Senior Development Engineer (Operations)

Office Ally is hiring a Senior Development Engineer to maintain and improve backend systems that process healthcare and insurance transactions. The role focuses on system reliability, scalability, performance, production support, and collaboration with Operations and Engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Help to maintain backend services and core platform components
• Assist with improving/updating scalable systems using Java coding
• Write optimized SQL DML and complex database queries
• Support transactional data processing, EDI transformations, and integration workflows
• Ensure backend systems are secure, reliable, and performant under high transaction volumes
• Troubleshoot production and integration issues as needed
• Develop solutions to production problems and provide remediations accordingly through scripting and code changes
• Work on CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and DevOps best practices
• Contribute to improving system observability through logging, monitoring, and diagnostic enhancements
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code with strong unit and integration test coverage
• Utilize Claude to support development, accelerate problem-solving, and improve productivity while maintaining high code quality

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience
• Advanced proficiency in Java and transactional data development
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and backend architecture
• Extensive SQL database and scripting experience (Oracle preferred)
• Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI)
• Proven ability to diagnose complex issues, debug, and troubleshoot production systems
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or similar tools)
• Experience building and maintaining scalable backend systems
• Working knowledge of system observability tools (ELK, Prometheus, Datadog, Grafana, etc.)
• Exposure to high-volume transaction processing and integration-heavy environments
• Experience and passion around working with AI: Copilot, Claude, Windsurf, Gemini Code, or similar
• Background in healthcare, insurance, or financial services systems
• Experience with event-driven architectures or messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
• Experience with OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)
• Familiarity with Elastic Cloud
• Proficiency with Spring Boot or similar backend frameworks
• Familiarity with orchestration platforms (Kubernetes)
• Hands-on experience with API testing or workflow automation tools (Playwright, Postman, etc.)
• Understanding of Agile development methodologies
• Experience working with sensitive data and compliance requirements (HIPAA / PHI / PII)