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.

Availity is seeking a Software Engineer III to join our Essentials Platform team. This team owns and operates a suite of over 20 microservices and shared libraries that power our internal Essentials portals, applications, and developer teams across the organization.

This role is ideal for an assertive, highly capable engineer who values well-architected systems, pristine engineering practices, and continuous improvement. You will play a key role in designing, building, and operating scalable, resilient backend services while helping the team move leaner, faster, cleaner, and more cost-efficient in the cloud.

Our customers are internal development teams, and our success is measured by platform reliability, performance, clarity of system health, and ease of consumption.

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

Location: Remote, US

Role qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong, hands-on experience with Java, with:
  • Demonstrated ability and willingness to ramp quickly into the other
• Solid understanding of:
  • Microservices architecture
  • RESTful APIs
  • Distributed systems concepts
• Experience building and running applications in the cloud (AWS preferred)
• Working knowledge of:
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Automated testing strategies
  • Source control and trunk-based development
• Proven ability to:
  • Take ownership of complex systems
  • Make sound technical decisions
  • Balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability

Preferred qualifications (nice-to-have):

• Experience working with Java in production environments
• Familiarity with:
  • Docker and containerized workloads
  • Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
  • Kubernetes / managed container platforms
• Strong experience with:
  • Logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
  • Designing for observability and system health awareness
• Prior experience supporting internal platform or shared services teams
• Healthcare or regulated industry experience

What sets you apart:

• You have an engineering mindset, not just a coding mindset
• You care deeply about:
  • Code quality
  • System behavior in production
  • Long-term sustainability
• You are comfortable being opinionated, while remaining collaborative
• You are energized by improving systems to be:
  • Faster
  • More reliable
  • Easier to operate
  • Cheaper to run
• You are not afraid to step into unfamiliar technology and learn it deeply

What you will be doing:

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and shared libraries primarily in Java
• Contribute to the evolution of a microservices-based platform with a strong emphasis on:
  • Scalability
  • Resilience and fault tolerance
  • Observability and operational excellence
• Own services end-to-end, including:
  • Development
  • Testing
  • Deployment
  • Monitoring and support
• Partner closely with an engaged Product Owner to deliver value through:
  • Scrum-based sprint planning
  • Weekly minor releases and monthly major releases