Software Engineer IV

Availity is a pioneering healthcare technology company focused on delivering innovative solutions for healthcare professionals. They are seeking a passionate Software Engineer IV to support their Prior Authorization team by analyzing architecture, identifying gaps, and developing solutions that meet business objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Design high-performing, scalable and robust solutions in AWS
• Document architecture designs, patterns and technical solutions
• Develop and maintain product architecture principles, standards, guidelines, and best practices
• Analyze the current state of our architecture, identify gaps and opportunities, and develop target state architectures
• Define and communicate the product architecture roadmap, and ensure that it aligns with the business objectives
• Provide guidance and direction to project teams, ensuring that they follow the architecture standards and guidelines
• Serve as an architecture conduit for external requests and queries and provides education on product and enterprise architecture directions and goals
• Work with stakeholders to understand their business requirements and develop solutions that meet their needs
• Collaborate with other architects and technology leaders to ensure that our architecture is integrated and aligned with other systems and applications
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including business leaders, IT leaders, and external partners
• Lead technical discussions and build consensus among engineers
• Support engineering and architecture efforts for number of high visibility programs
• Participate in architecture and design decisions, and conduct documentation review and approval processes
• Interact with business strategists, comprehend design impact on systems, and develop measurable business cases that support architecture

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of technology experience; business system analysis, designing products and features
• 3+ years of experience architecting solutions in AWS cloud environment
• 2+ years of experience analyzing and proposing target state architecture
• Prior experience in refactoring applications, performance tuning, conducting cost benefit, risk analysis, observability best practices, etc
• Experience in AWS managed services like DynamoDB, S3, Postgres SQL, EKS, Amazon Kafka (MSK) etc
• Knowledge and experience with API security standards (e.g. OAuth, SAML)
• Strong experience with Java in an enterprise setting with the ability to analyze and troubleshoot existing applications and architecture
• Experience with microservices and monolithic architectures
• Experience in REST APIs using Spring/Spring Boot, Spring Cloud etc
• Experience using Kubernetes-based container technologies like OpenShift and AWS EKS
• Knowledge and experience with CI/CD tools, frameworks, and methodologies
• Experience developing technical documentation to support solution architecture and designs, documenting all architecture and design decisions
• Working experience with Product and Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture, and defining Technology Roadmaps
• Excellent writing skills and a strong ability to grasp and explain technical concepts across a spectrum of technical knowledge
• Ability to travel as needed – minimal travel anticipated
• AWS Architect Certifications
• Experience integrating multiple systems user-driven workflow applications