Consulting Application Engineer

HCA Healthcare; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Life insurance

Job summary

HCA Healthcare is seeking a Consulting Application Engineer to lead backend Java development and design scalable, reliable solutions in a dynamic Agile environment. You will partner with business stakeholders and cross‑functional teams to translate complex domain requirements into robust software architectures.

The role emphasizes hands‑on full stack engineering with strong backend focus, including calculation logic, data access patterns, and API design across GCP, PostgreSQL, and related

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering, with substantial Java development.
• 3+ years as technical lead, architect, or lead engineer for complex enterprise apps.
• Experience with GCP and PostgreSQL architecture; working knowledge of Oracle.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture and engineering direction for the application.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain full stack capabilities with emphasis on backend Java.
• Lead design and implementation of complex calculation logic and business rules.
• Mentor engineers and raise the team's technical capability through guidance and reviews.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and maintainability of solutions.

Skills

Java

SQL

GCP

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Information Systems

Tools

EXTJS

React

Angular

Job description

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Consulting Application Engineer with HCA Healthcare you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Consulting Application Engineer / Technical Lead will architect, design, develop, maintain, and test software for the Concuity team, with primary responsibility for backend Java services and the calculation and business-rule logic that powers the application. This is a hands‑on full stack engineering role with a strong backend concentration. The Consulting Application Engineer will partner closely with business stakeholders, product owners, onshore engineers, and offshore development teams to translate complex domain requirements into reliable, scalable, and maintainable application solutions in a dynamic Agile environment.

The Consulting Application Engineer must be able to rapidly acquire deep subject matter and domain expertise and use that knowledge to guide technical design and implementation decisions. This position requires advanced expertise in Java and SQL, strong experience with GCP and PostgreSQL architecture, and working knowledge of Oracle, EXTJS, React, and Angular. This role will serve as the team's primary application architect, establishing technical direction, facilitating design decisions, leading complex development work, mentoring engineers, and ensuring solutions meet business, performance, security, scalability, and supportability needs.

Major Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture and engineering direction for the application, with particular emphasis on backend Java services, calculation engines, business rules, APIs, data access, and integration patterns.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain full stack application capabilities using Java, EXTJS, React, Angular, SQL, and related technologies, while maintaining a primary concentration on backend development.
• Lead the design and implementation of complex calculation logic, ensuring business rules are accurate, traceable, testable, performant, and maintainable.
• Rapidly develop deep domain and application knowledge and become a trusted technical subject matter expert who can connect business requirements to system behavior and architecture.
• Partner directly with business stakeholders and product owners to clarify requirements, challenge assumptions constructively, identify edge cases, and translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Architect solutions across GCP, PostgreSQL, Oracle, application services, and user-interface layers; establish appropriate patterns for scalability, reliability, observability, security, and maintainability.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership throughout the software development lifecycle, including solution design, coding, code reviews, testing strategy, deployment planning, production support, and continuous improvement.
• Lead and facilitate technical design sessions, decomposition of complex initiatives, estimation, sequencing, and resolution of cross‑team dependencies.
• Provide clear technical direction to onshore and offshore engineering teams; communicate requirements and architecture effectively, remove technical blockers, and ensure consistent engineering quality across locations.
• Mentor developers and raise the technical capability of the team through coaching, design guidance, code reviews, reusable patterns, and engineering standards.
• Analyze existing systems and calculation processes to identify opportunities for modernization, simplification, performance improvement, and reduction of technical debt.
• Ensure application performance and scalability through effective SQL design, database tuning, service optimization, batch‑process design, monitoring, and root‑cause analysis.
• Identify technical risks, architectural gaps, data‑quality concerns, and product‑quality issues early; develop practical mitigation strategies and drive issues through resolution.
• Document application architecture, technical decisions, data flows, interfaces, calculation logic, operational procedures, and support activities for corporate systems architecture.
• Provide advanced production support and technical troubleshooting for critical application issues, including collaboration across business, infrastructure, database, and engineering teams.
• Provide advanced production support and technical troubleshooting for critical application issues, including collaboration across business, infrastructure, database, and engineering teams.
• Continually evaluate relevant technologies and engineering practices and recommend changes that improve delivery speed, system reliability, maintainability, and business outcomes.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related fields - Preferred

Experience

• 7 or more years of relevant software engineering experience, including substantial hands‑on Java development - Required
• 3 or more years of experience serving as a technical lead, solution architect, or lead engineer for complex enterprise applications

TRAVEL

The job may require travel from time- to-time, but not on a regular basis.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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