Software Development Engineer III, Workday

Premera Blue Cross • Mountlake Terrace, WA

91d • $109,000 - $185,300 • Hybrid

About The Position

Join Our Team: Do Meaningful Work and Improve People's Lives. Our purpose, to improve customers' lives by making healthcare work better, is far from ordinary. And so are our employees. Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare. To better serve our customers, we are fostering a culture that emphasizes employee growth, collaborative innovation, and inspired leadership. We are dedicated to creating an environment where employees can excel and where top talent is attracted, retained, and thrives. As a testament to these efforts, Premera has been recognized on the 2025 America's Dream Employers list. Newsweek honored Premera as one of America's Greatest Workplaces, America's Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion, and America's Greatest Workplaces For Mental Well-Being, Forbes ranked Premera among America's Best Midsize Employers for the fourth time. Learn how Premera supports our members, customers and the communities that we serve through our Healthsource blog: https://healthsource.premera.com/. At Premera, we strive to improve lives by making healthcare work better. As a Software Development Engineer supporting Workday, you will play a pivotal role in modernizing our enterprise systems by building and maintaining integrations between Workday and other platforms. You'll be part of a dynamic team focused on delivering secure, scalable, and efficient solutions that support our Financial and HR operations. This is a hybrid role located on our campus in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems.
• 5-8 years of software development experience.
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle.
• Skills to utilize one or more programming languages.

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of progressive experience in enterprise application development, including at least 3 years in Workday engineering.
• Proficiency in Workday tools such as Workday Studio, Workday Extend, and EIB.
• Strong experience with RESTful APIs and integration frameworks.
• Familiarity with full-stack development languages such as C#, Java, or PeopleCode.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Workday, Oracle Fusion, etc.) and SaaS-based ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical subject matter expert for Workday integrations and configurations.
• Design, develop, and maintain Workday Extend applications and custom reports.
• Build and support integrations between Workday and third-party systems using RESTful APIs, Workday Studio, and other tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions aligned with business needs.
• Participate in release planning, validation, and deployment activities for Workday updates.
• Maintain documentation for integrations, configurations, and support procedures.
• Consult with business partners and IT leaders to assist in identifying and understanding problems or improvement opportunities and recommend appropriate technologies, software, and system solutions that scale and perform.
• Consider a system-wide, architectural view of solutions.
• Analyze moderate to high-risk business needs to determine solutions.
• Design solutions on various platforms by studying requirements and information needs and recommending solution alternatives.
• Use a variety of system design techniques including prototype, proof of concept, and reference implementation.
• Design solutions that consider cross-system integration and dependencies.
• Develop and modify code and system set-up based on program specifications using multiple programming languages or system platforms.
• Apply CICD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment).
• Constantly improve systems.
• Provide technical advice and support to other staff members.
• Perform testing using both unit testing test automation and document test results.
• Participate in testing associated with cross-functional project team efforts.
• Produce appropriate technical documentation and notifications for changes to production systems or fixes to production problems.
• Create SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) artifacts.
• Analyze moderate to high-risk production problems, assess alternatives, and work with team to implement solutions.
• Support project initiatives collaborating with the rest of the design team and stakeholders ensuring that development milestones and deadlines are met.
• Provide feedback on peer designs in an open and collaborative environment.
• Provide input to standardization of IT processes and ensure application of IT standard processes and requirements.
• Apply engineering best practices.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
• Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.
• Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents.
• Generous paid time off to reenergize.
• Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
• Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.
• On-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources.
• Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.
• Free convenient on-site parking.
• Subsidized on-campus cafes.
• Engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events.
• Complementary fitness & well-being center offering both in-person and virtual workouts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree