Senior Software Engineer - Microservices

Delta Dental; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 92,500 - 200,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base pay

401(k) with matching contributions

Medical & dental benefits

Paid time off + holidays

Birthday off

Professional development

Job summary

Delta Dental is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Microservices) in Alpharetta, GA to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure microservices across enterprise platforms.

You'll work with Product, Architecture, DevOps, QA and other teams to deliver end-to-end solutions, mentor engineers, and ensure high quality through TDD and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and developing scalable, secure applications.
• Experience deploying on Azure or similar cloud platforms.
• Ability to translate business plans into IT solutions.
• Capable of mentoring engineers and leading modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to architectural design and system analysis.
• Takes part in programming activities and research as needed.
• Develops production-ready software with scalable and secure patterns.
• Mentors engineers and participates in code reviews.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to define requirements and drive results.
• Monitors performance, capacity, and reliability; manages deployments and health.

Skills

Microservices architecture

Java/Spring Boot

REST APIs

Batch systems

Real-time systems

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps

Helm

ArgoCD

AI-assisted development

Security & compliance

Reliability & observability

Code reviews mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

MS degree is a plus

Tools

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps

Helm

ArgoCD

Job description

Senior Software Engineer – Microservices

Job Description

The Senior Software Engineer (Microservices) is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining highly scalable, secure, and performant microservices-based applications supporting enterprise platforms. The role operates across the full SDLC and collaborates with cross-functional teams including Product, Architecture, DevOps, QA, Application teams, performance test team and Platform.

Responsibilities

• Performs as a key contributor to an engineering team that builds and supports exceptional products that provide innovative solutions to challenging business use cases, existing system and operational problems
• Participates in architectural design, system analysis, and programming activities on application software; this may often require independent research and study
• Develops high-quality and production-ready software by using best-practice data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and frameworks that are maintainable, scalable, responsive, and secure
• Writes highest quality code with utmost attention to scalability, security and performance and with an end-to-end mindset from conception to delivery and production support, owning specifications, quality, release deployments and monitoring of production health
• Produces complete, simple, and readable technical documentation for everything developed and maintains a team culture of documenting everything
• Tests and ensures quality of all code that is developed in line with principles of test-driven development and continuous delivery, utilizing test automation frameworks wherever possible
• Participates in code-reviews, provides technical guidance and mentors software engineers
• Collaborates closely with Engineering leadership, Product Managers, Designers, Test Automation and other teams and business units to define, prioritize, sequence and scope business and functional requirements and drive results
• Instruments infrastructure and application performance monitoring, capacity management, alerting, tools instrumentation and metrics (KPI) management
• Performs impact assessment of product (hardware, software) upgrades

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience w/Bachelor’s degreein computer science or equivalent technical field
• MS is a plus
• Additional experience may be accepted in lieu of education or degree
• Experience designing and developing highly scalable and secure applications and products
• Experience developing and deploying applications on Azure or similar cloud platform
• Ability to understand business plans and apply that information into the development of an IT business case
• Anticipates problems, resistance or likely objections and takes action to resolve them
• Ability to guide, train and mentor associate engineers
• Highly skilled in developing quantitative cost/benefit analysis to measure improvements
• Core Engineering: Microservices architecture, Java/Spring Boot, REST APIs, scalable batch and real-time systems
• Cloud & DevOps: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, Helm, ArgoCD, and cloud-native design
• Claims Domain Expertise: Claims adjudication, coordination of benefits (COB) logic, EDI integrations, and high-volume transaction processing
• Architecture Leadership: System design, modernization from legacy to microservices, API governance, and cross-team alignment
• Reliability & Observability: Monitoring, logging, incident management, resiliency engineering, and performance optimization
• Test Automation: API testing, test-driven development (TDD), and automated regression frameworks for microservices
• Data & Workflow Automation: Batch processing, workflow orchestration, and business intelligence integration
• AI & Intelligent Automation: AI-assisted development, AIOps, anomaly detection, machine learning integration via APIs, and developer productivity tools
• Security & Compliance: Secure API design, vulnerability management, and business continuity planning
• Communication & Collaboration: Strong collaboration with product managers, business stakeholders, and cross-functional technology teams; ability to translate technical solutions into business outcomes; effective participation in design discussions, sprint ceremonies, and enterprise initiatives
• Leadership: Mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, driving innovation, and leading modernization initiatives
• Proficient in organizational processes as well as capable of assessing and initiating change of such processes
• Demonstrates an in-depth knowledge and application of competency and can consult as well as lead others in its application
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies
• Ability to develop and maintain key vendor relationships with a focus on technology currency and best practices
• Life‑long learner, process improver
• Ability to understand an existing business process and collaboratively develop a more efficient and automated workflow

Base Pay Information

The national base pay range at the end is a good‑faith estimate of what Delta Dental may pay for new hires. Actual pay may vary based on Delta Dental’s assessment of the candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), related experience, education, certifications and ability to meet required minimum job qualifications. Other factors impacting pay include prevailing wages in the work location and internal equity.

Pay Grade 22. $92,500 - $200,400

Benefits

• Competitive base and incentive pay
• 401(k) with robust matching and non‑matching contributions
• Rich medical & pharmacy benefits
• 100% employer‑paid dental and vision benefits
• Holistic wellbeing program with deep financial incentives
• Generous paid time off plus 12 paid holidays and your birthday off
• Culture of growth and learning: career development; tuition reimbursement; recognition program
• Family support: adoption assistance, fertility treatment, child, elder & pet care assistance
• Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities
• Employee discount program

Fair Chance Ordinances and Criminal Background Considerations

This position requires that the applicant undergo a background check. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with any applicable federal, state or local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and/or New York Corrections Law Article 23-A.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Delta Dental Ins. is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a professional work environment free from discrimination and harassment. Individuals seeking employment at Delta Dental are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, actual or perceived physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other legally protected category. Delta Dental is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Accordingly, we have adopted and maintain an Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, Harassment‑Free Work Environment Policy, and Respectful Workplace policies and will not tolerate violations of these policies.

Proof of eligibility to work in the United States must be provided if selected for hire.