Software Engineer III

Availity delivers revenue cycle and related business solutions for health care professionals who want to build healthy, thriving organizations. Availity has the powerful tools, actionable insights and expansive network reach that medical businesses need to get an edge in an industry constantly redefined by change.

At Availity, we're not just another Healthcare Technology company; we're pioneers reshaping the future of healthcare! With our headquarters in vibrant Jacksonville, FL, and an exciting office in Bangalore, India, along with an exceptional remote workforce across the United States, we're a global team united by a powerful mission.

We're on a mission to bring the focus back to what truly matters – patient care. As the leading healthcare engagement platform, we're the heartbeat of an industry that impacts millions. With over 2 million providers connected to health plans, and processing over 13 billion transactions annually, our influence is continually expanding.

Join our energetic, dynamic, and forward-thinking team where your ideas are celebrated, innovation is encouraged, and every contribution counts. We're transforming the healthcare landscape, solving communication challenges, and creating connections that empower the nation's premier healthcare ecosystem.

As a Software Engineer III, you are responsible for the detailed design, documentation, development, unit testing and maintenance of internally developed applications for Availity business partners. Your SCRUM team responds to business partner needs, expectations, and challenges that are identified.

Sponsorship, in any form, is not available for this position.

Location: Remote, US

Role qualifications:

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent.
• Four (4) or more years of experience working in an Agile and/or iterative development environment.
• Prefer two (2) or more years of healthcare industry experience
• 5+ years leveraging the following languages & frameworks
  • Java
  • SQL databases
  • JavaScript
  • RESTful APIs
  • Web services
• Knowledge and ability to apply OOD (Java, HTML, XML, Java Script, .Net C# and Patterns) and impact to the application development process
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, Helm) and AWS services (VPC, IAM, EC2, EKS, Istio)
• Observability and monitoring tools (preferably Splunk, New Relic)
• Experience designing, building and maintaining cloud-based applications leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform
• Knowledge, skills, and experience to write detailed technical documentation, specifically business requirements and functional specifications for application development
• Ability and experience to facilitate JAD sessions or other requirements gathering processes. May work with senior Developers to resolve/debug program errors
• Knowledge of web development methodologies (primarily Agile/Scrum), application design, navigation, and information architecture    
• Knowledge of basic database design and query language
• In depth knowledge of HIPAA X12 transactions
• Working knowledge of EDIFECS

What you will be doing:

• Maintain and write fundamental code to address project specifications and guidelines.
• Provide input on programming or development standards.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of database set-up.
• Applies the software development life cycle.
• Learns and applies database set-up.
• Develops code that reuses subroutines or objects, is well structured, includes sufficient comments, and is easy to maintain.
• Writes programs, ad hoc queries, and reports.
• Actively participates in code reviews and begins to review the code of other developers.
• Analyze existing programs and modify the application code to create enhancement under the direction of senior developers.
• Reviews requirements and determines gaps or missing elements in system, process and/or functional requirements.
• Write moderate level technical documentation and submit for review by a senior developer.
• Performs unit testing and moderate debugging to ensure requirements are satisfied.
• Work on smaller, moderately complex projects that typically require a singular area of expertise but may work on more complex projects as a member of a project team.
• Estimate work efforts for AIR backlog.
• Partner with all stakeholders to identify potential slippage or inter-team dependencies.

Availity culture and benefits:

• Availity is a certified “Great Place to Work”, a “Best Workplaces for Technology Companies”, a “Best Workplaces for Women” and a “Best Workplaces for Millennials”!