at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas in Topeka, Kansas, United States
Job Description
The IT Application Developer will write, debug, and maintain source code for software applications. This role collaborates closely with business analysts to ensure a clear understanding of requirements, works alongside other developers to ensure seamless integration of code, and coordinates with application testers to support their testing efforts and address any bugs. This role is also responsible for participating in testing and ensuring that code meets performance standards.
What you’ll do
- Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable and secure application solutions.
- Analyze user requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Perform maintenance and enhancements to existing applications.
- Collaborate with business analysts, QA testers, and other developers in an Agile development environment.
- Troubleshoot and resolve application issues, bugs, and performance bottlenecks.
- Ensure code quality through unit testing and peer code reviews.
- Participate in design and architecture discussions.
- Maintain documentation of systems, processes, and technical specifications.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and recommend improvements.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Ability to translate user specifications into written code.
- Knowledge of data access methods to create, read, update, and delete data.
- Awareness of industry architecture.
- Familiarity with utility usage and tools.
- Familiarity with System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Basic understanding of database concepts.
- Awareness of technical trends.
- Ability to utilize versioning tools.
What you need
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Bachelor’s degree or completion of a Computer Science program from a Technical Trade School preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years of application development experience with a thorough knowledge of at least one programming language.
Bonus if you have
- Familiarity with or proven experience in the delivery of high-quality solutions utilizing Java (JEE), Hibernate, Spring, Spring Boot, JavaScript, JSP, JSF, Ajax, Web Services (EJB, SOAP, RESTful), Java Batch (JSR352), SQL
- Familiarity with Rational Software Architect (RSA) or Eclipse, WebSphere Application Servers (WAS), Liberty servers.
- Continuous Integration/ Test Driven Development – JUnit
- Version Control – Subversion or GIT
- Database – DB2, SQL Server, PostgreSQL
- Red Hat OpenShift experience is a plus
- Cloud Technology Knowledge a plus – Azure
