Software Engineer III

Availity delivers revenue cycle and related business solutions for health care professionals who want to build healthy, thriving organizations. Availity has the powerful tools, actionable insights and expansive network reach that medical businesses need to get an edge in an industry constantly redefined by change.

At Availity, we're not just another Healthcare Technology company; we're pioneers reshaping the future of healthcare! With our headquarters in vibrant Jacksonville, FL, and an exciting office in Bangalore, India, along with an exceptional remote workforce across the United States, we're a global team united by a powerful mission.
We're on a mission to bring the focus back to what truly matters – patient care. As the leading healthcare engagement platform, we're the heartbeat of an industry that impacts millions. With over 2 million providers connected to health plans, and processing over 13 billion transactions annually, our influence is continually expanding.
Join our energetic, dynamic, and forward-thinking team where your ideas are celebrated, innovation is encouraged, and every contribution counts. We're transforming the healthcare landscape, solving communication challenges, and creating connections that empower the nation's premier healthcare ecosystem.

Availity is seeking a Software Engineer III to join our Essentials Platform team. This team owns and operates a suite of over 20 microservices and shared libraries that power our internal Essentials portals, applications, and developer teams across the organization.

This role is ideal for an assertive, highly capable engineer who values well-architected systems, pristine engineering practices, and continuous improvement. You will play a key role in designing, building, and operating scalable, resilient backend services while helping the team move leaner, faster, cleaner, and more cost-efficient in the cloud.

Our customers are internal development teams, and our success is measured by platform reliability, performance, clarity of system health, and ease of consumption.

Sponsorship, in any form, is not available for this position.

Location: Remote, US

Role qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong, hands-on experience with Java, with:
  • Demonstrated ability and willingness to ramp quickly into the other
• Solid understanding of:
  • Microservices architecture
  • RESTful APIs
  • Distributed systems concepts
• Experience building and running applications in the cloud (AWS preferred)
• Working knowledge of:
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Automated testing strategies
  • Source control and trunk-based development
• Proven ability to:
  • Take ownership of complex systems
  • Make sound technical decisions
  • Balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability

Preferred qualifications (nice-to-have):

• Experience working with Java in production environments
• Familiarity with:
  • Docker and containerized workloads
  • Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
  • Kubernetes / managed container platforms
• Strong experience with:
  • Logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
  • Designing for observability and system health awareness
• Prior experience supporting internal platform or shared services teams
• Healthcare or regulated industry experience

What sets you apart:

• You have an engineering mindset, not just a coding mindset
• You care deeply about:
  • Code quality
  • System behavior in production
  • Long-term sustainability
• You are comfortable being opinionated, while remaining collaborative
• You are energized by improving systems to be:
  • Faster
  • More reliable
  • Easier to operate
  • Cheaper to run
• You are not afraid to step into unfamiliar technology and learn it deeply

What you will be doing:

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and shared libraries primarily in Java
• Contribute to the evolution of a microservices-based platform with a strong emphasis on:
  • Scalability
  • Resilience and fault tolerance
  • Observability and operational excellence
• Own services end-to-end, including:
  • Development
  • Testing
  • Deployment
  • Monitoring and support
• Partner closely with an engaged Product Owner to deliver value through:
  • Scrum-based sprint planning
  • Weekly minor releases and monthly major releases
• Raise the engineering bar by:
  • Writing clean, maintainable, well-tested code
  • Advocating for strong software engineering principles
  • Continuously refining processes, tooling, and standards
• Improve system performance, reliability, and cloud cost efficiency
• Actively participate in architecture discussions, technical design reviews, and solution trade-off decisions
• Mentor and collaborate with teammates in a small, high-trust team of 4 engineers

Availity culture and benefits:

• Availity is a certified “Great Place to Work”, a “Best Workplaces for Technology Companies”, a “Best Workplaces for Women” and a “Best Workplaces for Millennials”!
• Culture is important to us and there are many ways for you to make your mark here!
• We have several Diversity & Inclusion teams and various ways to engage with fellow Availity associates. “AvaiLadies”, “Beyond Black”, “HOLA”, “Availity Pride”, “VetAvaility” a Young Professionals Group and “She Can Code IT” a group for women in tech are some of the groups you can get involved in.
• Availity is a culture of continuous learning. We have many resources and experts in our tech stack and in our industry that can help get you there too!
• We offer a competitive salary, bonus structure, generous HSA company contribution, healthcare, vision, dental benefits and a 401k match program that you can take advantage of on day one!
• We offer unlimited PTO for salaried associates + 9 paid holidays. Hourly associates start at 19 days of PTO and go up from there with all the same holiday benefits.
• Interested in wellness? We allow our associates to reimburse up to $250/year for gym memberships, participation in racing events, weight management programs, etc.
• Interested in furthering your education? We offer education reimbursement!
• Availity offers Paid Parental Leave for both moms and dads, both birth parents and adoptive parents.
• Want to work for an organization that gives back to the community? You’re at the right place! Availity partners with various organizations, both locally and nationally, to raise awareness, funds and morale as our staff members volunteer their time and funds to engage the organizations campaign.

Next steps:

After you apply, you will receive text/email messages thanking you for applying and then you will continue to receive more text/email messages alerting you as to where you are in the recruitment process.

Interview process:

• Recruiter resume review
• Manager resume review
• Recruiter video interview
• Manager video interview
• Technical assessment
• Panel video interview
• Leadership video interview

Video Camera Usage:

Availity fosters a collaborative and open culture where communication and engagement are central to our success.  As a remote first company, we are also camera-first and provide all associates with camera/video capability to simulate the office environment. If you are not able to use your camera for all virtual meetings, you should not apply for this role.

Having cameras on helps create a more connected, interactive, and productive environment, allowing teams to communicate more effectively and build stronger working relationships.  The usage of cameras also enhances security and protects sensitive company information. Video participation is required to ensure that only authorized personnel are present in meetings and to prevent unauthorized access, data breaches, preventing social engineering, or the sharing of confidential information with non-participants.

Disclaimers:

Availity is an equal opportunity employer and makes decisions in employment matters without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.

 

Availity is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

 

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