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Description

Astiva Health, Inc., located in Orange, CA is a premier healthcare provider specializing in Medicare and HMO services. With a focus on delivering comprehensive care tailored to the needs of our diverse community, we prioritize accessibility, affordability, and quality in all aspects of our services. Join us in our mission to transform healthcare delivery and make a meaningful difference in the lives of our members.

The Software Engineer will build and maintain the internal systems, data pipelines, and tools that power our clinical, quality, pharmacy, and risk adjustment operations. Working closely with data analysts, clinical staff, and operational teams, this role turns complex healthcare workflows into reliable software.

• Design, build, and maintain web applications, internal tools, and backend services supporting Medicare Advantage clinical and operational workflows
• Develop and optimize RESTful APIs and data integrations across claims, pharmacy, enrollment, and risk adjustment systems
• Build and maintain ETL pipelines and automated workflows for analytics, reporting, and CMS regulatory submissions
• Write and maintain SQL queries, stored procedures, and database schemas in SQL Server environments
• Collaborate with data analysts, clinical staff, and business teams to translate operational needs into working software
• Build and integrate reporting interfaces and dashboards (Power BI, SSRS) to deliver insights to non-technical stakeholders
• Document systems, APIs, and data flows; participate in code reviews and sprint planning
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate delivery — prototyping, debugging, documentation, and code review
• Regular and consistent attendance
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, including regular and consistent attendance. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field — or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency in Python or JavaScript / TypeScript (strong in at least one; familiar with the other).
• Experience writing and optimizing SQL queries in a relational database environment.
• Version control with Git (branching, pull requests, code reviews).

• Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) as part of daily workflow.
• Experience working in a healthcare, managed care, or Medicare Advantage environment.
• Knowledge of HIPAA compliance and healthcare data security practices.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment using project tracking tools such as Jira.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure or AWS) and DevOps basics (CI/CD).

• 401(k)
• Dental Insurance
• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off

LANGUAGE: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups and customers or employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

It is the policy of Astiva Health to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. This policy relates to all phases of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, employment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, reduction of workforce and termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, the use of all facilities, and participation in all company sponsored employee activities. Provisions in applicable laws providing for bona fide occupational qualifications, business necessity or age limitations will be adhered to by the organization where appropriate. Please refer to Standard Operating Procedure 100 for more information about the organization’s affirmative action/EEO statement.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and complete work while on a computer. The employee occasionally is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, climb or balance, talk and hear.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to lift or exert force up to 10 pounds.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.