Development Technical Lead (IT)

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Development Technical Lead

At DaVita, we are committed to transforming healthcare through innovative technology solutions that improve patient outcomes and operational excellence. The IBM ODM Technical Lead will play a critical role in designing and delivering enterprise decision automation solutions that support key clinical, operational, and business processes.

This role will lead the architecture, development, governance, and modernization of IBM Operational Decision Manager (ODM) platforms while collaborating across business, product, and engineering teams. The ideal candidate combines deep ODM expertise with a passion for modernization through microservices, cloud technologies, APIs, and emerging AI capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, development, implementation, and support of IBM ODM solutions, including Decision Center, Rule Execution Server (RES), BOM/XOM, decision tables, rule flows, and decision services.
• Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, and engineering teams to translate complex healthcare and business requirements into scalable decision automation solutions.
• Establish and govern ODM standards, best practices, rule lifecycle management, versioning, deployment, and operational support processes.
• Design and develop rule services that integrate seamlessly with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and enterprise applications.
• Drive modernization initiatives by evolving rule-based solutions toward API-first, cloud-ready, and microservices-based architectures.
• Lead technical design reviews, code reviews, root cause analysis, and performance optimization efforts across development and production environments.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, monitoring, and deployment frameworks.
• Mentor and guide developers and engineers while fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Evaluate opportunities to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI, Intelligent Automation, and Decision Intelligence capabilities to enhance business decision-making and operational efficiency.
• Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture, security, performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements.

Required Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of software development experience with 5+ years of hands-on IBM ODM development and architecture experience.
• Strong expertise in IBM ODM Decision Center, Rule Execution Server (RES), Rule Designer, BOM/XOM, decision tables, and rule services.
• Strong Java development experience and enterprise application integration expertise.
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience leading technical teams and delivering complex enterprise solutions.
• Experience working within Agile delivery and DevOps environments.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Spring Boot, Microservices Architecture, Docker, Kubernetes, and API Management technologies.
• Experience with cloud platforms including Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Exposure to AI/ML, Generative AI, Decision Intelligence, Predictive Analytics, or Intelligent Automation solutions.
• Experience with AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot and related developer productivity platforms.
• Familiarity with Kafka, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience in healthcare, payer, provider, revenue cycle, clinical workflow, or regulated business environments.

Here is what you can expect when you join our Village:

• A "community first, company second" culture based on Core Values that really matter.
• Clinical outcomes consistently ranked above the national average.
• Award-winning education and training across multiple career paths to help you reach your potential.
• Performance-based rewards based on stellar individual and team contributions.
• A comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance your health, your financial well-being and your future.
• Dedication, above all, to caring for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure across the nation.

About Information Technology

The Information Technology Department designs, develops and maintains software programs required to keep DaVita on the leading edge of medical technology. DaVita's Information Technology Department has both clinic facing and non-clinic facing subgroups that provide our clinician teammates the tools to provide quality patient care. DaVita IT utilizes designers, developers, system architects, project managers, application architects, nurses, trainers and many more professionals to incorporate the technology needs of our clinicians, business and physician customers.
Join us as we pursue our vision "To Build the Greatest Healthcare Community the World has Ever Seen."
Why wait? Explore a career with DaVita today.
Go to http://careers.davita.com to learn more or apply.
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What We’ll Provide:

More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more

• Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.

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At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second.  We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong."  Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits  

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.