Specialist Application Developer I

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey empowers our members to achieve their best health.  For over 90 years, we have been New Jersey’s health solutions leader driving innovations that improve health care quality, affordability, and member experience.  Our members are our neighbors, our friends, and our families.  It is this understanding that drives us to better serve and care for the 3.5 million people who place their trust in us. We pride ourselves on our best-in-class employees and strive to maintain an innovative and inclusive environment that allows them to thrive. When our employees bring their best and succeed, the Company succeeds. 

Responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining complex applications with interdependencies. They often mentor junior developers and translate business needs, requirements, and user stories into technical solutions while adhering to Horizon architectural standards.

Responsibilities:

• Independently review complex business requirement documents/user stories and translate into technical specifications/user stories. 

• Independently work from technical specifications to develop, modify and maintain complex software products, including unit and system testing.

• Follows, enforces, and mentors team on Horizon’s standardized code development, deployment, security protocols/standards and SDLC practices (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Kanban).

• Analyze and troubleshoot complex problems and make recommendations for remediation. 

• Perform production support as required, including but not limited to performing production support service requests and routine maintenance and support activities. 

• Provide status updates to team lead on all development, testing and training deliverables. Leads cross functional teams in technical capacity. 

• Leads design/code reviews, architecture discussions, and infrastructure reviews. 

• Provides guidance and training to junior staff on Horizon processes.

• Interact with external vendors and/or internal customers.

• Assist in monitoring project schedules and cost. 

• Perform production support or deployment/checkout for applications during off-hours as needed.

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma/GED required

• Bachelor's degree preferred or relevant experience in lieu of degree

• 5+ years of relevant work experience (preferred) or 12 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree 

• Preferred candidates will bring strong technical skills in Microsoft .NET and Java, a deep understanding of Object-Oriented programming concepts, and the ability to mentor and guide a development team

​Additional Licensing, Certifications, Registrations

• Professional certification in area of expertise a plus 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Requires working knowledge of software development life cycle methodology (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Kanban)

• Requires working knowledge of object-oriented languages  

• Requires knowledge of markup languages 

• Requires knowledge of relational database management systems 

• Demonstrates understanding of core business functions 

• Demonstrates ability to apply structure to a loosely defined problem 

• Requires strong interpersonal skills including the ability to collaborate with teams and break down complex technical information into simple language for non-technical personnel   

• Requires advanced proficiency in application programming and proficiency in SQL 

• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills 

• Requires fundamental critical thinking and problem-solving skill with attention to detail

• Requires ability to quickly adapt and work in a fast-paced environment.

• Requires strong organizational and time management skills and ability to work independently without supervision  

• Requires ability to handle multiple tasks while also supporting others. 

• Requires experience with MS Office tools including Visio. Prefers experience with Jira/Confluence 

• Requires ability to lead globally distributed team 

Horizon BCBSNJ employees must live in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut or Delaware

Salary Range:

$97,800 - $133,455

​This compensation range is specific to the job level and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to: education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and internal equity.  This range has been created in good faith based on information known to Horizon at the time of posting.  Compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each case. Horizon also provides a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which includes:

• Comprehensive health benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision)

• Retirement Plans

• Generous PTO

• Incentive Plans

• Wellness Programs

• Paid Volunteer Time Off

• Tuition Reimbursement

Disclaimer:
This job summary has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by colleagues within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of colleagues assigned to this job.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability and any other protected class as required by federal, state or local law.  Horizon will consider reasonable accommodation requests as part of the recruiting and hiring process.