Applications Developer

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee•Chattanooga, TN

2d•Remote

About The Position

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is hiring an Applications Developer to join our Electronic Data & Interoperability team. In this fully-remote role, you’ll work alongside both tenured engineers and earlier career peers to analyze, develop, enhance, and support applications in Java and SQL. This is a great opportunity for an early-career developer who wants to grow in enterprise healthcare technology, gain exposure to healthcare data standards, and contribute to systems that support critical business and regulatory initiatives. Ideal candidates for this role will bring: • A strong willingness to learn and grow • Experience coding in Java • Familiarity with SQL Server • Interest in working with healthcare technology • Excitement around leveraging approved AI tools for efficiency and innovation. Note: • This role participates in an on-call rotation twice per year. • Sponsorship is not available for this role. • Although this is a fully-remote opportunity, final interviews at our Chattanooga, TN headquarters will be required.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science (or related field) or equivalent work experience required.
Equivalent years of experience are determined as one year of technical experience for every year of college requested.
Experience coding in Java
Familiarity with SQL Server
Proficient in the Microsoft Office suite, including Microsoft Teams
Organized
Capable of managing multiple assignments or projects simultaneously
Strong interpersonal abilities
Strong oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

A strong willingness to learn and grow
Interest in working with healthcare technology
Excitement around leveraging approved AI tools for efficiency and innovation

Responsibilities

Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to design, develop, modify, or integrate information systems
Devises or modifies application systems and procedures to optimize functional requirements including capacity, operating time, response time, and form of desired results.
Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents programs, subroutines, and scripts.
Maintains technical skill set for software languages, databases, platforms, operating systems, utilities and networks needed to support work assignments.
Responds to system failures and performance events by taking appropriate measures to reduce system downtime and eliminate recurrence of problems.
May conduct presentations to provide end users with knowledge to maximize their use of developed systems.