Software Engineering Lead Analyst - HIH - Evernorth

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and technical leadership to gather, analyze, and translate requirements into scalable application solutions.
• Design and develop modern applications following best practices in performance, accessibility, and usability.
• Apply strong software architecture design principles to deliver reusable code , intuitive interfaces and consistent design systems.
• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using Java and Spring Boot.
• Build cloud ‑ native applications on AWS and Openshift /Kubernetes , leveraging managed services and best practices for scalability, reliability, and security.
• Leverage AI ‑ assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Devin AI, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to: Accelerate feature development and prototyping .
• Improve code quality, refactoring, and documentation .
• Assist with debugging and test generation .
• Automate repetitive engineering tasks .
• AI Prompting & Context Engineering .
• Vibe Coding & Rapid Iteration .
• Integrate applications with Oracle, DynamoDB databases, including schema design, query optimization, and transactional consistency.
• Implement secure authentication and authorization for web applications and APIs.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Deploy and manage applications using containerization and cloud ‑ based infrastructure as required.
• Supporting legacy applications involves updating frameworks and libraries to enhance security, performance, and compatibility.
• Monitor application health, performance, and logs; proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies : planning, grooming, standups , demos, and retrospectives.
• Conduct code reviews and enforce engineering best practices across frontend, backend, and cloud components.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt modern frameworks, cloud services, and AI ‑ driven engineering practices to improve delivery speed and quality.
• Experience Required : 5 - 8 years of s oftware d evelopment experience, frontend and backend Strong backend development experience using Java and Spring Boot , including: REST API design and implementation Microservices ‑ based architectures Strong understanding of version control (Git) and collaborative development workflows.
• Strong frontend development expertise Modern JavaScript / TypeScript .
• Component ‑ based architecture .
• HTML5, CSS3, responsive design .
• Strong AWS or Openshift /Kubernetes cloud development experience EC2, S3, RDS , DynamoDB Lambda, ECS/EKS IAM, CloudWatch, API Gateway Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as: Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions , ArgoCD .
• Experience with DevOps practices, containerization (Docker), and cloud ‑ native deployment patterns .
• Mandatory hands ‑ on experience using AI ‑ assisted development tools such as Cursor, Devin AI, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot or equivalent for rapid development and code quality improvement .
• Experience Desired : Experience with microservices, event ‑ driven architectures, or messaging systems.
• Knowledge of application security best practices (OAuth, JWT, secure API design).
• Experience with automated testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, Cypress, Playwright, etc.).
• Knowledge and/or experience with Health care information domains preferred Education and Training Required : Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) required.
• Primary Skills : Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Oracle, Kafka, Struts, TopLink, AI automation, IBM MQ, TypeScript, Angular, React, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Rest APIs, AWS, Lambda, SQS, EC2, DynamoDB, Git, CI/CD, Eclipse, ESP, JBOSS.
• Additional Skills: AWS, Git, Lambda, design patterns .
• Design and architect the solution independently and deliver to production with AI automation mindset.
• Take ownership and accountability .
• Assist with Cloud Center of Excellence ( CoE ) and Cigna Information Protection (CIP) on application and design reviews to ensure successful Production deployments.
• Have a quality mindset, not just code quality but also to ensure ongoing application/data quality by monitoring data to identify problems before they have business impact Take risks and champion new ideas.
• About Evernorth Health Services Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality.
• We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people.
• Join us in driving growth and improving lives.