Software Engineer – Health Plan Systems

HealthPartners is hiring a Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and support its healthcare claims application. The role primarily develops the in-house claims platform using ObjectScript and MUMPS, while contributing to application support and future technology evolution.

Responsibilities:

• Assesses, designs, builds, and deploys software and new application functionality
• Performs unit testing and directs and partners in system and end-user test planning and testing
• Maintains testing environment and data requirements within the test environment
• Analyzes functional and technical requirements for changes or enhancements and prepares system designs and specifications
• Diagnoses system failures, corrects issues, and assesses the issue in order to recommend actions to prevent re-occurrence of the problem
• Defines technical specifications based on business requirements; consults with Business Partners regarding technical possibilities and limitations
• Assists IT’s Business Partners with clarifying and prioritizing service requests
• Identifies the need for and recommends standard processes, procedures, and best practices
• Provides training, professional support and mentoring to Application Developers and other Analysts
• Supports 3rd party application software; interacts with vendors regarding problems, upgrade schedules, and software installations
• Provides requested documentation and interviews with auditors and third-party requestors

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, or equivalent experience/training
• Three (3) years' experience in analysis and developing custom software applications in a collaborative environment that includes business experts and other software developers
• Demonstrated desire and ability to grow into an owner role
• Technical fluency in multiple programming languages and platforms (Ex: Java, Python, MUMPS, ObjectScript)
• Experience with relational/non-relational database technologies
• Willingness and curiosity to learn a new programming language and proprietary development tool
• Ability to build, develop and test in multiple languages and platforms
• Experience with the healthcare software industry, especially in the health insurance field
• Experience with MUMPS/ObjectScript which is the primary coding language for our IRIS database
• candidates with experience in other programming languages will be considered
• Experience with Web Services, SQL, Java and other technologies that will be used as we move our technologies forward
• Experience with high volume, data intensive applications
• Experience with data modelling
• Experience with designing and building cloud platforms, including leveraging micro services and containers