Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Tennessee

Software Engineer

US-AnywhereRemote in Chattanooga, TN
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of software development experience, with a focus on .NET Core applications
  • Strong SQL skills and proficiency in database management
  • Experience with troubleshooting complex system integrations
  • Participation in production support and on-call rotations
  • Collaborative work style, partnering with senior technical team members

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop complex information systems based on research and data analysis
  • Modify application systems to improve performance and efficiency
  • Write, test, and document application code and scripts
  • Take on project roles like lead analyst or technical lead for various project phases
  • Maintain up-to-date technical skills for relevant programming languages and platforms
  • Address system failures and performance issues to minimize downtime
  • Guide and mentor junior analysts and programmers

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility with occasional onsite meetings in Chattanooga
  • Participation in an on-call rotation approximately four times a year
  • Potential for professional development and training opportunities
  • Work within a supportive and collaborative team environment
  • Opportunity to impact healthcare services through technology advancement
Full Job Description

We are hiring a Software Engineer to join our Provider Applications team at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee!

In this role, you will support a broad portfolio of critical provider-facing applications and services. You will help develop, enhance, maintain, and support solutions that power provider data management and operational processes. Working across modern .NET Core applications, web services, APIs, batch processing solutions, and legacy platforms undergoing modernization, you will play a key role in delivering new functionality, supporting production environments, troubleshooting complex integrations, and helping guide the future direction of a growing application portfolio that directly supports provider operations across the organization.

 

Ideal candidates for the role will bring:

  • Experience developing enterprise applications using .NET Core

  • Strong SQL skills

  • Experience troubleshooting complex system integrations and supporting large-scale application environments

  • Experience participating in production support and on-call rotations

  • Strong collaboration skills and the ability to partner closely with senior technical team members

Preferred qualifications:

  • Healthcare industry experience

  • Knowledge of API development, ETL/data movement processes, batch processing, and service-oriented architecture

  • Experience with JavaScript, jQuery, and Entity Framework

  • Experience developing and supporting GraphQL and REST APIs

  • Exposure to legacy COBOL and AIX environments

  • Candidates local to the Chattanooga and/or with a willingness to travel to our Chattanooga, TN headquarters occasionally strongly preferred (although this role is otherwise remote)

Note:

  • This is a remote, work-from-home position, but the final round of interviews will take place on-site in our Chattanooga, TN office.

  • This role includes an on-call rotation approximately four times per year, with one week of coverage during each rotation.

  • Sponsorship is not available for this role.

Job Responsibilities

  • Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to design, develop, modify, or integrate complex information systems.
  • Devises or modifies application systems and procedures to optimize functional requirements including capacity, operating time, response time, and form of desired results.
  • Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents programs, subroutines, and scripts.
  • May serve one or more project team roles, such as project lead, business systems analyst, or technical lead, for small to medium efforts or manage phases of medium to large efforts.
  • Maintains technical skill set for software languages, databases, platforms, operating systems, utilities and networks needed to support work assignments.
  • Responds to system failures and performance events by taking appropriate measures to reduce system downtime and eliminate recurrence of problems.
  • Regularly provides guidance and training to less-experienced analysts/programmers.

Job Qualifications

Education

  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience required. Equivalent years of experience are determined as one year of technical experience for every year of college requested.

Experience

  • 1 year - Experience with information technology concepts, application development methodology, terminology, and standards required
  • 3 years - Systems and programming experience required
  • 1 year - Expert working knowledge of at least one programming language in use at BCBST.

Skills\Certifications

  • Proven skill with information technology in use at BCBST is required
  • Proven analysis, design, and coding skills, and demonstrated success in leading large and complex projects
  • Demonstrated ability to interpret and translate technical and/or or complex concepts into information meaningful to project team members and/or business personnel.
  • Be organized, reliable, and able to manage multiple tasks with exceptional work ethic.
  • Leadership skills
  • Must be able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical co-workers

Number of Openings Available

1

Worker Type:

Employee

Company:

BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.

About Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Tennessee

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is a non-profit health insurance company that provides coverage to more than 3.5 million people. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee offers a variety of health insurance plans, including individual and family plans, Medicare plans, and employer-sponsored plans. The company is committed to improving the health and well-being of its members and the communities it serves.
Learn more about Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Tennessee
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5,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1945

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