Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Kotlin/Java)

About the role

This role enables associates to work virtually full-time, except for required in-person training sessions, providing maximum flexibility and autonomy. This approach promotes productivity, supports work-life integration, and ensures essential face-to-face onboarding and skill development. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within commuting distance from an office.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale cloud-native backend systems that power enterprise device management and connected healthcare platforms.
• Define and contribute to system architecture, integration patterns, and API design standards.
• Evolve highly available backend systems responsible for secure provisioning, policy management, and integrations across large-scale enterprise environments.
• Develop and maintain backend services using Java/Spring Boot, Kotlin, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Docker, ensuring code quality and best practices.
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, performance, and observability in production environments.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and cloud infrastructure design.
• Partner with mobile and platform teams to build backend services that support device management (MDM), external APIs, and enterprise integrations.
• Participate in technical design sessions, architecture reviews, and requirements gathering.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs and platform goals.
• Research and recommend new technologies and enhancements to improve platform capabilities.
• Contribute to system and data architecture improvements, including assessing current systems and recommending enhancements.

Requirements

• Absolutely requires a BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 5 years of experience in architecture/design in relevant technology disciplines; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities, And Experiences

• Strong backend engineering experience using Kotlin and/or Java within JVM-based microservices architectures highly preferred.
• Experience building cloud-native backend services using Spring Boot, Kotlin, or similar JVM technologies highly preferred.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems architecture, microservices, and RESTful API design highly preferred.
• Experience with cloud-native development on AWS (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) highly preferred.
• Proficiency with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including performance tuning and data modeling highly preferred.
• Ability to balance technical, analytical, and product considerations in solution design highly preferred.
• Exposure to Okta (IAM), Grafana (monitoring / observability); Geocoding API preferred.

Benefits

Carebridge Health is a proud member of the Elevance Health family of companies within our Carelon business. Carebridge Health exists to enable individuals in home and community-based settings to maximize their health, independence, and quality of life through home care and community-based services.

Pay

Market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Schedule

Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.