Associate Software Engineer II

We are hiring an Associate Software Engineer II to join our Public, Employer, and Broker Portals team at BCBST!

 

In this role, you’ll join a dynamic, agile development team focused on customer-facing web innovation. You’ll work with modern JavaScript frameworks such as React, Node.js, and Next.js to build and support engaging web pages, applications, and WebAPIs. You’ll collaborate across teams, solve complex problems, share knowledge, and continue developing your skills along a software engineering career path.

 

To be successful in this role, in addition to the core job requirements, you’ll bring experience with JavaScript, Node.js, React, Next.js, SQL queries, and creating and developing WebAPIs. You’ll be a strong candidate if you have experience with Facets and Sitecore, the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across teams, an interest in learning new technologies and solving complex problems, and a desire to grow along a software engineering career path. Exposure to project management or work management activities is also preferred.

 

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.
• On-call rotation will be needed once every three months.

Job Responsibilities

• Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research to design, develop, modify, or integrate moderately 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.
• Must be competent to work on most phases of applications systems analysis, and must maintain technical skill set for software languages, databases, platforms, operating systems, etc.
• Responds to system failures and performance events by taking appropriate measures to reduce system downtime and eliminate recurrence of problems.
• Provides services to multiple project teams or management staff, provides guidance to less-experienced programmers, and may conduct presentations to provide end users with knowledge to maximize their use of developed systems.
• May serve one or more project team roles, such as project lead, business systems analyst, or technical lead, for small to medium efforts.

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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

• 2 years - Experience in programming required
• 1 year - Experience with information technology concepts, application development methodology, terminology, and standards 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
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Number of Openings Available

1

Worker Type:

Employee

Company:

BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc.

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