Software Engineer - Associate Job

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. focuses exclusively on providing government-sponsored managed care services, primarily through Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans, to families, children, seniors and individuals with complex medical needs. The company served approximately 3.8 million members nationwide as of Sept. 30, 2015. For more information about WellCare, please review our website and view the company’s videos.

WellCare's Pega Project is a great opportunity for you! We are looking for engineers who are fast learners, who want to broaden their technical horizons, and who can master new skills quickly. We are seeking leaders in the current Pega industry to come on board full time, and to help elevate our team to the next level. This is a great opportunity to come in on the grass roots level, and grow your career in regards to hand's on development, leadership, and potentially management.

* Serving as a core member of an engineering team that designs and develops software applications. * Having a basic understanding of the main concepts of Pega PRPC, their features and limitations. * Writing code and unit tests, working on specs, automation, and conducting code reviews and testing. * Identifying exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges. * Performing ongoing refactoring of code, utilizing visualization and other techniques to fast-track concepts, and delivering continuous improvement. * Working with product managers to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and manages a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues. * Provides input into functional specifications, design models, and system workflows from which software applications will be developed and implemented. * Applies structured programming techniques, develops and maintains code, and adheres to documented coding standards. * Develops unit test plans for assigned applications, solutions or projects. * Fosters and maintains good working relationships with customers and colleagues to meet expected service levels. * Maintains WellCare Information Systems (IS) development standards and best practices. * Completes time estimates for assigned tasks * Assists in writing on-line help manuals, user manuals and FAQs for specific software projects. * Effectively convey updates and project status to peers and management. * Performs other duties as assigned.

**Candidate Education:** * Required A Bachelor's Degree in **Candidate Experience:** * Preferred 1 year of experience in Healthcare * Preferred 1 year of experience in Experience as a software engineer * Required No Experience **Candidate Skills:** * Intermediate Demonstrated interpersonal/verbal communication skills * Intermediate Demonstrated written communication skills * Intermediate Ability to work as part of a team * Intermediate Ability to work in a matrixed environment * Intermediate Demonstrated project management skills * Intermediate Ability to drive multiple projects * Ability to analyze and interpret financial data in order to coordinate the preparation of financial records * Ability to analyze and interpret financial data in order to coordinate the preparation of financial records **Licenses and Certifications:** * A license in one of the following is required: **Technical Skills:** * Preferred Beginner Visual Basics .Net * Preferred Beginner ASP.Net * Preferred Beginner Oracle Database Management System (DBMS) * Preferred Beginner Unified Modeling Language (UML) * Preferred Beginner XML/HTML * Preferred Beginner PL SQL * Preferred Beginner SQL Server System * Preferred Beginner Other Proficient with the use and development of Use Case. * Preferred Beginner Other Proficient in the use of both structured and object oriented systems analysis, design, development tools, and techniques. * Required Intermediate Other Must be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with technical staff, non-technical staff, end-users for requirements gathering, testing, training, and outcome validation.