Associate Software Engineer

Hill Country Community Action Association; Saint Paul (MN); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ABOUT Healthcare in Saint Paul, MN is seeking an Associate Software Engineer to join the Spec Ops team. You will write, update and review code with AI coding agents, contributing to the engineering lifecycle and product direction.

The role emphasizes learning new technologies quickly, maintaining coding standards, and collaborating with staff to resolve issues. In-office presence is required 3-4 days per week at our Saint Paul location.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related.
• 1+ years of software development experience.
• Exposure to software development.

Responsibilities

• Writes, updates or modifies code using AI agents as primary delivery method.
• Performs peer reviews and analyzes results to improve quality.
• Participates in team activities and contributes to tooling and pipelines.
• Maintains coding standards and documentations.

Skills

AI coding agents

C#

Java

TypeScript

Code reviews

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology or related

Tools

CI automation

Job description

Associate Software Engineer

Full Time Saint Paul, MN, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1142

Salary Range: $80,000.00 To $90,000.00 Annually

SUMMARY

Writes or updates code to deliver on stated objectives, standards and performance, working agent-first with AI coding tools. Contributes to technical direction to define the solution or product, ensures code standards and approaches are maintained, performs peer reviews and responds to questions, bugs or problems. Serves on the Spec Ops team, a fast-paced, agent-first team of high-agency builders that supplements ABOUT's product engineering teams, takes on special projects, and maintains and advances the company's agentic engineering program and Agentic Software Development Lifecycle (ADLC). This role prioritizes attitude and aptitude over depth in any particular technology; the successful candidate learns new technology quickly.

This role is based in our St. Paul MN office and requires an in-office presence 3-4 days a week.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

This class specification lists the major duties and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive. Incumbent(s) may be expected to perform job-related duties other than those contained in this document and may be required to have specific job-related knowledge and skills.

• Serves as a team member to understand product deliverables and outcomes; contributes to technical direction to define the technology and solution.
• Writes, updates or modifies code to deliver stated objectives, performance and outcomes, using AI coding agents as a primary means of delivery.
• Applies engineering judgment to agent output — reviews, tests and corrects generated code rather than accepting it uncritically.
• Helps maintain and advance the team’s agentic engineering program and Agentic Software Development Lifecycle, including agent workflows, prompts, skills and supporting tooling.
• Takes on special projects with limited direction, learning unfamiliar technology quickly to solve the problem at hand.
• Participates in peer review or analysis to reduce or eliminate causes of failures, bugs or unexpected results.
• Provides research and feedback to resolve management and client questions and requirements.
• Analyzes and reviews software and products on an ongoing and as needed basis to determine trends, draw conclusions, interpret findings, and presents results, proposals and recommendations to management.
• Ensures the accuracy of software, reports, and related details through audits, queries, and operational reviews; works with teams to resolve discrepancies.
• Contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the department’s service to its customers by offering suggestions and participating as an active member of a work team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Need to Have

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or related
• Exposure to software development experience
• 1+ years of software development experience

Nice to Have

• Enrolled in master’s program for information technology, software development, or similar.
• Experience extending or customizing agentic development tooling (agents, skills, MCP servers, CI automation).
• Personal or open-source projects that show initiative and self-directed learning.

Required Knowledge and Skills

Required Knowledge:

• An understanding of principles, practices and techniques of software development.
• Approaches to perform peer review or analysis.
• Working knowledge of at least one high-level programming language, such as C#, Java or TypeScript.
• Agentic coding — using AI coding agents to plan, write, test and review software.
• A willingness and ability to pick up new languages, frameworks and tools quickly.
• Preferred experience working on web application in a cloud-based architecture.
• Technology project management principles and approaches.
• Various methods to identify and resolve software failures, bugs or unexpected results.
• Exposure to methods and approaches to analyze and improve software performance.
• Principles and practices to serving as an effective project team member.
• Able to effectively communicate with staff, coworkers, and customers.
• Correct business English, including spelling, grammar and punctuation.

Required Skills:

• Performing software development in a variety of areas, using AI coding agents where they add leverage.
• Framing a problem clearly enough to direct an AI agent to a working, reviewable solution.
• Exercising high agency — identifying what needs doing, then driving it to completion with limited direction.
• Developing software approaches to meet requirements and performance, following established coding standards, patterns, and methodologies.
• Participating in code reviews and with constructive feedback.
• Troubleshooting and resolving software failures, bugs or unexpected results.
• Following software plans, approaches and techniques.
• Operating in both a team and individual contributor environment.
• Using initiative and independent judgment within established department guidelines.
• Contributing effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives and activities.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with a variety of individuals.

Software Engineer

• Supports or requires more assistance on more complex/sensitive applications
• Results in more limited rework and peer reviews
• 5+ years of experience

Senior Software Engineer

• Leads or translates large and highly technical development and applications
• Results in limited to no rework and data fallout
• 8+ years of experience

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Mobility to work in an office setting, use standard office equipment and stamina to sit for extended periods of time; strength to lift and carry up to 10 pounds; vision to read printed materials and computer screens; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone.

Travel as needed to support company and customer initiatives. Work on Site at our St Paul office may be required and ABOUT reserves the right to change the location of the role at any time.

This role may involve work on federal government contracts that require additional federal background investigations, training, and federal badging. As such, you may be required to submit personal information to the government and be fingerprinted and photographed at your local Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center.

ABOUT Healthcare is also an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

ABOUT Healthcare offers AI-enabled solutions to optimize patient throughput across the acute care journey from admission, through progression to discharge, aligning care transitions with clinical needs to improve patient flow and discharge efficiency with best practice workflows and actionable insights.