Software Development Lead

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:

Alignment Healthcare is a data and technology driven healthcare company focused partnering with health systems, health plans and provider groups to provide care delivery that is preventive, convenient, coordinated, and that results in improved clinical outcomes for seniors.

We are experiencing rapid growth (backed by top private equity firms), our Application team is looking for the best and brightest professionals.  Data drives the way we make decisions. We love our customers and understanding them better makes it possible to provide the best clinical outcome and care experience.

We are looking for a Software Development Lead who is passionate about building Data and AI powered products and services that will enable next generation care delivery models for seniors. This is a hands-on role requiring strong technical background, solid coding skills

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

·       Assist Manager with leading work within  a team of engineers to help us deliver products & services to significantly improve healthcare experience and clinical outcomes for seniors.

·       Provide thoughtful and impactful leadership at the technical level to other team members.

·       Define technical roadmap and direction of the team.

·       Work directly with product management and your team while analyzing and decomposing complex software requirement into simple stories for planning and execution.

·       Be the technical leader for product features, responsible for ensuring that development activities are coordinated throughout the development cycle.

·       Own system and feature quality throughout the development, testing and deployment phases to ensure quality delivery expectations are met.

·       Actively participate in software development activities: coding, code reviews, testing and production support.

·       Drive engineering excellence leveraging software engineering best practices for design, coding standards, performance, security, delivery, and maintainability.

·       Assist Manager with guiding technical work

Supervisory Requirements:

N/A

Minimum Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       Minimum Experience:

o   5+ years of Software Development experience building high quality software

o   1+ years in lead role; demonstrated ability to lead a product/platform release.

o   Experience in Azure, AWS, GCP or other cloud ecosystems.

o   Experience in NoSQL databases.

o   Experience in building responsive web UIs, using a modern framework like React or Angular and end to end testing tools

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

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

o   Track record of dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing needs, and delivering results in an agile, dynamic startup environment

·       Education/Licensure:

o   Bachelor’s in Computer Science or a related field.

·       Other:

• Solid data structures & algorithms background.
• Strong programming skills in one of the following: C#, Java
• Demonstrated proficiency with React, JavaScript, CSS
• Passionate about building and fostering good engineering practices and processes. Experience in following software development best practices through architectural reviews, CI/CD build automation & deployment, code reviews, automated test frameworks and continuous performance monitoring
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Hunger to learn and an intense technical curiosity.
• Critical thinker and solutions-oriented.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Preferred:

• Hands on experience developing, delivering, and supporting publicly facing web applications.
• Experience developing with C# / .NET Core.
• Hands-on experience in Azure
• Familiarity with GraphQL.

·       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.

• 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.
• 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.