Software Development Engineer III

About the role

The Software Development Engineer III role at Premera involves designing, building, testing, and supporting software solutions across various platforms. This role works on complex technical problems, contributes to system and application architecture, and delivers reliable, scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders, product teams, and IT leaders to identify problems or improvement opportunities and recommend scalable, performant software solutions with a system-wide architectural perspective.
• Analyze moderate to high-risk business and technical requirements, design solution alternatives, and contribute to technical decision-making across platforms and systems.
• Design and implement software solutions using appropriate programming languages, frameworks, and platforms.
• Create and maintain unit tests, participate in integration and cross-functional testing efforts, and document test outcomes.
• Develop code, configure systems, and continuously improve application quality and performance.
• Diagnose and resolve production issues, including performance tuning, troubleshooting, debugging, root cause analysis, and participation in on-call or support rotations as required.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet development milestones and delivery commitments.
• Provide constructive feedback through design and code reviews.
• Act as a technical resource for the team, sharing knowledge and best practices across the engineering community.
• May mentor or guide less experienced staff.
• Contribute to the standardization of engineering processes and ensure adherence to enterprise standards and best practices.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends and share relevant learnings with teammates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years or more of professional software development experience.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and modern development practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with cloud-based solutions.
• Experience in healthcare or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Exposure to API-driven and service-based architectures.
• Experience creating and using automated testing tools.

Skills and Abilities

• Strong proficiency in designing and developing software solutions to solve complex business problems.
• Consistent application of engineering best practices, quality standards, and secure coding techniques.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and platforms.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated professionalism, sound judgment, and effective problem-solving skills.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
• Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retail plans 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.

Pay

The pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience. The salary range for this role is posted below; we generally target up to and around the midpoint of the range.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at careers@premera.com or via phone at 425-918-4785.