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Premera Blue Cross · 2 hours ago

Software Development Engineer IV

Mountlake Terrace, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$132K/yr - $224K/yr

8+ years exp

Premera Blue Cross is dedicated to improving customers' lives by transforming healthcare. As a Software Development Engineer IV, you will lead enterprise software development projects, providing technical leadership and guidance to development teams while ensuring successful project outcomes.

Cyber SecurityHealth CareInformation TechnologyInsurance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define, design, and implement feature development with focus on technical direction, quality, usability, and performance leveraging data to make decisions

Partner with business and IT leaders to identify and understand multi-faceted problems or improvement opportunities

Partner with the development teams, business partners, architecture, and customers to understand project requirements, provide technical excellence and oversight, and resolve technical challenges guaranteeing code quality

Participate in live site operations with emphasis on timely response, delivery, and satisfaction for customers

Serve as the primary engineering and strategic implementation partner, ensuring clear, effective, and timely communication

Oversee the review process of code, ensuring compliance with best practices, Premera standards, and architectural guidelines. Responsible for vendor oversight and code sign-off, ensuring an effective relationship and high-quality outcomes of vendor work

Monitor key performance indicators and ensure successful project outcomes

Analyze project data and metrics to identify trends, patterns, and areas of concern, and make data-driven recommendations to enhance the delivery of software

Train and enforce governance processes to ensure compliance with company standards, best practices, and regulatory requirements

Oversee engineering excellence and continuous automation. This includes testing associated with cross-functional project team and in-team efforts

Sign off appropriate technical or architectural documentation and ensure notifications for changes to production systems or fixes to production problems are completed and that SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) artifacts were created

Act as technical and business leader sharing knowledge and expertise with others inside team as well as with other customers. Proactively contributes to knowledge sharing across Premera developer community

Stay current in best practices, technology trends and the organization’s business while mentoring and sharing knowledge gained with others. Maintain expertise in one or more technical areas. Provide advice and mentoring to other engineers

Qualification

C#SQLAI technologiesTechnical leadershipAzureAgile environmentAPI technologiesAutomated testingCommunication skillsTeam playerMentoringProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

(8) years of software development experience, knowledge of software development lifecycle, and skills to utilize one or more programming languages

Preferred

(3) years of experience as a technical lead delivering end to end solutions

Expert level knowledge in C# and SQL

Good understanding of Azure or other cloud solutions

Ability to guide teams on best practices, design approaches, and emerging technologies

Practical experience using AI technologies in daily work, showing adaptability to emerging trends

Experience owning and delivering medium to high complexity enterprise level cloud applications

Experience in the healthcare industry or another highly regulated environment

Previous experience in an agile environment

Exposure to API and service-based technologies

Experience using and creating automated test tools

Benefits

Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.

Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.

Life and disability insurance.

Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.

Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.

Generous paid time off to reenergize.

Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.

Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.

Free convenient on-site parking.

Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.

Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs and more.

Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.

Company

Premera Blue Cross

Glassdoor3.2

Premera is a leading health plan in the Pacific Northwest, providing comprehensive health benefits and tailored services.

Founded in 1945

Mountlake Terrace, Washington, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.premera.com

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