Software Development Engineer IV - Appian Developer

Join our team to do meaningful work and improve people’s lives. Our purpose—improving customers’ lives by making healthcare work better—drives real change. At Premera, you’ll have the opportunity to grow, innovate, and lead with purpose in a collaborative and continuously developing environment. Learn more about how Premera supports members, customers, and communities through our Healthsource blog.

About the role

As part of the Corporate Services and Digital Automation Engineering team, you will help transform how Premera delivers healthcare operations by building innovative workflow automation solutions. These solutions will improve employee productivity, enhance customer experiences, and streamline complex business processes. We are seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer IV – Appian Developer to lead the design, development, and evolution of enterprise-scale workflow automation solutions. This role will play a key part in delivering highly visible initiatives across areas such as Appeals, Prior Authorization, and other healthcare operations by leveraging Appian, AI-powered automation, and cloud-based integrations. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex business problems, mentoring team members, influencing architecture decisions, and continuously exploring emerging technologies to drive business value.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support enterprise workflow automation solutions using Appian, Microsoft technologies, and related automation platforms.
• Partner with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Lead the delivery of complex business process automation initiatives, including case management, workflow orchestration, document processing, and system integrations.
• Develop and maintain integrations with internal and external systems using RESTful APIs, web services, and event-driven architectures.
• Leverage Appian AI capabilities and intelligent automation technologies to improve classification, extraction, summarization, routing, and decision-support processes.
• Provide technical leadership and engineering guidance to developers across projects and initiatives.
• Drive operational excellence through code reviews, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and production support activities.
• Promote engineering best practices, reusable components, and platform governance standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to continuously improve business processes and customer experiences.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, bringing innovative ideas to the team.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems (Required).
• Eight (8) years of relevant experience, knowledge of software development lifecycle, and skills to utilize one or more programming languages (Required).
• Appian experience (Strongly preferred).
• Expertise in business process automation solutions (Preferred).
• Exposure to RESTful APIs and creating services for integrations (Preferred).
• Ability to communicate well and represent your team to other teams or leadership (Preferred).
• Ability to adapt to new technologies per business needs.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Experience working in the healthcare industry or a highly regulated environment.

Benefits

• 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:
  • Flexible on-campus model with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.
  • Commuter perks to reduce environmental impact and cost.
  • Free convenient on-site parking.
  • Subsidized on-campus cafes for affordable lunchtime connections.
  • Engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, and disaster preparedness fairs.
  • Complementary fitness & well-being center offering both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.
  • Recreational options like shuffleboard and ping pong for brain breaks.

Pay

The salary for this role will vary based on factors including geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience. The salary range is $135,600.00 - $230,500.00, with a target up to and around the midpoint of the range for higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska.