Senior Application Developer
Highmark Health1 day ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$86k - $139k/yr
Responsibilities
- Analyze, design, code, test, implement, and support complex application enhancements with minimal defects.
- Define scalable system architectures using algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and appropriate technology stacks.
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle and comply with Highmark software development standards.
- Collaborate with customers, business analysts, partners, and IT teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Provide technical support for releases, production issues, on-call coverage, and 24x7 support when necessary.
- Serve in project roles such as Developer, Technical Lead, or Project Manager based on experience.
- Conduct technical walkthroughs, report project status, enable vendor solutions, and maintain technical documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a closely related field.
- At least 5 years of experience as a developer.
- At least 5 years of experience with scalable system design, system architectures, modern programming languages, and web services.
- Experience with .NET, Angular, SQL, and other general-purpose programming languages such as Java, Python, C#, or JavaScript.
- Experience with project management tools, databases, and multiple coding languages.
- Preferred: 7+ years working with technology systems, designing solutions, or developing applications in healthcare.
- Preferred: 5+ years with HTML5, CSS, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services, MSSQL, and Windows Server.
- Preferred: 5+ years translating design mockups, prototypes, and user stories into working applications and producing fault-tolerant, efficient, maintainable code.
- Preferred: 1+ year working with machine learning, especially natural language understanding, machine translation, deep neural networks, and related fields.
- Preferred certifications include Java Developer, DB2, or Cognos certification.
- Demonstrated problem-solving, root-cause analysis, issue-resolution, leadership, communication, and healthcare or health-insurance industry experience.
Benefits
- Office-based position with 0%–25% travel and occasional travel between work sites.
- May require on-call and 24x7 production support when necessary.
- Physical work site required; lifting requirements range from up to 10 pounds constantly to 25–50 pounds rarely.
Tech Stack
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About Highmark Health
Highmark Health is a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit parent company that combines health insurance and care delivery. It operates Highmark’s Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and owns Allegheny Health Network, a regional hospital and physician system in Western Pennsylvania, plus the technology subsidiary enGen. The organization’s revenue comes from insurance premiums and healthcare services, serving commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid members across its licensed markets.