Lead Software Engineer|Hybrid|
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Qualifications
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree, Information Technology or Computer Science, OR in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience
Experience: 8 years Software design and development, software test and evaluation, software requirements management
Experience developing 12-factor microservices while utilizing Continuous Integration, Build, and Delivery with Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud
Experience with Spring related technologies such as Spring Core, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Spring Integration
Experience in developing REST and SOAP APIs
Experience in designing and implementing container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes
Competency in writing basic SQL queries
Oracle, Postgres experience and experience in NOSQL like Cassandra
Experience utilizing platform and infrastructure-as-a-service technologies AWS, Azure cloud and their corresponding services
Experience with the Log Management Platforms like AWS ELK stack, Splunk
Experience in writing automation scripts using Postman & Collection for API/Microservices testing
Experience in writing automation scripts test suits in using Cucumber, TestNG, Rest Assured
Hands on Experience with JSON, XML data formats
Experience with iterative and incremental development on product-focused teams practicing code reviews
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to effectively communicate and translate feedback, needs and solutions
Ability to lead in an Agile environment
Experience in production support that has high visibility/SLAs
Strong teamwork focus and the ability to foster collaboration within and across teams
Creative problem-solving skills that deliver elegant solutions to complex issues
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (KSAs)
Works closely with Architects, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Value Stream Managers to provide insight into delivering business value and meeting objectives
Decomposes functional and technical requirements into project activities and tasks and provides conceptual design, prototype, and test cycles appropriate to a chosen technical solution
Identifies technical risks and develops mitigation strategies; introduces and recommends industry best practices and standards for the project
Works with stakeholders as well as technical and analytical counterparts to define constraints and develop requirements and concept of operations documentation
Knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g
AWS, Azure)
Knowledge of database technologies (e.g. cloud, SQL, Oracle, Mongo DB, PostgreSQL, etc.)
Fundamental knowledge of software engineers?
best practices, agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge of test-first practices including Test-Driven Development (TDD) for unit tests and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for automated acceptance tests,
Strong experience with Deployment/Continuous Integration/ Continuous Testing/ Continuous Delivery processes and tools and have expertise in CI/CD tools and framework
Experience with deploying a global application and configuration management
Proficient in establishing and maintaining good working relationships
Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC)
Proficient with integrating complex and/or existing systems
Knowledge of programming languages (e.g. JavaScript, C, Python, etc.)
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence
The hands are regularly used to write, type, key and handle or feel small controls and objects
The associate must frequently talk and hear
Weights up to 25 pounds are occasionally lifted
Sponsorship in US
Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without Sponsorship
Benefits
Salary Range: $10+,368 - $217,217
Salary Range Disclaimer
In addition to your compensation, CareFirst offers a comprehensive benefits package, various incentive programs/plans, and 401k contribution programs/plans (all benefits/incentives are subject to eligibility requirements)
Responsibilities
Performs complex analysis, design, development, automated unit and integration testing, and debugging of computer software ranging from operating system architecture integration and software design to selection of computer systems, language, and/or equipment
Designs, codes, tests, develops, and documents application programs for computer systems
Works with end-users and project stakeholders to define system scope and objectives
Manages modifications to and maintenance of operational programs and procedures
Leads stakeholder and product owner meetings to define software requirements and creates highly complex systems
Acts as a mentor to junior engineers
Lead a team of software engineers in the design, development, and implementation of multiple applications
Performs and leads the detail technical design, coding, code review and testing of new applications and enhancements of existing applications
Serves as a subject matter expert for specified systems and their subsequent applications
Develop and/or analyze interface design documentation
Comply with hardware and software systems standards and procedures
Deliver large systems for tens of thousands of users
Ensures compliance to the dev/sec/ops practices and policies
Understanding of architectural practices and design
Identifies gaps in requirements and solves problems for the supporting staff
Identifies sequencing of services and technologies that are integrated in later phases of the project
