Software Applications Developer II

Who we are

Community Health Plan of Washington is

an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any actual or perceived protected characteristic or other unlawful consideration.

Our commitment is to:

• Strive to apply an equity

lens to all our work.

• Reduce health disparities.
• Become an anti-racist organization.
• Create an equitable

work environment.

About the Role

The Applications Development team at CHPW is responsible for providing custom software solutions to a range of business problems to support the organization in its mission to provide low-cost healthcare to underserved communities.

The Applications Development team relies on the Application Developer II role to use their experience with building software to build applications in a mostly unassisted operation while meeting the departments standards.

The person in this role is responsible for developing scalable and reliable, applications and services. Additionally, the person in this role is responsible for building the CHPW applications in accordance with the technical standards guidelines for security and quality.

To be successful in this role, you:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a related subject or an equivalent combination of education and highly relevant experience required.

Prior Related Experience:

• Minimum 4 years' Software Development experience required.
• Minimum 2 years' healthcare experience strongly preferred.
• Minimum 1 year experience working with large-scale enterprise applications.
• Experience in health insurance or related health care industry organization is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with state and federal government health insurance programs is strongly preferred.

Employment Eligibility:

• Complete and successfully pass a criminal background check.
• Candidate has not been sanctioned or excluded from participation in federal or state healthcare programs by a federal or state law enforcement, regulatory, or licensing agency.

Essential functions and Roles and Responsibilities:

Core Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains multiple business applications in accordance with the technical standards guidelines for security and quality.
• Develops and maintains unit tests within a unit testing framework.
• Complies with program source code control, defect tracking, application development life cycle, and all other departmental processes and procedures.
• Works with scrum team to prepare user story and task estimates, and burn down status, and define internal processes and practices.
• Works with Atlassian Jira for work item tracking and participates in regularly updating progress status.
• Participates in code reviews.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement in development methods and standards.
• Participates in developing and implementing process improvements.
• Maintains current and relevant skills and knowledge related to software applications development.

Other Functions:

• Employees are expected to report to work as scheduled, participate in all assigned meetings, and meet established performance and accountability standards.
• Other duties as assigned. Essential functions listed are not necessarily exhaustive and may be revised by the employer, at its sole discretion.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of object-oriented development methodologies.

• Experience creating, understanding, and working with Applications design.

• Experience with C#, HTML, T-SQL, JavaScript/CSS, JSON.

• Experience with building REST web services.

• Experience with Entity Framework.

• Experience with managing Azure assets.

• Proficient with developing security authentication features.

• Proficient with working with SQL databases and cloud data storage systems, such as Snowflake and Synapse data warehouses, as well as Azure Data Lakes.

• Problem-solving skills and the ability to triage and resolve issues.

• Proficient with work item tracking in Jira.

• Proficient with source code versioning, branching and management strategies in Bitbucket.

• Mobile application (e.g., Android, iOS, Windows Phone) development experience preferred.

• Experience writing and maintaining unit tests.

• Experience with OnBase application development.

• Ability to lead and communicate effectively with a diverse team.

• Ability to work and communicate effectively across diverse technical and business teams.

• Advanced written and verbal communication skills; able to communicate with and collaborate effectively with business partners and vendors.

• Knowledge of the healthcare industry business transaction processing a plus.

• Ability to maintain a professional demeanor and confidentiality.

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently in a fast-paced environment.

• Meet attendance and punctuality standards.

• Demonstrate professional courtesy to others and ability to maintain confidentiality.

As part of our hiring process, the following criteria must be met:

• Complete and successfully pass a criminal background check.

Criminal History: includes review of criminal convictions and probation. CHPW does not automatically or categorically exclude persons with a criminal background from employment. The applicant's criminal history will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis considering the risk to the business, members, and/employees.

• Has not been sanctioned or excluded from participation in federal or state healthcare programs by a federal or state law enforcement, regulatory, or licensing agency.
• Vaccination requirement (CHPW offers a process for medical or religious exemptions)
• Candidates whose disabilities make them unable to meet these requirements are considered fully qualified if they can perform the essential functions of the job with reasonable accommodation.

Compensation and Benefits:

The position is FLSA Non-Exempt (Exempt) and is (not) eligible for overtime. Based on market data, this position grade is (X) (see full range below) and has a (X%) annual incentive target based on company, department, and individual performance goals.

CHPW offers the following benefits for Full and Part-time employees and their dependents:

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision
• Telehealth app
• Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts
• Basic Life AD&D, Short and Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Life, Critical Care, and Long-Term Care Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement and generous employer match
• Employee Assistance Program and Mental Fitness app
• Financial Coaching, Identity Theft Protection
• Time off including PTO accrual starting at 17 days per year.
• 40 hours Community Service volunteer time
• 10 standard holidays, 2 floating holidays
• Compassion time off, jury duty

Sensory/Physical/Mental Requirements:

Sensory*:

• Speaking, hearing, near vision, far vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, touch, smell, and balance.

Physical*:

• Extended periods of sitting, computer use, talking and possibly standing
• Simple grasp, firm grasp, fine manipulation, pinch, finger dexterity, supination/pronation, wrist flexion
• Frequent torso/back static position; occasional stooping, bending, and twisting.
• Some kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting, and carrying (not over 25 pounds), twisting, and reaching.

Mental:

• Frequent decision-making. Ability to gather and assess data, determine appropriate actions, apply protocols and knowledge to unique situations, problem-solve and provide consultation.

Work Environment:

Office environment Employees who frequently work in front of computer monitors are at risk for environmental exposure to low-grade radiation.