Software Engineer IV Tech Lead (Remote)

Availity delivers revenue cycle and related business solutions for health care professionals who want to build healthy, thriving organizations. Availity has the powerful tools, actionable insights and expansive network reach that medical businesses need to get an edge in an industry constantly redefined by change.

At Availity, we're not just another Healthcare Technology company; we're pioneers reshaping the future of healthcare! With our headquarters in vibrant Jacksonville, FL, and an exciting office in Bangalore, India, along with an exceptional remote workforce across the United States, we're a global team united by a powerful mission.
We're on a mission to bring the focus back to what truly matters – patient care. As the leading healthcare engagement platform, we're the heartbeat of an industry that impacts millions. With over 2 million providers connected to health plans, and processing over 13 billion transactions annually, our influence is continually expanding.
Join our energetic, dynamic, and forward-thinking team where your ideas are celebrated, innovation is encouraged, and every contribution counts. We're transforming the healthcare landscape, solving communication challenges, and creating connections that empower the nation's premier healthcare ecosystem.

Reporting to the Manager, Software Engineering the Technical Lead will lead the US U&O team that is responsible for developing, maintaining, and migrating our Onboarding applications and services. You will be focused on continuing to build on the core set of solutions as well as directing the migration efforts of new and existing software solutions to the cloud. You will work closely with product owners and the software engineering manager to help formulate and direct the team’s engineering efforts. We anticipate this role being ~50-75% hands on development with ~25-50% mentoring.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience working within the healthcare industry and experience delivering AWS solutions to the cloud. Your duties will include providing direction and mentorship to engineers by guiding design and development efforts. We are looking for a hands-on lead engineer that is comfortable working in the guts of the code and mentoring and guiding upcoming engineers. You’ll be empowered and encouraged to bring forth new ideas that further empower the system’s analytical capabilities while showcasing your passion for designing and developing complex backend systems that are able to evolve over time.

Sponsorship, in any form, is not available for this position.

Location: Remote, US

Why you want to work on this team:

• This is a team that is migrating products and services to the cloud, so this Technical Lead will be joining in the early stages and will play a critical role in molding and guiding the engineering efforts related to the new platform
• We anticipate this team growing over the next year or two as we anticipate the demand for this product increasing and this individual will be the critical component to growing the team

Role qualifications:

• 10+ years’ experience as a full-time Software Engineer
• 4+ years’ experience as a senior/lead engineer with proven mentoring skills
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
• Exceptional knowledge of software engineering with a focus on full-stack development
• Advanced Proficiency in Java
• Experience with Gradle
• Experience in OO Design principles
• Experience with Oracle, to include database design principles and query language
• Experience in React and Material UI
• Experience in AWS/Cloud development
• Experience with git/gitlab or similar source code management tools
• Self-driven leader with the drive to constantly evolve and improve current processes and practices
• Proven commitment to working as a lead engineer, including mentoring and design guidance
• Able to guide cross-functional groups with a focus in software, data and business-intelligence engineering
• Outstanding communication and presentation abilities for technical and business audiences
• Driven to think strategically and play a critical role in helping to define the product strategy over multiple phases of development – this is a platform that must be capable of evolving and adapting to meet the market needs
• Significant experience with agile/scrum development process with a desire to work closely with scrum masters to continually improve processes
• Experience with healthcare information technology is a plus

What you will be doing:

• Lead the Onboarding engineers and serve as an expert in the delivery of complex software solutions through design, development, deployment and maintenance
• Formulate architectural strategy for the solution that will support clinical document evaluation dashboards in the first phase, but can then be built upon and evolve to deliver on future dashboard needs
• Collaborate with product owners and other technology leaders to define industry-leading healthcare processes
• Coordinate software engineering efforts across the Onboarding teams by providing leadership and guidance in the delivery of cross-team data pipelines
• Establish expertise in Onboarding processes; understand the overall architecture of the entire system and clearly define the role of the User and Organization systems in the overall Onboarding system
• Determine functional and non-functional requirements for evolving the team’ s Onboarding products and services
• Design, implement and maintain an industry-leading clinical data evaluation solution for C-CDA, HL7v2 and FHIR data
• Lead the full-stack development efforts from the data layer to the underlying backend processes.
• Work with product and user experience professionals to lead the design and development of  well-designed user interfaces
• Responsible for facilitating discussions, clearly communicate and document software solutions and designs for technical and business audiences
• Able to identify open-ended problems and consistently identify solutions, weigh in on technical decisions impacting the team
• Work independently and provide technical guidance on software engineering needs in the organization and keep up-to-date on the latest software engineering technology directions
• Become a recognized expert in applying tools and processes to solve complex and unusual challenges; participate in developing new strategies to increase engineer productivity and reduce the time-to-deliver for complex software solutions

Availity culture and benefits:

• Availity is a certified “Great Place to Work”, a “Best Workplaces for Technology Companies”, a “Best Workplaces for Women” and a “Best Workplaces for Millennials”!
• Culture is important to us and there are many ways for you to make your mark here!
• We have several Diversity & Inclusion teams and various ways to engage with fellow Availity associates. “AvaiLadies”, “Beyond Black”, “HOLA”, “Availity Pride”, “VetAvaility” a Young Professionals Group and “She Can Code IT” a group for women in tech are some of the groups you can get involved in.
• Availity is a culture of continuous learning. We have many resources and experts in our tech stack and in our industry that can help get you there too!
• We offer a competitive salary, bonus structure, generous HSA company contribution, healthcare, vision, dental benefits and a 401k match program that you can take advantage of on day one!
• We offer unlimited PTO for salaried associates + 9 paid holidays. Hourly associates start at 19 days of PTO and go up from there with all the same holiday benefits.
• Interested in wellness? We allow our associates to reimburse up to $250/year for gym memberships, participation in racing events, weight management programs, etc.
• Interested in furthering your education? We offer education reimbursement!
• Availity offers Paid Parental Leave for both moms and dads, both birth parents and adoptive parents.
• Want to work for an organization that gives back to the community? You’re at the right place! Availity partners with various organizations, both locally and nationally, to raise awareness, funds and morale as our staff members volunteer their time and funds to engage the organizations campaign.

Next steps:

After you apply, you will receive text/email messages thanking you for applying and then you will continue to receive more text/email messages alerting you as to where you are in the recruitment process.

Interview process:

• Recruiter resume review 
• Manager resume review 
• Recruiter video interview
• Manager video interview
• Technical assessment
• Technical panel video interview

Availity is an equal opportunity employer and makes decisions in employment matters without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.

Availity is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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