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And so are our employees. Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare.\nPremera is committed to being a workplace where people feel empowered to grow, innovate, and lead with purpose. By investing in our employees and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous development, we’re able to better serve our customers. It’s this commitment that has earned us recognition as one of the best companies to work for. Learn more about our recent awards and recognitions as a greatest workplace.\nLearn how Premera supports our members, customers and the communities that we serve through our Healthsource blog: https://healthsource.premera.com/.\nAs a Software Development Engineer IV, you will play a critical role in delivering highly complex, enterprise-scale solutions by providing deep technical leadership, architectural direction, and hands-on engineering expertise. This role combines advanced software development skills with strong communication and leadership capabilities to guide teams, influence technical decisions, and ensure solutions align with Premera’s strategic objectives, standards, and regulatory requirements.\nThis is a telecommuter position, working from home.\nWhat you’ll do:\nDesign, develop, and implement AI/GenAI solutions using Azure AI services, including Azure OpenAI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector search, and agent-based frameworks.\n\nIntegrate AI capabilities into enterprise applications by leveraging organizational knowledge sources such as Azure DevOps Wikis, documentation repositories, and other business systems.\n\nDefine and deliver technical solutions with a focus on architecture, scalability, performance, security, usability, and maintainability.\n\nLead feature development and provide technical direction throughout the software development lifecycle, ensuring alignment with business objectives and engineering standards.\n\nCollaborate with engineering teams, architects, business partners, vendors, and customers to gather requirements, resolve technical challenges, and drive successful project outcomes.\n\nEstablish and enforce engineering best practices, including code reviews, documentation standards, testing strategies, and continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) processes.\n\nEmbed security, governance, compliance, and regulatory controls into AI and DevOps solutions, ensuring adherence to company standards and architectural guidelines.\n\nOversee vendor-delivered solutions, including technical reviews, code quality assessments, and final sign-off to ensure high-quality deliverables.\n\nMonitor project and operational metrics, analyze trends and performance indicators, and make data-driven recommendations to improve delivery efficiency and solution quality.\n\nDrive engineering excellence through automation, continuous improvement, and effective quality assurance practices across cross-functional teams.\n\nEnsure appropriate technical, architectural, and SDLC documentation is created, maintained, and approved for production implementations and support activities.\n\nServe as a technical leader and trusted advisor by mentoring engineers, sharing knowledge, fostering innovation, and promoting best practices across the organization.\n\nStay current with emerging technologies, industry trends, AI advancements, and Azure DevOps capabilities to continuously improve engineering effectiveness and business value.\n\nWhat you’ll bring:\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.\n\n(8) years of software development experience with strong knowledge of the software development lifecycle and proficiency in one or more programming languages.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience designing and delivering cloud-based solutions.\n\nHands-on experience with Azure DevOps (Boards, Repos, Pipelines, Wiki).\n\nExperience with Azure AI/OpenAI, including RAG patterns and prompt engineering.\n\nStrong observability and operational excellence mindset.\n\nExperience in healthcare or other highly regulated environments.\n\nFamiliarity with Premera technologies (e.g., Facets), where applicable.\n\nExperience working in an Agile environment.\n\nExperience with API and service-based architectures.\n\nExperience building or using automated testing frameworks.\n\nKnowledge, Skills, and Abilities\nDemonstrated expertise delivering enterprise-scale systems that solve complex business problems.\n\nDeep hands-on technical expertise in one or more core technologies, with architectural thinking across multiple domains.\n\nProven experience designing and delivering high-performance, scalable, and reliable solutions in enterprise environments.\n\nStrong collaborator with the ability to influence, align, and lead across differing perspectives.\n\nAbility to continuously evolve technical skills and mentor less experienced engineers.\n\nExperience leading implementation and deployment of complex enterprise systems.\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.\n\nDemonstrated judgment in making sound technical tradeoffs aligned with short- and long-term business needs.\n\nResilient, composed, and effective in navigating ambiguity and complex delivery environments.\n\nPhysical Requirements\nThe following have been identified as essential physical requirements of this job and must be performed with or without an accommodation:\nThis is primarily a sedentary role which requires the ability to exert up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.\n\nThis role requires the ability to keyboard and to communicate clearly and understandably in person and over the telephone.\n\nPremera total rewards\nOur comprehensive total rewards package provides support, resources, and opportunities to help employees thrive and grow. Our total rewards are more than a collection of perks, they're a reflection of our commitment to your health and well-being. We offer a broad array of rewards including physical, financial, emotional, and community benefits, including:\nMedical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.\n\nVoluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.\n\nLife and disability insurance.\n\nRetirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.\n\nWellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.\n\nGenerous paid time off to reenergize.\n\nLooking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.\n\nEmployee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.\n\nFor our hybrid employees, our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.\nCommuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.\n\nFree convenient on-site parking.\n\nSubsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.\n\nParticipate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs and more.\n\nOur complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.\n\nNeed a brain break? Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.\n\nEqual employment opportunity/affirmativeaction:\nPremera is an equal opportunity/affirmativeaction employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.\nIf you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at  or via phone at 425-918-4785.\nPremera is hiring in the following states, with some limitations based on role or city: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin.\nThe pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience.\nThe salary range for this role is posted below; we generally target up to and around the midpoint of the range.\nNational Salary Range:\n$118,900.00 - $202,100.00 National Plus Salary Range:\n$135,600.00 - $230,500.00*National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska.\nWe’re happy to discuss compensation further during the interview because we believe that open communication leads to better outcomes for all. 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