Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the team here at HealthEdge. This role will contribute to the future direction and vision of the product suite, including new feature development and bug fixes.

Our Technology Team is a dynamic group of innovators reshaping the future of healthcare technology. This team thrives on collaboration, bringing together top talent from diverse backgrounds to create scalable, secure, and cutting-edge platforms. With expertise in cloud infrastructure, AI, and user experience design, they enable transformation for healthcare health plan solutions. Beyond technical excellence, the HealthEdge Technology Team is passionate about empowering clients. They prioritize transparency, thoughtful resource allocation, and a commitment to seamless experiences. Guided by visionary leadership and a deep enthusiasm for innovation, this group is redefining what's possible in healthcare technology.

Your Impact:

• Implement new product features according to specific requirements while adhering to the highest professional development standards.
• Work as a back-end server engineer in an agile development team alongside other developers, PMs and QA engineers and participate in all phases of the development process.
• Design & develop application components in Java to maintain existing code and to create new services.
• Solve interesting technology and usability challenges on a daily basis.
• Ensure applications receive thorough unit, system, and integration testing.
• Provide solution support and troubleshooting following deployment.
• Promote agile principles and methodology.
• Contribute to the future direction and vision of the product suite including new feature development and bug fixes.

What You Bring:

• A minimum of 8 years' related experience in a commercial software development role
• BS/MS Computer Science
• Strong object-oriented programming skills
• Hands-on development experience using Java, J2EE, XML, SOAP and SQL
• Familiarity with message queues, event sourcing, NoSQL data stores
• Prior experience with performance optimization and troubleshooting of Java applications
• Linux and shell or other Unix scripting languages as well as with Oracle and relational databases, including experience with database installation, administration, and performance tuning
• Experience working with application servers
• Prior experience with healthcare applications is a plus
• Experience in the full software development lifecycle using an Agile development process
• Experience working CI, CD and DevOps practices
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication skills

Bonus Points:

• Experience with healthcare applications
• Experience with IntelliJ, JUnit or JunitPerf
• Experience working with WebLogic application server
• Experience working with SOAP web services
• Experience with database installation, administration, and performance tuning

Geographic Responsibility: While HealthEdge is located in Boston, MA you may live anywhere in the US Type of Employment: Full-time, permanent

Work Environment: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

• The employee is occasionally required to move around the office. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Work across multiple time zones in a hybrid or remote work environment.
• Long periods of time sitting and/or standing in front of a computer using video technology.
• May require travel dependent on company needs.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the job being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. HealthEdge reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Candidates may be required to go through a pre-employment criminal background check.

HealthEdge is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to workforce diversity and actively encourage all qualified persons to seek employment with us, including, but not limited to, racial and ethnic minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities.