Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to perform complex analysis, design, development, testing, and debugging of software. The role involves working with stakeholders to define system scope, establish project standards, and develop software solutions for enterprise environments.
Responsibilities
- Perform technical detail design, coding, testing of applications
- Serves as subject matter expert for both customer and internal discussions related to maintaining and enhancing existing software systems
- Develop and/or analyze interface design documentation
- Comply with hardware and software systems standards and procedures
- Deliver large systems for tens of thousands of users
- Comply with code quality, migration and dev/ops standards and policies
- Performs software analysis, including requirements and uses case development and design
- Implements and documents source code to design specifications
- Performs software testing including developing and running automated unit tests, drafting, and executing structured automated test cases
- Compile, assess, and report data results from software testing and analysis
- Develops software solutions for enterprise environments and other technologies
- Analyzes and implements functional and non-functional (e.g. performance, availability) requirements and designs, implements, and tests software
- Performs operations & maintenance (O&M) of existing systems
- Identifies areas for improvement and streamlining
- Demonstrated experience with front-end and back-end programing and integration frameworks and tools
- Assist in the estimation of development of application features
- Provides direct technical support for high level, high visibility and critical trouble calls for supported applications
- Works with cross functional teams to develop highly reliable software that runs at scale
- Provides recommendations to infuse new technology
- Extend open-source libraries and systems as necessary to meet the needs of the team
- Play a crucial role in product scoping and roadmap / architecture discussions
- Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices
- Mentoring of junior software engineers
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science OR in lieu of a bachelor's degree, an additional 5 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience
- 5 years experience with software development, basic coding and compilation, software architecture/design, user requirements definition and software specification development
- Ability to communicate technical requirements to all levels of expertise
- Proficient in establishing and maintaining good working relationships
- Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC)
- Proficient with integrating complex and/or existing systems
- Knowledge of programming languages (e.g. JavaScript, C, Python, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure)
- Knowledge of database technologies (e.g. cloud, SQL, Oracle, Mongo DB, PostgreSQL, etc.)
- Fundamental knowledge of software engineers' best practices, agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of test-first practices including Test-Driven Development (TDD) for unit tests and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for automated acceptance tests
- Strong experience with Deployment/Continuous Integration/ Continuous Testing/ Continuous Delivery processes and tools and have expertise in CI/CD tools and framework
- Knowledge of Code quality and promotion practices
- Senior Developer with FACETS, Cognizant ELEMENTS Products (EAM, EDM, TCS, RSM) Database builds, .Net, Claims, Cloud Engineering experience including Kubernetes, AWS, Azure
Benefits
- CareFirst offers a comprehensive benefits package
- Various incentive programs/plans
- 401k contribution programs/plans (all benefits/incentives are subject to eligibility requirements)
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