Leads the evaluation of risk and opportunity impacts to existing or proposed projects/programs and implements risk mitigation actions
Develops ways to improve performance and increase system availability
Provides recommendations to infuse new technology
Compile, assess, and report data results from software testing and analysis
Supports the Project Manager as the technical team lead on the project
Estimates the technical costs of projects for clients and project managers
Confers with clients to identify requirements and determine desired outcomes to formulate the design of the system or offer alternatives
Demonstrated experience with front-end and back-end programing and integration frameworks and tools
Assist in the estimation of development of application features
Leads software design and development teams
Identifies, analyzes, defines, and coordinates user, customer, and stakeholder needs and translates them into technical requirements
Manages technical resources (hardware, software, licenses, and services)
Plans and leads transformation initiatives to new software architectures
Extend open-source libraries and systems as necessary to meet the needs of the team
Play a crucial role in product scoping and roadmap / architecture discussions
Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices
Ensure code quality, deployment standards and practices
Mentoring junior developers
Evaluates and assists in the selection and procurement of hardware and software technologies and serves as a mentor for junior developers
Reviewing the work of other developers and providing feedback
Ability to communicate technical requirements to all levels of expertise
Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging
The associate is primarily seated while performing the duties of the position
Occasional walking or standing is required
Job description
Resp & Qualifications
PURPOSE:
Performs complex analysis, design, development, automated unit and integration testing, and debugging of computer software ranging from operating system architecture integration and software design to selection of computer systems, language, and/or equipment. Designs, codes, tests, develops, and documents application programs for computer systems. Works with end-users and project stakeholders to define system scope and objectives. Manages modifications to and maintenance of operational programs and procedures. Leads stakeholder and product owner meetings to define software requirements and creates highly complex systems. Acts as a mentor to junior engineers
Essential Functions
• Lead a team of software engineers in the design, development, and implementation of multiple applications. Performs and leads the detail technical design, coding, code review and testing of new applications and enhancements of existing applications. Serves as a subject matter expert for specified systems and their subsequent applications. Develop and/or analyze interface design documentation. Comply with hardware and software systems standards and procedures. Deliver large systems for tens of thousands of users. Ensures compliance to the dev/sec/ops practices and policies. Understanding of architectural practices and design.
• Identifies gaps in requirements and solves problems for the supporting staff. Identifies sequencing of services and technologies that are integrated in later phases of the project. Leads the evaluation of risk and opportunity impacts to existing or proposed projects/programs and implements risk mitigation actions. Develops ways to improve performance and increase system availability. Provides recommendations to infuse new technology. Compile, assess, and report data results from software testing and analysis.
• Supports the Project Manager as the technical team lead on the project. Estimates the technical costs of projects for clients and project managers. Confers with clients to identify requirements and determine desired outcomes to formulate the design of the system or offer alternatives. Demonstrated experience with front-end and back-end programing and integration frameworks and tools. Assist in the estimation of development of application features.
• Leads software design and development teams. Identifies, analyzes, defines, and coordinates user, customer, and stakeholder needs and translates them into technical requirements. Manages technical resources (hardware, software, licenses, and services). Plans and leads transformation initiatives to new software architectures. Extend open-source libraries and systems as necessary to meet the needs of the team. Play a crucial role in product scoping and roadmap / architecture discussions. Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices. Ensure code quality, deployment standards and practices. Mentoring junior developers.
Qualifications
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree, Information Technology or Computer Science, OR in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
Experience: 8 years Software design and development, software test and evaluation, software requirements management.
Experience developing 12-factor microservices while utilizing Continuous Integration, Build, and Delivery with Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud.
Experience with Spring related technologies such as Spring Core, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and Spring Integration. Experience in developing REST and SOAP APIs.
Experience in designing and implementing container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes.
Competency in writing basic SQL queries. Oracle, Postgres experience and experience in NOSQL like Cassandra.
