Software Engineer in Test

Alignment Healthcare is a consumer-centric platform delivering customized health care in the United States to seniors and those who need it most, the chronically ill and frail, through its Medicare Advantage plans. Alignment Healthcare provides partners and patients with customized care and service where they need it and when they need it, including clinical coordination, risk management and technology facilitation. Alignment Healthcare offers health plan options through Alignment Health Plan, and also partners with select health plans to help deliver better benefits at lower costs.

By becoming a part of the Alignment Healthcare team, you will provide Medicare enrolled consumers the quality of care they truly need and deserve. We believe that great work comes from people who are inspired to be their best. We have built a team of talented and experienced people who are passionate about transforming the lives of the seniors we serve. In this fast-growing company, you will find ample room for growth and innovation alongside the Alignment community.

Position Summary:

We are seeking to add a Software Engineer in Test with a high level of experience, and who have shown an extreme ability to learn advanced technologies. The products and services that we develop will enable next generation care delivery models for seniors. We are looking for talented engineers to execute amazing web & mobile app experiences for our users. The ideal candidate will enjoy working alongside other engineers, data scientists, designers, users, and clinicians, collaborating on the various layers of our AVA platform. 

General Duties/Responsibilities (May include but are not limited to):

• Work directly with product management and your team while analyzing and decomposing complex software requirement into simple stories for planning and execution.
• Build, enhance and maintain test automation frameworks for scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Experience in best software development for test suite automation and frameworks and documentation, making sure designs meet requirements, and delivering high quality software on tight schedules.
• Collaborate with your team to manage and estimate the size and complexity of the features. Perform the technical design, implementation, and testing of features and commit to stories can be accomplished in an iteration.
• Own system and feature quality throughout the development, testing and deployment phases to ensure quality delivery expectations are met.
• Drive value and build to continuously improve the quality of the team’s deliverables.
• Conduct new technology research, proof of concept, and design work that will provide direction for the enhancement of the overall system and products.
• Contribute to software engineering best practices for design, coding standards, performance, security, delivery, and maintainability.

Minimum Requirements:

·       2+ years professional experience in software development experience or MS in Computer

·       Science, including object-oriented design or object-oriented programming

·       Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals in data structures, algorithm design and analysis.

·       Demonstrated track record of delivering test automation, quality requirements, designing functional and performance test suites and producing deliverables that exceed commitments

·       Experience in design and implementation of large-scale web applications, APIs, frameworks, and databases.

·       Experience in following software development best practices through architectural reviews, CI/CD build automation & deployment, automated test frameworks and continuous performance monitoring using Java, C#, ASP.NET, MVC and ASP.NET Web API

·       Demonstrated proficiency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery and js.

·       1+ years of experience with Web Services lifecycle (design, build, test, deploy), API versioning and design approaches, tools, inter-operability, and SOA concepts.

·       Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

·       Demonstrated experience designing, creating, testing, and consuming REST APIs with a focus on security, high availability and scalability.

·       Excellent oral and written communication skills.

·       Hunger to learn with an intense technical curiosity.

·       Critical thinker and solutions-oriented.

·       Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Education/Licensure:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Other:

• Hands on experience with Cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• Hands on experience with Design and Development of Micro-services.
• Experience building large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed systems
• Familiarity with React
• A proven track record of software delivery through all phases of development
• Healthcare domain software development experience.
• Hands on experience developing, delivering, and supporting publicly facing web applications.
• Experience developing with .NET Core.
• Mobile experience

Work Environment 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

 Essential Physical Functions: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Instructions: If the job is physically demanding, this should be stated in the job description. A physically demanding job is in which one is required to stand for extended periods of time, lift heavy objects on a regular basis, etc.

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, sit, use hand to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
2. The employee frequently lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Alignment Healthcare, LLC is proud to practice Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. We are looking for diversity in qualified candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disable/Protected Veteran.