Software Developer IV (Bedrock Developer)
Hybrid role (3 days/week in office) from Portland, OR
Build a career with purpose. Join our Cause to create a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system.
Who We Are Looking For:
Every day, Cambia’s dedicated team of Software Development Engineers are living our mission to make health care easier and lives better. As a member of the Software Development Engineering team, our Software Development Engineers participate in a cross-team environment for the delivery and maintenance of application systems. They are responsible for programming, debugging, building, deploying, testing, and documentation of applications in development and production environments, as well as database design and system testing and documentation. This position provides technical, interpersonal, and administrative skills in performing day-to-day work - all in service of making our members' health journeys easier.
Do you thrive as a part of a collaborative, caring team? Then this role may be the perfect fit.
What You Bring to Cambia:
Qualifications:
The Software Development Engineer IV would have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field and at least 8 years relevant experience in a multi-platform environment, including, but not limited to application development or database development
Skills and Attributes:
- Communicates clearly in a timely manner in both verbal and written communication.
- Comfortable working in a remote and/or distributed team environment, and proficient in asynchronous communication tools such as Microsoft Teams or Slack.
- Able to work well with business customers, as well as engineering and technical partners.
- Able to take direction, in analyzing and solving program and system issues.
- Familiar with core technologies and methodologies used by the team.
- Able to analyze, diagnose, and resolve simple programming problems and system coordination issues.
- Able to work with minimum direction.
- Able to plan and manage their own work.
- Communicate effectively with peers.
- Familiar with Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD) including unit and behavior test creation.
- Follows corporate and departmental coding standards and guidelines.
- Able to learn continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices.
- Able to learn containerization technologies and orchestration tools.
- Able to learn RESTful and/or GraphQL API (Application Programming Interface) design and best practices.
- Applies software security best practices.
- Familiarity with defensive programming, OWASP top 10 to mitigate injection vulnerabilities, cross-site scripting (XSS), server side request forgery (SSRF). Familiar with authentication principles, security hygiene and data stewardship.
- Depending on business area, demonstrated experience of building Data pipelines: Data Exchange, Cleansing, Validation, Standardization, Search and Ranking based on Data Science.
- Ability to collaborate openly with all partners/audiences while solving technical problems.
- Ability to lead groups of business customers and external technology partners.
- Ability to establish clarity from uncertainty and break down complex, open-ended problems.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Anticipates problems and defines creative alternatives proactively.
- Deep experience with multiple technologies.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience delivering enterprise-scale applications and digital platforms.
- Technical Leadership: leading offshore teams, mentoring engineers, stakeholder management, roadmap planning, and end-to-end program delivery.
- Backend Development: Experience using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, REST APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Strong Database Expertise with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
- Cloud & Platform Engineering: Experience with AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, Terraform, CloudFormation, and cloud modernization initiatives.
- Full-Stack Development: Experience using Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and Next.js.
- DevOps & CI/CD: Experience using Jenkins, TeamCity, GitHub, GitLab, and automated deployment pipelines.
- Healthcare Domain: Expertise with healthcare payer workflows, interoperability, and member-facing digital platforms.
- Production Support & Reliability Engineering with Datadog, CloudWatch, Helix Remedy, Atlassian Jira, Confluence, incident management, and operational excellence.
- AI-Assisted Development using Claude, or other AI tools to improve engineering productivity.
What You Will Do at Cambia:
- Develops and/or directs the creation of efficient and maintainable program code.
- Belongs and contributes to multiple Communities of Practice and may hold more than one Team Champion role.
- Develops efficient and effective program and system solutions in solving highly complex business problems.
- Develops highly complex programs and systems in support of business processes and objectives.
- Understands, directs, and participates in deliverables required by approved Software Development Lifecycles.
- Expected to contribute to process improvement.
- Determines and/or directs system design and prepares work estimates for development or changes for multiple work efforts.
- Prepares and/or directs the creation of program, system, operational and System documentation.
- Seeks to improve policies and procedures.
- Develops efficient and effective program and system solutions in solving complex business problems.
- Contributes to Communities of Practice and may be identified to play a Team Champion role.
- Provides consulting support for IT (Information Technology) and Business partners by researching, identifying, and resolving complex technical problems.
- Meets established deadlines while maintaining a high level of quality. Negotiates changes to delivery dates.
- Develops complex programs and systems in support of business processes and objectives.
- Develops Cambia technology learning courses to capture and share knowledge.
- Prepares and/or directs the creation of system unit test plans, test criteria, and test data.
- Prepares and/or directs the creation of program, system, operational and System documentation.
- Performs and/or directs testing and documents the results.
Pay ranges vary based on the candidate's work location. The expected hiring range depends on skills, experience, education, and training; relevant licensure / certifications; and performance history.
Software Developer IV:
- Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho: The expected hiring range is $114,000 - $143,000, the full salary range is $114,000 - $186,000, and the bonus target is 15%.
- North Dakota: The expected hiring range is $101,000 - $134,000, and the full salary range is $101,000 - $167,000.
About Cambia
Working at Cambia means being part of a purpose-driven, award-winning culture built on trust and innovation anchored in our 100+ year history. Our caring and supportive colleagues are some of the best and brightest in the industry, innovating together toward sustainable, person-focused health care. Whether we're helping members, lending a hand to a colleague or volunteering in our communities, our compassion, empathy and team spirit always shine through.
Why Join the Cambia Team?
At Cambia, you can:
- Work alongside diverse teams building cutting-edge solutions to transform health care.
- Earn a competitive salary and enjoy generous benefits while doing work that changes lives.
- Grow your career with a company committed to helping you succeed.
- Give back to your community by participating in Cambia-supported outreach programs.
- Connect with colleagues who share similar interests and backgrounds through our employee resource groups.
We believe a career at Cambia is more than just a paycheck – and your compensation should be too. Our compensation package includes competitive base pay as well as a market-leading 401(k) with a significant company match, bonus opportunities and more.
In exchange for helping members live healthy lives, we offer benefits that empower you to do the same. Just a few highlights include:
- Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members, including mental health benefits.
- Annual employer contribution to a health savings account.
- Generous paid time off varying by role and tenure in addition to 10 company-paid holidays.
- Market-leading retirement plan including a company match on employee 401(k) contributions, with a potential discretionary contribution based on company performance (no vesting period).
- Up to 12 weeks of paid parental time off (eligibility requires 12 months of continuous service with Cambia immediately preceding leave).
- Award-winning wellness programs that reward you for participation.
- Employee Assistance Fund for those in need.
- Commute and parking benefits.
Learn more about our benefits.
We are happy to offer work from home options for most of our roles. To take advantage of this flexible option, we require employees to have a wired internet connection that is not satellite or cellular and internet service with a minimum upload speed of 5Mb and a minimum download speed of 10 Mb.
As part of our security requirements, new hires will need access to a personal mobile device to set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) upon joining the company. MFA is an important layer of protection for accessing Cambia systems and is required for all employees.
We are an Equal Opportunity employer dedicated to a drug and tobacco-free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law. A background check is required.
If you need accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please email CambiaCareers@cambiahealth.com. Information about how Cambia Health Solutions collects, uses, and discloses information is available in our Privacy Policy.
