Lead Software Engineer Healthcare Payer SME — CapAdmin Platform
About The Position
Alivi is seeking a Lead Software Engineer with deep healthcare payer domain expertise to join our CapAdmin platform team, our proprietary claims administration system supporting our TPA (Third-Party Administrator) operations. This is a hybrid technical-SME leadership role designed to bridge the gap between engineering execution and payer / claims business knowledge. The ideal candidate is a senior engineer who has lived inside a payer or TPA platform someone who understands not just how to build software, but how claims, eligibility, capitation, COB, UM, and UB04 workflows actually function in a real payer environment. This role will directly support our CapAdmin Development Lead, owning architecture, requirements validation, and SME-level guidance ensuring features are built right the first time, with complete domain requirements captured before development begins.
Requirements
- 7+ years working inside a payer platform, TPA system, or claims administration software (e.g., Facets, QNXT, HealthRules, HealthEdge, TriZetto, EZ-CAP, or proprietary platforms).
- Hands-on experience with: UB04 and CMS-1500 claim processing, COB rules and logic (NAIC order of benefits, Medicare secondary payer), Utilization Management workflows, Capitation models and reconciliation, EDI transactions (837, 835, 834, 270/271, 278).
- Working knowledge of CPT, HCPCS, ICD-10, revenue codes, and place-of-service codes.
- Familiarity with CMS, state Medicaid, and commercial payer requirements.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency in C# / .NET, Java, or similar enterprise languages.
- Solid experience with relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL) and data modeling for claims / payer systems.
- Experience with REST APIs, microservices, and integration patterns.
- Familiarity with AWS (Redshift / AWS / QuickSight stack) is a strong plus.
- Comfortable with Agile / Scrum, CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and translate domain knowledge across technical and business audiences.
- Strong written and verbal communication — able to participate in customer and executive-level conversations.
- Bilingual (English / Spanish) is a plus given our Miami-based team.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience at a TPA, MSO, IPA, or health plan in a technical leadership role.
- Experience with specialty benefits administration (vision, transportation, podiatry & therapy etc.).
- Familiarity with HITRUST, HIPAA, and HITECH compliance requirements for payer systems.
- Experience supporting Medicaid managed care (e.g., Sunshine Health, Humana, Florida Medicaid).
- Background in risk-based contracts, sub-capitation, and value-based care arrangements.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the internal SME for payer / TPA workflows, including: UB04 / CMS-1500 institutional and professional claim form processing, Coordination of Benefits (COB) — primary, secondary, tertiary payer logic, Utilization Management (UM) — prior authorization, medical necessity, concurrent review integrations, Capitation models — PMPM calculations, cap reconciliation, risk pool accounting, sub-cap arrangements, Eligibility & enrollment (834 transactions), Claims adjudication rules, edits, and pricing logic, EDI standards: 837, 835, 270/271, 276/277, 278.
- Translate complex payer business requirements into clear, complete technical specifications before development begins.
- Partner with Operations, Finance, and Compliance to validate claims and capitation logic end-to-end.
- Partner with the CapAdmin Development Lead to drive architecture, scalability, and platform modernization.
- Lead code reviews with a domain lens — catching not just code quality issues but business logic errors.
- Mentor mid-level developers on healthcare payer concepts they may not have prior exposure to.
- Contribute to design and implementation of new product line integrations (Ophthalmology, expanded COB, etc.).
- Own the "requirements completeness" function — ensuring every feature has full payer-domain context before sprint commitment.
- Work directly with Business Analysts, QA, and Product to eliminate the root cause of most CapAdmin defects: incomplete requirements.
- Define and document acceptance criteria grounded in payer regulations and customer contracts.
- Partner with Operations leadership on claims accuracy, capitation reconciliation, and customer-facing escalations.
- Support customer-facing technical conversations with payer clients (Sunshine Health, Humana, etc.) when domain expertise is needed.
- Collaborate with the Architecture, Security, and Data / BI teams on enterprise alignment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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