Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers through technology and healthcare expertise. The Senior Software Engineer will design, build, deploy, and operate backend systems while contributing across the full stack, influencing technical direction, and improving scalability, reliability, and cloud operations.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain high-quality backend services and supporting systems
- Work across the stack as needed to deliver complete, end-to-end solutions
- Help own services in production, including deployment, monitoring, performance, and operational health
- Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate functional requirements into technical solutions
- Inform architectural decisions with a focus on scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability
- Partner with engineers to identify and resolve production issues and system bottlenecks
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, and architectural guidance
- Help establish best practices for operational readiness, observability, and system ownership
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, primarily focused on backend systems
- Proven ability to deliver reliable, maintainable software in production environments
- Experience building and operating web-based services and APIs
- Experience working with cloud platforms and modern infrastructure environments
- Experience contributing to or improving CI/CD pipelines and automated delivery processes
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Collaborative mindset, positive attitude, and desire to continuously learn and improve
- Please note at this time we are unable to proceed with candidates who require visa sponsorship now or in the future
- Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, or similar backend technologies
- Familiarity with frontend frameworks such as Angular
- Experience with containerization, service-oriented architectures, or distributed systems
- Exposure to observability tooling (logging, metrics, tracing)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code concepts and tooling
- Experience using AI-assisted tools to enhance development productivity or operational workflows
- While location expectations vary by role, candidates within approximately 50 miles of a U.S. office are generally preferred to support collaboration when needed
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid work approach, with in-office presence guided by team and business needs rather than a fixed weekly schedule
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