Experience utilizing platform and infrastructure-as-a-service technologies AWS, Azure cloud and their corresponding services.
Experience with the Log Management Platforms like AWS ELK stack, Splunk.
Experience in writing automation scripts using Postman & Collection for API/Microservices testing.
Experience in writing automation scripts test suits in using Cucumber, TestNG, Rest Assured.
Hands on Experience with JSON, XML data formats.
Experience with iterative and incremental development on product-focused teams practicing code reviews.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to effectively communicate and translate feedback, needs and solutions.
Ability to lead in an Agile environment.
Experience in production support that has high visibility/SLAs.
Strong teamwork focus and the ability to foster collaboration within and across teams.
Creative problem-solving skills that deliver elegant solutions to complex issues
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Git workflow of release management and Project Tracking Systems (e.g., Bitbucket, Jira).
• Proficiency in Swagger Specification Knowledge and experience with designing APIs based on Domain/Entity driven models.
• Working Experience with Tanzu Kubernetes (TKGI) platform, Istio and Containers.
• Experience with OAuth Security patterns and Implementations.
• Experience working in Apache Kafka/Confluent platform including Kafka consumer, Kafka Streams.
• Experience working spring Batch and scheduler/task.
• Experience with API proxy platforms like Apigee.
• Experience with Kibana and Splunk Dashboarding.
• Working with Maven and Jenkins, SonarQube, Artifactory.
• Proficiency Microservices multi-threading, Concurrency and parallel processing.
• Experience working in UNIX environment and writing Shell scripts.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (KSAs)
• Works closely with Architects, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Value Stream Managers to provide insight into delivering business value and meeting objectives.
• Decomposes functional and technical requirements into project activities and tasks and provides conceptual design, prototype, and test cycles appropriate to a chosen technical solution.
• Identifies technical risks and develops mitigation strategies; introduces and recommends industry best practices and standards for the project.
• Evaluates and assists in the selection and procurement of hardware and software technologies and serves as a mentor for junior developers.
• Works with stakeholders as well as technical and analytical counterparts to define constraints and develop requirements and concept of operations documentation.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure).
• Knowledge of database technologies (e.g. cloud, SQL, Oracle, Mongo DB, PostgreSQL, etc.).
• Fundamental knowledge of software engineers? best practices, agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of test-first practices including Test-Driven Development (TDD) for unit tests and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for automated acceptance tests,
• Strong experience with Deployment/Continuous Integration/ Continuous Testing/ Continuous Delivery processes and tools and have expertise in CI/CD tools and framework.
• Experience with deploying a global application and configuration management.
• Reviewing the work of other developers and providing feedback.
• Ability to communicate technical requirements to all levels of expertise.
• Proficient in establishing and maintaining good working relationships.
• Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Proficient with integrating complex and/or existing systems.
• Knowledge of programming languages (e.g. JavaScript, C, Python, etc.).
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence. Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging.
Salary Range: $10+,368 - $217,217
Salary Range Disclaimer
The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the work is being performed. This compensation range is specific and considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilites of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, internal peer equity, and market and business consideration. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range, as compensation decisions depend on each case's facts and circumstances, including but not limited to experience, internal equity, and location. In addition to your compensation, CareFirst offers a comprehensive benefits package, various incentive programs/plans, and 401k contribution programs/plans (all benefits/incentives are subject to eligibility requirements).
Department
Market Facing Mobile Development
Equal Employment Opportunity
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, ****** orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Where To Apply
Please visit our website to apply: www.carefirst.com/careers
Federal Disc/Physical Demand
Note: The incumbent is required to immediately disclose any debarment, exclusion, or other event that makes him/her ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on health care programs.
Physical Demands
The associate is primarily seated while performing the duties of the position. Occasional walking or standing is required. The hands are regularly used to write, type, key and handle or feel small controls and objects. The associate must frequently talk and hear. Weights up to 25 pounds are occasionally lifted.
Sponsorship in US
Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without Sponsorship.