What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Developer - Web/Java position at Delta Dental of Iowa?
Description
Come Smile with Us!
Join Delta Dental of Iowa as a Senior Software Developer where you will play a critical role in the design, development, and maintenance of our software solutions. Your expertise in Java-based web solutions will ensure the integrity, scalability, and performance of enterprise applications that power our healthcare insurance operations. We’re looking for a candidate that brings deep technical experience, a passion for innovation and a strong understanding of scalable systems and platforms while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, compliant, and user-centric solutions that support our mission to improve the health and smiles of the people we serve.
Learn why Manesh enjoys working on our Technology team.
Why Delta Dental of Iowa?
For your smile. For your health. For your community.
At Delta Dental of Iowa, we’re more than just a dental and vision insurance company. Improving health and wellness is at the center of everything we do. As a not-for-profit, we aim to build stronger communities by investing in actions that promote and improve health. Delta Dental of Iowa invests 40% of our dollars directly back into the communities we serve.
Come see why we are passionate about "Bringing Smiles" to our customers. Our team enjoys competitive pay and benefits, an awesome "One Team" approach, and a company culture that fosters "Exceptional Quality Service" and "Leadership at All Levels." Together, we can make a difference – not only in Iowa but across the country.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and successful implementation of scalable, secure, performant, HIPAA-compliant software solutions.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate complex business needs into scalable and maintainable technical specifications.
- Demonstrates initiative and thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments, effectively managing deliverables with minimal supervision and under tight deadlines.
- Lead and contribute to estimation practices, including story pointing and backlog refinement, to support predictable delivery and informed planning.
- Mentor other developers and contribute to code reviews, architecture discussions, and agreed upon processes, guidelines and best practices.
- Evaluate and integrate third-party technologies where appropriate.
- Champions modern engineering practices in alignment with company direction, including automation, DevOps methodologies, CI/CD pipeline development, and infrastructure as code (IaC) to accelerate delivery and improve reliability.
- Participate in cloud migration or modernization efforts deemed appropriate.
- Ensure application performance, security, and compliance through proactive monitoring and testing.
- Create and maintain clear, concise, and comprehensive technical documentation, including system architecture, APIs, deployment processes and other systems and process information to support knowledge sharing and onboarding.
- Contribute to the design and evolution of system architecture by collaborating on department- and team-level technical decisions, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, scalability, and long-term maintainability.
- Provide on-call support when necessary.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Required
- Associate’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, with 7 years of professional experience in application development or equivalent practical experience or proficiency
- Advanced proficiency in:
a. SQL and relational database design
b. Java/JavaScript/HTML/XML/CSS
c. code development tools & version control: GIT/Bamboo/Jira/Java IDEs
d. common web technologies & frameworks,
e. Spring framework and associated components
3. Experience designing and developing applications using modern programming languages such as Java, C#, or Python, databases, SQL.
4. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
Preferred
1. Bachelor’s degree.
2. Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker).
3. Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
4. Familiarity with healthcare or insurance industry practices.
Delta Dental of Iowa is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. It is also the policy of Delta Dental of Iowa to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of their status as individuals with disabilities or protected veterans, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements.
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