15 days ago
Phoenix, AZ, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$102k - $163k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and delivery of Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript, and AWS enterprise applications for Medicare and Medicaid claims processing.
- Define end-to-end solution architecture, application components, data flows, and integration patterns for claims adjudication and payer workflows.
- Provide technical leadership for secure, maintainable, resilient microservices-based architectures.
- Develop and optimize SQL, PL/SQL, and MySQL data models, queries, and stored procedures.
- Lead integrations across claims platforms, rules engines, eligibility systems, payment gateways, and healthcare interfaces.
- Translate payer requirements and regulatory changes into technical specifications with product, business, and operations stakeholders.
- Coordinate hybrid engineering delivery, manage technical risks, support sprint execution, and promote engineering quality.
- Mentor engineers through code reviews, architecture discussions, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Drive troubleshooting, root cause analysis, platform stability, performance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure secure handling of protected health information through application controls, encryption, access management, and healthcare compliance practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 12 years of software engineering experience, including senior, lead, or architecture-focused experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript, and cloud-native application development.
- Deep AWS expertise spanning compute, storage, networking, observability, and resilient application architecture.
- Advanced SQL, PL/SQL, and MySQL skills, including data modeling, stored procedures, and query performance tuning.
- Strong knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, payer workflows, claims processing, and healthcare regulatory considerations.
- Experience with event-driven integrations, messaging patterns, and enterprise system interfaces.
- Ability to lead hybrid engineering teams, influence technical decisions, and deliver complex enterprise solutions.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and mentoring skills.
- Preferred experience includes rules engines, claim editing platforms, payment integrity, front-end frameworks, performance engineering, capacity planning, cloud cost optimization, healthcare payer modernization, and large-scale transaction processing.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement in Phoenix, Arizona, with possible in-person interviews at Cognizant offices or client locations.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- 401(k) plan and contributions.
- Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
- Paid parental leave.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Eligible discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, subject to applicable plans and performance.
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About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value. We build full-stack AI solutions powered by deep industry, process and engineering expertise — embedding an organization's unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential and drive tangible outcomes. From strategy to deployment, we help global enterprises move from AI ambition to AI impact and stay ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai | Follow us @cognizant