Software Engineering Senior Advisor - Express Scripts - Remote

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Your responsibilities

The MyAccredoPatients.com (MAP) is seeking a talented and hands-on senior frontend developer who works well in a distributed team environment. The ideal candidate is well versed in the challenges and complexities involved in building scalable and robust web applications, is competent to work at the highest technical level of all phases of development, and will contribute to the continued growth of our web portal's frontend architecture.

On a day-to-day basis, the ideal candidate will be:

• Directly responsible for interfacing with product owners and realizing their vision and goals from the buildout of all mockups, to development, to test, to release in our production environment
• Responsible for partnering, guiding, and supporting a team of offshore developers and testers through new feature requests
• Comfortable and effective partnering with backend teams to propose and converge upon RESTful interfaces that support the needs of the new features
• Ensure the continued 24x7x365 operations of our portal

Strategically, the ideal candidate will be:

• Responsible for the shaping the technical direction of our web portal's frontend architecture
• Partnering with business and technical product owners to propose the best path forward on new features and capabilities (ordering of features/capabilities, MVPs, release schedules, etc.)

We view the selected candidate as an investment and intend to convert to employee status, if sold performance is demonstrated.

Required Skills

• Solid UI/UX design skills. About a third of your time will be dedicated towards partnering with our business partners to understanding their vision for new features. You will need to be able to express that vision in the form of mockups (in Sketch or Figma) that will ultimately used as a starting point for elaboration, refinement, grooming, etc. with the rest of the development team.
• Solid understand of web application architectures. Strong understanding of software architecture, web development, REST.
• Solid frontend development skills. A majority of your time will be dedicated towards implementation. Our frontend team's formulary includes javascript, react, redux, etc.
• Cloud computing. Our team is transitioning to Amazon Web Services (AWS) from Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF). Our team relies heavily upon Jenkins for CI/CD.
• Ownership and accountability for all aspects of software development, including (and not limited to): elaboration of ideas, architecture, design, implementation, peer reviews, quality assurance, deployment
• Strong interpersonal skills, including but not limited to: problem solving, decision making, influencing, change management, written and oral communications, ability to work effectively with diverse groups
• Ability to collaborate effectively with other teams within a corporate ecosystem to successfully integrate new features

Desired Skills

• Bachelor's degree in related field with 7 years of experience or Master's degree in related field with 5 year of experience or 11 years relevant experience without Bachelor's Degree.
• Working knowledge of agile development / scrum concepts
• Healthcare domain experience
• Ability to provide and receive thoughtful feedback to/from all stakeholders to ensure the team continues to grow
• Ability to be successful in a dynamic work environment
• Ability to learn new tools and technologies when appropriate, make independent decisions, etc.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 121,900 - 203,100 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That's why you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna Group.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: [email protected] for support. Do not email [email protected] for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.