Senior Java Developer - APIs, Infra & Mentorship

Cigna; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Paid sabbaticals

Mentoring program

Work-life balance

Job summary

Cigna in Columbia, SC is seeking a senior Ruby on Rails developer to help scale our data-driven platform. You will own critical APIs, mentor engineers, and drive code quality across Node.js and Next.js components.

We value hands-on leadership, strong collaboration with data teams, and the ability to refactor legacy modules while delivering reliable production systems. Expected salary ranges reflect experience and market demand in Columbia.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Ruby on Rails experience on large data-driven platforms.
• Experience mentoring engineers and conducting code reviews.
• Ability to design APIs within Scrum teams and own technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design Scrum APIs for Columbia, SC teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a strong code-review culture.
• Refactor critical modules that Cigna has been reluctant to touch.
• Troubleshoot production incidents across Node.js-based applications.
• Keep the Scrum build pipeline green to ensure smooth deployments in Columbia.
• Collaborate with data teams to surface insights from production systems.
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production.
• Ship Next.js fixes to Cigna customers in Columbia, SC on the same day they report them.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Tailwind CSS

API design

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Next.js

Node.js

Job description

Cigna in Columbia, SC is seeking a senior Ruby on Rails developer to help scale our data-driven platform. You will own critical APIs, mentor engineers, and drive code quality across Node.js and Next.js components.

We value hands-on leadership, strong collaboration with data teams, and the ability to refactor legacy modules while delivering reliable production systems. Expected salary ranges reflect experience and market demand in Columbia.