Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Enterprise Member Management Batch Team, focusing on back-end development to maintain and modernize our Member Management Experience while driving the next generation of Delta Dental's Digital Experience. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain scalable enterprise applications, write high-quality and efficient code, and collaborate with product managers, architects, principal engineers, software engineers, test automation specialists, and DevOps engineers to deliver innovative solutions. You will leverage industry best practices to enhance system performance, scalability, and reliability, contributing to our ongoing modernization efforts.
This is a hybrid role that requires you to work onsite at our Rancho Cordova, CA, or Oakland, CA, office for 1-2 days per week.
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 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.
Assists in planning, coordinating, and executing engineering projects.
Supports and collaborates with other Engineers through evaluation, design analysis, and development phases.
Maintains knowledge, ensures competency and compliance with policies and procedures, in order to be the technical expert while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
This list is not all-inclusive, and you are expected to perform other duties as requested or assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
5+ years of professional experience in back-end web development, with a Bachelor degree in Computer Science and/or equivalent technical education and experience.
Expertise with Java, J2EE, including frameworks such as JSF, Spring Framework, JMS, and Hibernate.
Proficient with Spring Boot, Microservices, NoSQL, caching and message queue technologies.
Integration experience consuming REST Services.
Cloud experience with Azure.
Experience with Pega platform is nice to have.
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 lead and manage small to large enterprise network implementations or changes.
Ability to guide, train and mentor associate engineers.
Highly skilled in developing quantitative cost/benefit analysis to measure improvements.
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.
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. $+2,500 - $200,400
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Enterprise Member Management Batch Team, focusing on back-end development to maintain and modernize our Member Management Experience while driving the next generation of Delta Dental's Digital Experience. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain scalable enterprise applications, write high-quality and efficient code, and collaborate with product managers, architects, principal engineers, software engineers, test automation specialists, and DevOps engineers to deliver innovative solutions. You will leverage industry best practices to enhance system performance, scalability, and reliability, contributing to our ongoing modernization efforts.
This is a hybrid role that requires you to work onsite at our Rancho Cordova, CA, or Oakland, CA, office for 1-2 days per week.
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 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.
Assists in planning, coordinating, and executing engineering projects.
Supports and collaborates with other Engineers through evaluation, design analysis, and development phases.
Maintains knowledge, ensures competency and compliance with policies and procedures, in order to be the technical expert while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
This list is not all-inclusive, and you are expected to perform other duties as requested or assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
5+ years of professional experience in back-end web development, with a Bachelor degree in Computer Science and/or equivalent technical education and experience.
Expertise with Java, J2EE, including frameworks such as JSF, Spring Framework, JMS, and Hibernate.
Proficient with Spring Boot, Microservices, NoSQL, caching and message queue technologies.
Integration experience consuming REST Services.
Cloud experience with Azure.
Experience with Pega platform is nice to have.
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 lead and manage small to large enterprise network implementations or changes.
Ability to guide, train and mentor associate engineers.
Highly skilled in developing quantitative cost/benefit analysis to measure improvements.
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.
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. $+2,500 - $200,400
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Senior Software Engineer (Java Back-End & Pega) position is now open for candidates interested in the Software Developer Jobs sector. This role in California City offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Software Developer Jobs is a plus.
