Professional, Application Designer

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

Summary

As a Professional, Application Designer at Gainwell, you can contribute your skills as we harness the power of technology to help our clients improve the health and well-being of the members they serve — a community’s most vulnerable. Connect your passion with purpose, teaming with people who thrive on finding innovative solutions to some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Here are the details on this position.

Your role in our mission

Apply your skills to support Gainwell as we help clients deliver better health and human services outcomes.

• Strengthen our capabilities as you design, develop, install, test and document applications software — including server, client and web components
• Play a vital role in designing, documenting and delivering technical architecture solution elements
• Support coordination between application architects and developers to make sure design requirements are accurate and deliver the desired ROI for clients
• Define and develop project requirements, functional specifications and detailed application solution designs for clients
• Focus on the details as you develop technical documentation and test plans to support integration and deployment
• Advance key goals and objectives for Gainwell and our clients by working closely with software developers

What we're looking for

Primary technology used will be Unix and Pro*Cobol along with the following:

• • 3 + years of applications development and programming with:
  • Unix – strong knowledge of working in Unix environment and vi or vim editor
  • C – experienced in C code development
  • Oracle/SQL – understanding of database concepts and experienced in writing SQL
  • Pro-COBOL – either knowledge or desire to learn
  • Some experience working with GIT or GITHub

Other desired skills:

• Unix scripting experience
• Pharmacy NCPDP transaction knowledge
• Healthcare knowledge
• Mainframe knowledge – Cobol, JCL, DB2
• Use of VS code is a plus

What you should expect in this role

• Fully Remote Opportunity – Work from anywhere in the U.S.
• Minimal Travel Required – Occasional travel opportunities (0-10%).
• Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation

The deadline to submit applications for this posting is December 31, 2026.

The pay range for this position is $58,200.00 - $83,200.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits , and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with Gainwell, an industry leader. You’ll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about Gainwell at our company website and visit our Careers site for all available job role openings.

Gainwell Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Gainwell Technologies defines “wages” and “wage rates” to include “all forms of pay, including, but not limited to, salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits.