Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island

Software Engineer

Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Equivalent combination of education, technical training, certifications, and relevant work experience in computer science, software engineering, information systems, data science, or related disciplines.
  • 3 to 5 years of experience in software engineering, application development, systems integration, automation development, or data engineering.
  • Experience in building, integrating, and supporting enterprise technology solutions.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as C#, .NET, Java, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
  • Familiarity with cloud-native development, preferably in Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, monitor, and maintain enterprise applications and APIs.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
  • Analyze business processes to identify technical options and tradeoffs.
  • Develop secure, reliable, and maintainable code following best practices.
  • Utilize AI-assisted development tools to enhance software development processes.
  • Apply DevOps best practices to improve delivery speed and quality.
  • Communicate technical tradeoffs and implementation progress to stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Flexible work schedules including in-office, hybrid, and remote options.
  • Support for associate well-being and work/life balance.
  • Opportunities for continuous learning and adoption of emerging technologies.
Full Job Description
Pay Range:
$93,600.00 - $140,400.00
Please email if you are a candidate seeking a reasonable accommodation for the application and/or interview process.

Why this job matters:

Designs, develops, deploys, and supports scalable technology solutions that advance business objectives and enhance the member, provider, and associate experience. Working closely with business and technology stakeholders, this role delivers secure, reliable applications, integrations, APIs, and digital solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards. Contributes across the full solution lifecycle and leverages modern engineering, cloud, automation, AI-assisted development practices, and agentic AI solution patterns to deliver high-quality solutions while building the technical, business, and communication skills needed for increasingly complex and business-facing engineering opportunities.

What you will do:
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, monitor and maintain enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, data-enabled workflows, automation solutions, and digital solutions.
  • Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translate business and product requirements into scalable technical solutions.
  • Participate in solution discovery activities by analyzing business processes and identifying technical options and tradeoffs.
  • Develop secure, reliable, and maintainable code aligned with enterprise engineering, architecture, security and security standards and best practices.
  • Utilize approved AI-assisted development tools to accelerate software development, testing, troubleshooting, and documentation while maintaining quality and compliance standards.
  • Build and integrate solutions across enterprise platforms, data sources, API's, AI services, agentic workflows and operational processes.
  • Contribute throughout the solution lifecycle, including analysis, development, testing, deployment, production support, and continuous improvement.
  • Apply DevOps best practices including source control, CI/CD, automated testing, and observability tools to improve delivery speed and quality.
  • Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application, integration, performance, and production issues.
  • Ensure solutions comply with HIPAA, information security, data governance, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
  • Communicate solution approaches, technical tradeoffs, delivery risks, and implementation progress to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation and knowledge resources to support ongoing maintenance and adoption.
  • Explore emerging cloud, data, automation, AI technologies, and industry trends to recommend opportunities for experimentation and operational improvement.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.


What you need to succeed:
  • Equivalent combination of education, technical training, certifications, and relevant work experience in computer science, software engineering, information systems, data science, or related disciplines.
  • 3 to 5 years of software engineering, application development, systems integration, automation development, data engineering or related experience.
  • Experience building, integrating and supporting enterprise technology solutions.
  • Experience developing, testing, deploying, and supporting production technology solutions.
  • Experience working with applications, APIs, integrations, databases, or data-enabled workflows.
  • Experience working collaboratively within an Agile, product, or iterative delivery environment
  • Technical Skills
    • Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages such as C#, .NET, Java, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
    • Experience with designing, developing, testing and supporting APIs, web services, and system integrations.
    • Working knowledge of relational databases, SQL, data structures, and data modeling concepts.
    • Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools and practices to improve productivity, quality, testing, and documentation.
    • Understanding of modern software architecture, design patterns, secure coding, scalability and maintainability principles.
    • Experience with source control, branching strategies, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and maintainability principles.
    • Familiarity with cloud-native development and services, preferably within Microsoft Azure, infrastructure as code, workflow orchestration, data pipelines, automation, AI enabled solution patterns and agentic orchestration patterns.
  • Business and Professional Skills
    • Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
    • Ability to understand business processes and translate business needs into technical solutions.
    • Ability to evaluate and validate AI-generated code and technical recommendations using sound engineering judgment
    • Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
    • Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing business needs.
    • Ownership mindset with accountability for delivering high-quality solutions.
    • Customer and outcome-focused approach to solution delivery.
    • Commitment to continuous learning and adoption of emerging technologies.


The extras:
  • Experience in healthcare, health insurance, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.
  • Experience with developing solutions in cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure.
  • Experience developing API's, microservices and other enterprise integration services.
  • Familiarity with healthcare data standards and business processes.
  • Exposure to AI-assisted software development, machine learning services, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic AI and automation frameworks, or AI orchestration technologies.
  • Experience developing workflow automation, orchestration, or process-integrated solutions.
  • Experience developing prototypes or proofs of concept and evolving successful concepts into supported production solutions.
  • Experience working directly with business or operational stakeholders to understand processes and translate needs into technical solutions.

Location:
BCBSRI is headquartered in downtown Providence, conveniently located near the train station and bus terminal. We actively support associate well-being and work/life balance and offer the following schedules, based on role:
  • In-office: onsite 5 days per week
  • Hybrid: onsite 2-4 days per week
  • Remote: onsite 0-1 days per week. Permitted to reside in the following states, pending approval from the Human Resources Department: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia

About Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island is a non-profit health insurance company that provides medical, dental, and vision coverage to individuals and businesses in Rhode Island. The company also offers Medicare Advantage plans and prescription drug coverage. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.
Learn more about Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Size
800 employees
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Founded
1939

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