Principal Application Development Engineer

Centene Corporation

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world. As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility. Position Purpose: Designs, develops, and implements complex enterprise software solutions. Collaborates closely with technical and non-technical roles such as data modelers, architects, business analysts, data stewards, and subject matter experts (SMEs) to provide design, technical analysis, development/configuration, testing, implementation, and support expertise representing the interest of the business across the enterprise. Leads project teams focused on the development of application products and services delivery and provides technical mentorship Leads teams in the technical design of application solutions using expert knowledge of how multiple products and services work together to meet business needs and add value for the customer Articulates application-usage best practices based on expert knowledge and understanding of multiple technology solutions Impacts and drives decisions with Enterprise Architecture on the delivery of data and application architecture Mentors and impacts relevant operational and build teams to construct testing and implementation strategies Informs on product and services delivery progress in relation to application delivery Drives tier 3 application support activities including the assessment and execution of application upgrades and patches Participates in mitigation and control activities as well as identifying and evaluating risks Manages people and technology changes; ensuring necessary stakeholders are informed Facilitates people management and resourcing; defining roles and responsibilities, staff reviews/appraisals, recruitment/dismissals and staff training Serves as an expert technical adviser to management and provides software engineering perspective on system requirements. Creates conceptual and detailed technical design documents Performs other duties as assigned Complies with all policies and standards

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science) and requires deep functional and Centene specific knowledge with 6 – 8 years of related experience.
Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.
Java, Go or Python
REST APIs
MongoDB
SQL

Responsibilities

Designs, develops, and implements complex enterprise software solutions.
Collaborates closely with technical and non-technical roles such as data modelers, architects, business analysts, data stewards, and subject matter experts (SMEs) to provide design, technical analysis, development/configuration, testing, implementation, and support expertise representing the interest of the business across the enterprise.
Leads project teams focused on the development of application products and services delivery and provides technical mentorship
Leads teams in the technical design of application solutions using expert knowledge of how multiple products and services work together to meet business needs and add value for the customer
Articulates application-usage best practices based on expert knowledge and understanding of multiple technology solutions
Impacts and drives decisions with Enterprise Architecture on the delivery of data and application architecture
Mentors and impacts relevant operational and build teams to construct testing and implementation strategies
Informs on product and services delivery progress in relation to application delivery
Drives tier 3 application support activities including the assessment and execution of application upgrades and patches
Participates in mitigation and control activities as well as identifying and evaluating risks
Manages people and technology changes; ensuring necessary stakeholders are informed
Facilitates people management and resourcing; defining roles and responsibilities, staff reviews/appraisals, recruitment/dismissals and staff training
Serves as an expert technical adviser to management and provides software engineering perspective on system requirements.
Creates conceptual and detailed technical design documents
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards