Spark Software Developer- Remote

At Florida Blue, a GuideWell company, we build innovative, enterprise-scalable end to end data analytics enabled products and services used by our internal users and external partners including Members, Providers, and Agents, with an emphasis on keeping health information secure and supporting network and data center infrastructure. As we strive to work cross-functionally across the enterprise to build new services, tools, and evaluate new technologies, we welcome self-driven and strongly motivated people who enjoy brainstorming and embrace best practices in secure and scalable design, deployment, and development.

What are the Key Responsibilities:

• Provides input to technology strategy implementation based on leading-edge industry standards, best practices, and comprehensive understanding of business operations.
• Write code, mostly for new programs, for the most complex system designs and provides consultative guidance on project with extensive size, scope and risk. Write programs that span platforms. Code to and/or create Application Programming Interfaces
• Write detailed technical specifications for entire systems (made up of several subsystems). Identify integration points. Review technical specs created by other developers. Ensure sufficient quality and compliance of documentation to architectural standards
• Consult and partner with other Developers, Business Analysts, Systems Analysts and Project Managers. "Scope" time, resources, etc. required to complete programming projects. Seek review from other Developers, Business Analysts, Systems Analysts or Project Managers on estimates. Incorporate other Developer's scope information into own scope document (for integration points)
• Perform unit testing and debugging. Set test conditions based upon code specifications.
• Provides insights/ input on integration issues.

What is Required:

• 3+ years software development coding experience
• Hands-on coding experience in Spark
• Experience writing complex SQL queries and data warehousing knowledge
• Experience working with different file formats including XML, Json, Parquet.
• Experience developing code to process large volume data in batch and real time using Spark Streaming.
• Experience building data flow and process flow diagrams
• Proven ability to integrate and initiate IT strategy in area of expertise
• Expert level proficiency using versioning & debugging tools
• Expert-level ability to communicate highly complex technical information clearly and articulately at all levels and audiences.
• Understanding of the systems development life cycle.
• High critical thinking skills to evaluate alternatives and present solutions that are consistent with business objectives and strategy.

What is Preferred:

• Hadoop stack experience, scala experience
• Experience working NoSQL databases (Mongo, Postgres)
• Healthcare industry experience
• Experience using Agile methodology.

General Physical Demands

Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Jobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.

What We Offer:

As a Florida Blue employee, you will thrive in our Be Well, Work Well, GuideWell culture where being well as an individual, and working well as a team, are both important in serving our members and communities.

To support your wellbeing, comprehensive benefits are offered. As an employee, you will have access to:

• Medical, dental, vision, life and global travel health insurance;
• Income protection benefits: life insurance, Short- and long-term disability programs;
• Leave programs to support personal circumstances;
• Retirement Savings Plan includes employer contribution and employer match;
• Paid time off, volunteer time off, and 11 holidays
• Additional voluntary benefits available; and
• A comprehensive wellness program

Employee benefits are designed to align with federal and state employment laws. Benefits may vary based on the state in which work is performed. Benefits for intern, part-time and seasonal employees may differ.

To support your financial wellbeing, we offer competitive pay as well as opportunities for incentive or commission compensation. We also conduct regular annual reviews with pay for performance considerations for base pay increases.

Annualized Salary Range: $72,300 - $117,500

Typical Annualized Hiring Range: $72,300 - $90,400

Final pay will be determined with consideration of market competitiveness, internal equity, and the job-related knowledge, skills, training, and experience you bring.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Protected Veteran/Disabled Employer committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable culture for our employees and communities.