Software Engineer IV

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.

The Software Engineer IV will provide senior technical leadership for the design, development, and operation of Availity’s data platform processes and services. This role is responsible for building and operating the data processes that support reliable, secure, and scalable data ingestion, storage, processing, and access across the organization, while owning a member-facing membership application end to end.

As a leading member of the team, this engineer will drive architecture and design decisions, translate business and platform requirements into technical designs, establish engineering standards, and mentor other engineers through disciplined execution. This individual partners closely with product, application engineering, information management, and analytics teams to ensure the platform and the membership application meet current and future business needs, while keeping a keen eye on overall performance, reliability, and data integrity.

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

Location: Remote, US

Role qualifications:

• 6+ years of progressive work experience developing software products in an Agile and/or iterative development environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Information Management. Master’s degree preferred but not required.
• Proven commitment to working in a senior engineer role, including mentoring and design guidance.
• Direct experience with data modeling and data architecture design, with a solid understanding of database technology including SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Strong experience building and maintaining data pipelines and data processes capable of handling large volumes of data in a stable and observable manner.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and web services for both internal and external use.
• Proficiency with the following languages & frameworks:
• Scala
• Python (including NumPy, Pandas, and related data libraries)
• SQL databases
• Scripting languages such as SQL, HTML, JavaScript, or Shell
• A data processing framework such as Spark, Flink, or similar
• AWS experience or equivalent cloud experience.
• Experience with automated unit testing and acceptance testing frameworks.
• Working experience with source code version control (preferably Git and GitHub/GitLab).
• Working knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle, building CI/CD pipelines, and practicing Test Driven Development.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) is a plus.
• Experience with Terraform is a plus.
• Knowledge of the healthcare industry is a plus.

What will set you apart:

• Healthcare industry experience, particularly with membership, eligibility, or benefits data.
• Experience owning and evolving core data or platform infrastructure at scale.
• Experience improving engineering productivity through standards, tooling, and automation.
• Background in reliability, performance optimization, or large-scale distributed systems.
• Adherence to engineering best practices.

What you will be doing:

• Designing and developing scalable, maintainable, data-driven systems and data processes that demonstrate best practices.
• Owning a membership application end to end — from detailed design, documentation, and development through unit testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance.
• Building and maintaining data pipelines and processes capable of handling large volumes of data in a stable and observable manner.
• Improving the speed, efficiency, and scalability of the continuous integration environment, automating wherever possible using Python, SQL, RESTful APIs, and other frameworks.
• Applying modern software architecture patterns (distributed systems, microservices, etc.) to build well-structured, reusable, maintainable, and intentionally designed code.
• Consulting on the design and development of databases, writing database queries and required table definition modifications.
• Leveraging CI/CD principles using Git, Jira, and AWS.
• Creating standards for and documenting the systems you help build.
• Reviewing code written by other team members and collaborating with software and data engineers in the design and code review process.
• Coaching and mentoring junior engineers and providing design guidance across the team.
• Partnering with all stakeholders to determine technical feasibility, estimate work efforts, and identify potential slippage or inter-team dependencies.
• Innovating and sharing ideas to improve products and processes, big and small.

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”!
• Culture is important to us and there are many ways for you to make your mark here!
• We have several Diversity & Inclusion teams and various ways to engage with fellow Availity associates. “AvaiLadies”, “Beyond Black”, “HOLA”, “Availity Pride”, “VetAvaility” a Young Professionals Group and “She Can Code IT” a group for women in tech are some of the groups you can get involved in.
• Availity is a culture of continuous learning. We have many resources and experts in our tech stack and in our industry that can help get you there too!
• We offer a competitive salary, bonus structure, generous HSA company contribution, healthcare, vision, dental benefits and a 401k match program that you can take advantage of on day one!
• We offer unlimited PTO for salaried associates + 9 paid holidays. Hourly associates start at 19 days of PTO and go up from there with all the same holiday benefits.
• Interested in wellness? We allow our associates to reimburse up to $250/year for gym memberships, participation in racing events, weight management programs, etc.
• Interested in furthering your education? We offer education reimbursement!
• Availity offers Paid Parental Leave for both moms and dads, both birth parents and adoptive parents.
• Want to work for an organization that gives back to the community? You’re at the right place! Availity partners with various organizations, both locally and nationally, to raise awareness, funds and morale as our staff members volunteer their time and funds to engage the organizations campaign.

Next steps:

After you apply, you will receive text/email messages thanking you for applying and then you will continue to receive more text/email messages alerting you as to where you are in the recruitment process.

Interview process:

• Manager resume review 
• Recruiter video interview
• Manager video interview
• Technical assessment
• Panel video interview

Video Camera Usage:

Availity fosters a collaborative and open culture where communication and engagement are central to our success.  As a remote first company, we are also camera-first and provide all associates with camera/video capability to simulate the office environment. If you are not able to use your camera for all virtual meetings, you should not apply for this role.

Having cameras on helps create a more connected, interactive, and productive environment, allowing teams to communicate more effectively and build stronger working relationships.  The usage of cameras also enhances security and protects sensitive company information. Video participation is required to ensure that only authorized personnel are present in meetings and to prevent unauthorized access, data breaches, preventing social engineering, or the sharing of confidential information with non-participants.

Disclaimers:

Availity is an equal opportunity employer and makes decisions in employment matters without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.

Availity is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

NOTICE: Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. When required by state law or federal regulation, Availity uses I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification in conjunction with E-Verify to determine employment eligibility. Learn more about E-Verify at http://www.dhs.gov/e-verify.

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