Software Development Engineer II, Full Stack Web & Middleware Development

Join our team and do meaningful work that improves people’s lives. Our purpose—to improve customers’ lives by making healthcare work better—drives real change through innovation, collaboration, and continuous development. As a workplace where employees are empowered to grow and lead with purpose, Premera has earned recognition as one of the best companies to work for.

About the role

As a Software Development Engineer II, you will analyze, design, code, test, maintain, debug, and modify software, applications, packaged applications, and systems for local, networked, web, mobile, or cloud-based technologies in an agile team environment. This is a hybrid role located on our campus in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

Responsibilities

• Confer with stakeholders and IT leaders to understand business problems or improvement opportunities and identify software solutions.
• Analyze moderate-risk business needs to determine solutions. Design solutions on various platforms by studying requirements and information needs.
• Translate moderately complex system requirements into code using multiple programming languages and/or tools.
• Develop and modify code and system set-up based on program specifications. Apply CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment).
• Perform testing using both unit testing and test automation and document test results. Participate in testing associated with cross-functional project team efforts.
• Produce appropriate technical documentation and notifications for changes to production systems or fixes to production problems. Create SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) artifacts.
• Analyze and resolve moderate-risk production problems related to assigned applications, including performance tuning, technical troubleshooting, debugging, call-rotation, and root cause analysis.
• Support project initiatives collaborating with the rest of the design team ensuring that development milestones and deadlines are met. Begin to provide feedback to peers on designs.
• Provide input to standardization of IT processes and ensure application of IT standard processes and requirements.
• Participate in continuing education opportunities and proactively improve your level of knowledge about Premera’s business and relevant technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 1 year of software development experience, knowledge of software development lifecycle, and skills to utilize one or more programming languages.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to cloud solutions.
• Experience in the healthcare industry or another highly regulated environment.
• Previous experience in an agile environment.
• Exposure to API and service-based technologies.
• Experience using and creating automated test tools.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience leveraging AI coding assistants and prompt engineering in software development workflows.
• Exposure to enterprise systems, customer-facing portals, or large-scale integration platforms.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to use technology to solve business problems.
• Proficient application of systems coding and development tools, techniques, and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment and collaboratively solve business problems.
• Desire and ability to continually improve technical skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and effective listening skills.
• Demonstrates professional behavior.
• Ability to analyze a variety of situations effectively and make decisions based on policies and guidelines.
• Demonstrated ability to apply logic and reasoning skills.

Physical Requirements

The following have been identified as essential physical requirements of this job and must be performed with or without an accommodation:

• This is primarily a sedentary role which requires the ability to exert up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• This role requires the ability to keyboard and to communicate clearly and understandably in person and over the telephone.

Benefits

Our comprehensive total rewards package provides support, resources, and opportunities to help employees thrive and grow. We offer:

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
• Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and a pension plan vested after 3 years of service.
• Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs.
• Generous paid time off to reenergize.
• Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
• Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.
• For hybrid employees, on-campus resources including networking opportunities, team engagement, and on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, and disaster preparedness fairs.
• Free convenient on-site parking.
• Subsidized on-campus cafes.
• Complementary fitness & well-being center offering both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.
• On-campus games such as shuffleboard or ping pong for brain breaks.

Pay

The pay for this role will vary based on factors including geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience. The salary range for this role is $92,400.00 - $157,100.00 (National Plus salary range used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska). We target up to and around the midpoint of the range.