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Highmark Health · 1 month ago

Associate Software Engineer

SC, Working at Home-South Carolina

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$58K/yr - $108K/yr

1+ years exp

Highmark Health is a healthcare organization seeking an Associate Software Engineer to support Pega applications. The role involves managing request intake and triage, ensuring system stability, and fostering cross-functional relationships while adhering to coding standards and participating in agile ceremonies.

Health CareHospital

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Responsible for designing and creating engineering specifications for software applications and programs. Responsible for writing code that adheres to coding standards. Perform code reviews

Responsible for idea generation, exploring and suggesting appropriate technical solutions to achieve the required product features, as well as monitoring technical process against project plan while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance

Part of an agile work team and responsible for participating in all scrum ceremonies, assisting in sprint planning and completing required sprints in the development through final execution of software applications/programs. Communicate any issues/blockers to the Scrum Master in a timely manner

Help in story creation (i.e. DoD, Acceptance Criteria, estimation). Creates Tasks for their stories in applicable software (ex: RTC or Jira), and updates status and assignment accordingly

Monitor work against production schedule and provide progress updates and report any issues or technical difficulties to senior developers/principals on a regular basis

Other duties as assigned or requested

Qualification

Pega applicationsJavaPythonJavaScriptAgile methodologyRESTNoSQL databasesGoogle Cloud PlatformAmazon Web ServicesUser experienceCommunication skillsMentoringProblem-solving

Required

***CANDIDATE MUST BE US Citizen (due to contractual/access requirements)***

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or closely related field

1 year proficiency in design and analysis of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns in the building and deploying of scalable; highly available systems

1 years experience in at least one modern programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, ACE, IIB/ITX, Informatica preferred), and experience with at least two of the following: React, Angular v4+, NodeJS, NoSQL databases, HTML5, CSS, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services

1 years of understanding of web services technologies such as REST, HTTPS, JSON

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Preferred

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field

3 years with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, Python (Django/Flask), C/C++, C#, Objective C, JavaScript, or Go

3 years in defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility trade-offs for optimizing short term execution while planning for long term technical capabilities

3 years of working with a variety of technology systems, designing solutions or developing applications in healthcare

3 years of translating design mockups, prototypes and user stories into working applications

3 years of ability to produce code that is fault-tolerant, efficient, and maintainable

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