Principal Engineer (Java

As an Availity Developer, you are responsible for the detailed design, documentation, development, unit testing and maintenance of internally developed applications for Availity business partners. Your SCRUM team responds to business partner needs, expectations, and challenges that are identified.

Develop Software
• Maintain and Write code for complex systems that address project specifications and guidelines.
• Write programs that span multiple platforms.
• Offer innovative ideas and products to the organization.
• Provide input and drives adherence to programming or development standards.
• Consult on database set-up and lead project level database design.
• Coordinate with others on architectural standards.
• Consult on integration issues and determine the best integration approach.
• Accountable for architectural integrity and technical debt.

Maintain Software
• Reviews the code of other developers and identifies alternative development approaches for the team.
• Analyze existing programs and modify the application code to create enhancement or develop new programs.
• Identify system requirements and recommend issues and alternatives for change. Able to report missing elements and explain the impacts on subsystems. Offers recommendations for correction.
• Leads and makes changes in development maintenance and system standards.

Test Code
• Perform unit testing and complex debugging.
• Work with other team members to resolve problems or issues.
• Ensure appropriate testing is being completed by the team.
• Define and report quality and quantity metrics on the performance of the team.

Manage Projects
• Serve as a Technical Lead for large, complex projects that require skill and experience in multiple technical environments and process knowledge of a specific business area.
• Estimate work efforts for product backlog.
• Drive analysis of technical feasibility and feedback on new product objectives.
• Partner with all stakeholders to identify potential slippage or inter-team dependencies.
• Scope project time and resource requirements incorporating into a singular scope document for integration points.
• Recommend resource allocations and task assignments for backlog and chartering.

The above cited duties and responsibilities describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to the job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that an incumbent may be expected or asked to perform.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, Master’s degree is a plus
• 8+ years of progressive work experience building large scale mission critical products, designing business processes, working on process