Senior Software Engineer

highmarkhealth; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is seeking a seasoned software engineer to join an agile team responsible for building scalable applications across all digital channels. You will take an enterprise-wide architectural view and drive the technical execution using modern stacks to meet platform needs.

The role emphasizes design, development, code quality, and collaboration through all phases from idea to production, with mentoring responsibilities and active participation in Scrum ceremonies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or closely related field.
• Master's degree preferred in CS/CE or related field.
• 5+ years in design/analysis of algorithms, data structures, and scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and create engineering specifications for software applications.
• Write code adhering to coding standards and perform code reviews.
• Generate ideas, explore technical solutions, and ensure scalability and performance.
• Participate in all scrum ceremonies and support sprint planning and execution.
• Create and manage stories, DoD, acceptance criteria, and task updates in RTC or Jira.
• Monitor progress against schedule and report issues to leads.
• Mentor junior and intermediate engineers as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Code reviews

Agile/scrum

Mentoring

Software design

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Master's Degree in CS/CE (preferred)

Tools

React

NodeJS

Python

PostgreSQL

BigQuery

GraphQL

REST APIs

CI/CD (GitLab)

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)

Job description

Company

Highmark Health Job Description

Job Summary

This job is an integral member of an agile software engineer team responsible for building scalable software applications across all digital channels to serve our customers. The incumbent will be responsible for taking an enterprise-wide, architectural view of the solutions and the technical execution of products using the technical stack that best meets the needs of the platform. The position, and team, will be involved in every aspect as part of the software application build process from idea generation, business analysis, technical design and software development using the latest technologies and design patterns.

Essential Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing and creating engineering specifications for software applications and programs.
• Responsible for designing & writing code that adheres to coding standards. Performs code reviews.
• Responsible for idea generation, exploring and implementing appropriate technical solutions to achieve the required product features, as well as monitoring technical process against project plan while safeguarding functionality, scalability and performance.
• A part of an agile work team and responsible for participating in all scrum ceremonies, assisting in sprint planning and completing required sprints in the development through final execution of software applications/programs. Communicate any issues/blockers to the Scrum Master in a timely manner.
• Drive story creation (i.e. DoD, Acceptance Criteria, estimation). Create Tasks for their stories in applicable software (ex: RTC or Jira), and updates status and assignment accordingly.
• Monitor work against production schedule and provide progress updates and report any issues or technical difficulties to lead developers on a regular basis.
• Mentor other associate and intermediate software engineers as needed.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

Education

• Required
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a closely related field
• Preferred
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field

Experience

• Required
• 5 years proficiency in design and analysis of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns in the building and deploying of scalable; highly available systems
• To include:
• 5 years in at least one modern programming languages (Java, Python, JavaScript, ACE, IIB/ITX, Informatica preferred), and experience with at least two of the following: React, Angular v4+, NodeJS, NoSQL databases, HTML5, CSS, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services.
• 5 years of understanding of web services technologies such as REST, HTTPS, JSON
• 5 years with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, Python (Django/Flask), C/C++, C#, Objective C, JavaScript, or Go
• 5 years in defining system architectures and exploring technical feasibility trade-offs for optimizing short term execution while planning for long term technical capabilities
• Preferred
• 7 years of working with a variety of technology systems, designing solutions or developing applications in healthcare
• To Include:
• 5 years of translating design mockups, prototypes and user stories into working applications
• 5 years of ability to produce code that is fault-tolerant, efficient, and maintainable
• 1 year of working with Machine Learning esp. in Natural Language Understanding, Machine Translation, Deep Neural Networks and related fields
• Proven expertise in full-stack development: Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and maintain robust applications using React for the frontend and Python with PostgreSQL/BigQuery for the backend, including experience with GraphQL, REST APIs and database views.
• Strong proficiency in asynchronous processing and messaging: Hands-on experience with Celery and GCP Pub/Sub for building scalable and reliable distributed systems.
• Comprehensive understanding of CI/CD and deployment strategies: Experience with GitLab CI/CD for automating deployments across on-premise, OpenShift, and GCP cloud environments, coupled with a solid grasp of role-based security and access control implementation.
• Senior-level contributions to software architecture and development lifecycle: A track record of leading design discussions, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring code quality, security best practices, and performance optimization within an agile development framework.

Licenses or Certifications

• Required
• None
• Preferred
• GCP

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment
• Have experience working with agile methodology of scrum
• Interest and ability to learn other programming languages as needed
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, unit testing, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Strong track record in designing