Associate Software Engineer

Cotiviti is hiring an Associate Software Engineer to develop and support analytics systems and customer-facing healthcare analytics applications. The role includes designing solutions, reviewing and documenting software, and collaborating with developers and business partners to define technical requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Work within the team developing and supporting analytics systems with patent pending technology and applications to support our in-house audit partners
• Design and implement new solutions
• Learn new technologies and apply them to the problem space
• Peer review software changes by other developers
• Provide technical guidance to the team on development
• Document the specifications, design, features, and operation of applications prior to production rollout
• Work collaboratively with business partners to define and ensure the completeness and accuracy of system/technical requirements
• Complete all responsibilities as outlined in the annual performance review and/or goal setting
• Complete all special projects and other duties as assigned
• Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems or related field or equivalent work experience
• 0-1 year of professional Java development experience
• Strong grasp of core Java and object-oriented programming: classes, interfaces, inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, and exception handling
• Familiarity with the Java Collections Framework, generics, streams, and lambdas
• Understanding of basic data structures and algorithms
• Experience with a build tool (Maven or Gradle) and an IDE (IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse)
• Proficiency with Git and basic branching and pull request workflows
• Basic knowledge of relational databases and SQL (simple queries, joins, and CRUD operations)
• Ability to read, debug, and explain existing code
• Basic awareness of secure coding practices: input validation, parameterized queries, and no hard-coded credentials
• Ability to use AI coding assistants (such as Claude or GitHub Copilot) for development, debugging, and documentation
• Sound judgment with AI output: you review, test, and understand any code before committing it, and you can explain it in a code review
• Strong organizational, analytical and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to execute project deliverables in a dynamic, fast-paced environment within estimated timelines
• Analyze problems objectively and make sound, data-driven decisions
• Maintain accuracy across code, data, and deliverables
• Apply strong analytical and statistical methods to solve problems
• Extract actionable insights from data, metrics, and visualizations
• Clearly explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Quickly adopt new tools, technologies, and best practices
• Adapt to shifting priorities and deliver under pressure
• Handle data responsibly and uphold engineering and ethical standards
• Experience with Spring or Spring Boot (REST controllers, dependency injection, and configuration)
• Experience writing unit tests with JUnit and mocking with Mockito
• Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON, and HTTP fundamentals
• Exposure to JDBC, JPA, or Hibernate
• Basic understanding of concurrency and multithreading
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, or cloud platforms
• Exposure to Agile and Scrum
• Basic front-end exposure (such as Angular or React)
• Experience writing effective prompts and using AI to generate unit tests, boilerplate, or documentation, and validating the results
• Understanding of AI limitations, including hallucinated APIs, outdated syntax, and insecure suggestions
• Exposure to agentic or CLI-based coding tools