Azure, React, TypeScript, and SQL Server.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing and creating engineering specifications for software applications and programs. Responsible for designing & writing code that adheres to coding standards. Performs code reviews
• Responsible for idea generation, exploring and implementing appropriate technical solutions to achieve the required product features, as well as monitoring technical process against project plan while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance
• A part of an agile work team and responsible for participating in all scrum ceremonies, assisting in sprint planning and completing required sprints in the development through final execution of software applications/programs. Communicate any issues/blockers to the Scrum Master in a timely manner
• Drive story creation (i.e. DoD, Acceptance Criteria, estimation). Create Tasks for their stories in applicable software (ex: RTC or Jira), and updates status and assignment accordingly
• Monitor work against production schedule and provide progress updates and report any issues or technical difficulties to lead developers on a regular basis
• Mentor other associate and intermediate software engineers as needed
• Other duties as assigned or requested

Requirements:

• CANDIDATE MUST BE US Citizen (due to contractual/access requirements)
• • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a closely related field
• • 5 years proficiency in design and analysis of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns in the building and deploying of scalable; highly available systems
• • 5 years in at least one modern programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, ACE, IIB/ITX, Informatica preferred), and experience with at least two of the following: React, Angular v4+, NodeJS, NoSQL databases, HTML5, CSS, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services
• • 5 years of understanding of web services technologies such as REST, HTTPS, JSON
• • 5 years with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, Python (Django/Flask), C/C++, C#, Objective C, JavaScript, or Go
• • 5 years in defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility trade-offs for optimizing short term execution while planning for long term technical capabilities
• • Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment
• • Have experience working with agile methodology of scrum
• • Interest and ability to learn other programming languages as needed
• • Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, unit testing, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• • Strong track record in designing and implementing large scale consumer facing applications
• • Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• • Demonstrated passion for user experience and improving usability
• • Experience and willingness to mentor junior engineers and help develop their skills and leadership
• Travel Requirement:

0% - 25%

• Position Type

Office-based

• Physical work site required

Yes

• Lifting: up to 10 pounds

Constantly

• Lifting: 10 to 25 pounds

Rarely

• Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds

Never

• • 5-7years of working with a variety of technology systems, designing solutions or developing applications in healthcare
• • 5 years C# / .NET (SQL Server, Entity Framework Core)
• • 3+ years React / TypeScript
• • 5 years translating design mockups/prototypes/user stories into working applications
• • 5 years producing fault-tolerant, efficient, maintainable code
• • Azure App Service / Azure SQL Database experience preferred