Associate Software Engineer (Hybrid)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 4, 2026. Vizient scores A on the Alion truth index.
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Vizient is seeking an Associate Software Engineer to contribute to the design, development, testing, and delivery of scalable, secure, and user-centered software solutions.
This role will require working in the Irving, TX office 3 days per week.
In addition, there will be an in-person interview required.
This role will work closely with product managers, business stakeholders, architects, data scientists, to deliver small, independently demonstrable increments while developing strong engineering skills.
The role will be part of a team that leverages AI-DLC to support software development through structured work items, repository guidance, automated implementation, pull requests, testing, and continuous feedback.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain applications, services, APIs, and user interfaces under the guidance of experienced engineers.
- Translate defined requirements and designs into clean, maintainable, and testable software.
- Contribute to backend services using Java, Spring Boot, or comparable technologies.
- Contribute to web applications using React, TypeScript, or comparable frontend technologies.
- Develop and consume REST APIs and support event-driven integrations.
- Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and apply basic data modeling and query development practices.
- Write and maintain unit, integration, API, and end-to-end tests.
- Participate in debugging, code reviews, technical discussions, refinement, demonstrations, and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to application security, accessibility, observability, performance, and operational readiness.
- Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly and validate generated code with support from experienced engineers.
- Follow repository guidance, coding standards, testing expectations, technical documentation, and the Software Factory workflow.
- Ask questions, seek feedback, share knowledge, and collaborate effectively with teammates.
- Demonstrates ownership, accountability, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn.
- Collaborates respectfully, communicates clearly, asks questions, and seeks help when needed.
- Welcomes feedback, applies guidance, and continuously improves technical skills while contributing to high-quality work.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Zero to two years of professional software engineering experience, including internships, co-ops, or relevant project experience.
- Foundational knowledge of software development principles, object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.
- Experience with Java or another object-oriented programming language.
- Familiarity with web development concepts and technologies such as React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, or CSS.
- Familiarity with REST APIs, relational databases, and source-control systems such as Git.
- Understanding of software testing and the importance of writing maintainable, reliable code.
- Familiarity with basic application security and secure coding practices.
- Ability to work effectively with product, architecture, data, quality engineering, and business stakeholders.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, attention to detail, and willingness to learn.
- Ability to deliver work incrementally through small, independently testable units.
- Demonstrated ownership, accountability, integrity, and commitment to high-quality work.
- Ability to receive feedback, apply it, and continuously improve.
- Commitment to collaboration, customer focus, inclusion, and engineering excellence.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Spring Boot, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, or Kafka through work, internships, academic projects, or personal projects.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, AKS, GitHub Actions, Helm, or CI/CD practices.
- Experience integrating with enterprise systems or third-party services.
- Familiarity with cloud-native development or event-driven architecture.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools or participating in an AI-native Software Factory development model.
- Familiarity with automated testing frameworks, observability, accessibility, feature flags, or production monitoring.
- Exposure to domain-driven design, API-first design, or distributed systems concepts.
Estimated Hiring Range:
At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $59,600.00 to $101,200.00.This position is also incentive eligible.
Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:
http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers
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