INTRODUCTION TO EVERNORTH:
Evernorth Health Services India, established in Hyderabad in 2024, is an innovation hub for Evernorth Health Services, the pharmacy, care and benefits division of The Cigna Group. The innovation hub will support innovation-focused areas, such as generative AI, product development, process improvement, analytics, and software engineering across The Cigna Group and its businesses. Evernorth Health Services India builds on The Cigna Group’s existing presence in India.
About Evernorth Health Services:
Evernorth Health Services (Evernorth) is the pharmacy, care and benefits solution division of The Cigna Group - a Fortune 16 global health company with 75,000 employees, 186 million customers in more than 30 countries and jurisdictions around the world. Evernorth exists to make the prediction, prevention, and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. We do this by creating and connecting premier health services offerings, such as benefits management, pharmacy, care solutions, insights and intelligence.
About Cigna"
Cigna, a leading Health Services company, is looking for an exceptional Back end and API engineer in our Provider Engineering organization. This position 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, with a very strong analytical aptitude and have a hunger to learn on the job, understand data and add value to the business. Critical attributes of being a Back End Engineer, among others, is ownership, eagerness to learn & an open mindset. In addition to delivery, the role demands having an automation first and continuous improvement mindset. The candidate should drive the adoption of CI/CD tools and support the improvement of the tools sets/processes. improvement of the tools sets/processes.
Behaviors of a Backend: Backend Engineers can articulate clear business objectives aligned to technical specifications and work in an iterative, agile pattern daily. They have ownership over their work tasks, and embrace interacting with all levels of the team and raise challenges when necessary. We aim to be cutting-edge engineers – not institutionalized developers.
Qualifications
Required Skills:
- API development using Java, Node and other programming languages.
- Understand the concept of API Gateway
- Strong experience with Event Driven Architecture (preferred), like Kafka
- Experience with developing RESTful web services
- Well versed in the API security flow and processes
- Experienced with NoSql Databases – DynamoDb/ MongoDB/ Cassandra
- Experience in writing native SQL queries
- Good experience with cloud infrastructure AWS (preferred)
- Experience with Application Monitoring Tools (Splunk, Dynatrace, Cloudwatch etc.)
- Take ownership and accountability
- Write referenceable & modular code Be fluent areas and have proficiency in many areas Have a passion to learn.
- Have a quality mindset, not just code quality but also to ensure ongoing data quality by monitoring data to identify problems before they have business impact.
- Take risks and champion new ideas.
Required Experience & Education:
- 5 - 8 years of experience in Java.
- 5 - 8 years of experience in Node, Python.
- 5 - 8 years of experience with SQL
- 3+ Experience working with AWS.
- 5+ Experience on Git, S3 and Jest (or Any Testing Libraries/framework).
Desired Experience:
- Terraform and Jenkins.
- Experience with D3 or similar Visualization libraries.
- Understand BDD and TDD development methodologies.
- Experience- being part of Agile teams – Scrum
- Experience working in an agile CI/CD environment; Jenkins experience preferred Knowledge and/or experience.
- Health care information domains preferred.
Location & Hours of Work
Full-time position, working 40 hours per week. Primarily based in the Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, India, with flexibility to work remotely as required.
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
- API development using Java
- API development using Node
- API development using Python
- Understanding of API Gateway concepts
- Experience with Event Driven Architecture (e.g., Kafka)
- Developing RESTful web services
- Knowledge of API security flows and processes
- Experience with NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra)
- Experience writing native SQL queries
- Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure
- Experience with application monitoring tools (Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch)
- 5-8 years experience in Java
- 5-8 years experience in Node and Python
- 5-8 years experience with SQL
- 3+ years experience working with AWS
- 5+ years experience with Git, S3 and Jest (or equivalent testing frameworks)
- Take ownership and accountability; deliver production-ready software
- Write modular, referenceable code and ensure ongoing data quality monitoring
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.
