Cigna, a leading Health Services company, is looking for an exceptional Full Stack Engineer in our Behavioral Health organization. The Full Stack Engineer is responsible for the delivery of a business need starting from understanding the requirements to deploying the software into production. This role requires you to be fluent in some of the critical technologies with proficiency in others and have a hunger to learn on the job and add value to the business. Critical attributes of being a Full Stack Engineer, among others, are ownership, eagerness to learn & an open mindset. In addition to delivery, the Full Stack Engineer should have automation first and continuous improvement mindset. Person should drive the adoption of CI/CD tools and support 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 applications following best practices in performance, accessibility, and usability.
Apply strong software architecture design principles to deliver reusable code, intuitive interfaces and consistent design systems.
Design, develop, and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot.
Build cloud‑native applications on AWS and Openshift/Kubernetes, leveraging managed services and best practices for scalability, reliability, and security.
Leverage AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Devin AI, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to:
Accelerate feature development and prototyping.
Improve code quality, refactoring, and documentation.
Assist with debugging and test generation.
Automate repetitive engineering tasks.
AI Prompting & Context Engineering.
Vibe Coding & Rapid Iteration.
Integrate applications with Oracle, DynamoDB 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.
Supporting legacy applications involves updating frameworks and libraries to enhance security, performance, and compatibility.
Monitor application health, performance, and logs; proactively identify and resolve issues.
Participate actively in Agile ceremonies: planning, grooming, standups, 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.
Experience Required:
5 - 8 years of software development experience, frontend and backend
Strong backend development experience using Java and Spring Boot, including:
REST API design and implementation
Microservices‑based architectures
Strong understanding of version control (Git) and collaborative development workflows.
Strong frontend development expertise
Modern JavaScript / TypeScript.
Component‑based architecture.
HTML5, CSS3, responsive design.
Strong AWS or Openshift/Kubernetes cloud development experience
EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB
Lambda, ECS/EKS
IAM, CloudWatch, API Gateway
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as:
Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD.
Experience with DevOps practices, containerization (Docker), and cloud‑native deployment patterns.
Mandatory hands‑on experience using AI‑assisted development tools such as Cursor, Devin AI, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot or equivalent for rapid development and code quality improvement.
Experience Desired:
Experience with microservices, event‑driven architectures, or messaging systems.
Knowledge of application security best practices (OAuth, JWT, secure API design).
Experience with automated testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Cypress, Playwright, etc.).
Knowledge and/or experience with Health care information domains preferred
Education and Training Required:
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) required.
Primary Skills:
Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Oracle, Kafka, Struts, TopLink, AI automation, IBM MQ, TypeScript, Angular, React, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Rest APIs, AWS, Lambda, SQS, EC2, DynamoDB, Git, CI/CD, Eclipse, ESP, JBOSS.
Additional Skills:
AWS, Git, Lambda, design patterns.
Design and architect the solution independently and deliver to production with AI automation mindset.
Take ownership and accountability.
Assist with Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE) and Cigna Information Protection (CIP) on application and design reviews to ensure successful Production deployments.
Have a quality mindset, not just code quality but also to ensure ongoing application/data quality by monitoring data to identify problems before they have business impact
Take risks and champion new ideas.
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.
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.
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