About Evernorth:
Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI), creates pharmacy, care, and benefits solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention, and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people.
Role Title: Software Engineering Associate Advisor
Position Overview:
We are looking for an experienced Senior full stack Engineer to lead the design and development. The ideal candidate will deliver end-to-end application solutions spanning frontend UI development, UI/UX design, backend Java Spring Boot REST APIs, cloud-native AWS services, and CI/CD automation. This role requires hands-on expertise in ReactJS, AWS cloud development, PostgreSQL, and AI-assisted development tools to enable rapid, high-quality delivery.
Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and technical leadership to gather, analyze, and translate requirements into scalable application solutions.
• Design and develop modern, responsive frontend applications using ReactJS, following best practices in performance, accessibility, and usability.
• Apply strong UI/UX design principles to deliver intuitive, user-centric interfaces and consistent design systems.
• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using Java and SpringBoot.
• Build cloud-native applications on AWS, leveraging managed services and best practices for scalability, reliability, and security.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to:
o Accelerate feature development and prototyping
o Improve code quality, refactoring, and documentation
o Assist with debugging and test generation
• Integrate applications with PostgreSQL databases, including schema design, query optimization, and transactional consistency.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization for web applications and APIs.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Deploy and manage applications using containerization and cloud-based infrastructure as required.
Monitor application health, performance, and logs; proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies—planning, grooming, stand-ups, demos, and
retrospectives.
• Conduct code reviews and enforce engineering best practices across frontend, backend, and
cloud components.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt modern frameworks, cloud services, and AI-driven
engineering practices to improve delivery speed and quality.
Qualifications
Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science or Engineering or related course work
Experience:
·• Minimum of 8-11 years of experience in Workforce Management.
Skills:
• 8 -11 years of Software Development experience, frontend and backend
• Strong frontend development expertise with ReactJS
o Modern JavaScript / TypeScript
o Component-based architecture
o State management and performance optimization
o HTML5, CSS3, responsive design
• Strong AWS cloud development experience
o EC2, S3, RDS/Aurora (PostgreSQL)
o Lambda, ECS/EKS
o IAM, CloudWatch, API Gateway
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as:
o Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar
• Experience with DevOps practices, containerization (Docker), and cloud-native deployment patterns
• Strong backend development experience using Java and Spring Boot, including:
o REST API design and implementation
o Microservices-based architectures
• Strong understanding of version control (Git) and collaborative development workflows.
• Mandatory hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent for rapid development and code quality improvement
• Health Insurance experience is a plus
Location & Hours of Work
• Full-time position, working 40 hours per week. Expected overlap with US hours as appropriate
• Primarily based in the Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, India in a hybrid working model (3 days WFO and 2 days WAH)
Work Hours:
· 11.30AM IST to 8.30PM IST
Equal Opportunity Statement
Evernorth is an Equal Opportunity Employer actively encouraging and supporting organization-wide involvement of staff in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to educate, inform and advance both internal practices and external work with diverse client populations.
About Evernorth Health Services
Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related
- 8-11 years software development experience (frontend and backend)
- Experience in Workforce Management (minimum 8-11 years stated)
- Frontend development with ReactJS, modern JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3
- UI/UX design principles and delivering user-centric interfaces
- Backend development with Java and Spring Boot; REST API design and microservices
- AWS cloud development experience (EC2, S3, RDS/Aurora, Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, IAM, CloudWatch)
- PostgreSQL integration, schema design, query optimization, transactional consistency
- CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance (Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or similar)
- Containerization and cloud-native deployment patterns (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS)
- Strong version control and collaborative workflows (Git)
- Mandatory hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot)
- Experience with monitoring, logging, performance tuning, and application health management
- Experience designing and implementing secure authentication and authorization for web apps and APIs
- Health insurance industry experience
Cigna Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cigna and has not been reviewed or approved by Cigna.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Strong bonus outcomes are frequently highlighted, with annual bonuses described as really good alongside above-average salary levels. Stock or long-term incentive elements are also noted as part of the overall package in some roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are portrayed as a meaningful part of total rewards, including generous PTO and flexibility that can enhance the perceived value of compensation. Flexible work-from-home arrangements are repeatedly linked with satisfaction about the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad in design, with preventive care often covered at no charge in-network and options like virtual care and wellness incentives. A large provider network and strong digital tools are positioned as practical advantages when using benefits.
Cigna Insights
What We Do
At Cigna, we're more than a health insurance company. We are your partner in total health and wellness. And we’re here for you 24/7 – caring for your body and mind. As a global health service company, Cigna's mission is to improve the health, well-being, and peace of mind of those we serve by making health care simple, affordable, and predictable. Our values are the core of our culture. Our values guide how all 74,000 of us around the world work together, serve our customers, patients, clients, communities, and deliver on our mission.
