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Low Level Software Developer Jobs in Portland, OR

Intel

Senior AI Algorithm Engineer in oneDNN

Hillsboro, OR · On-site +1

$195K - $275K/yr

Contribute to assemblylevel programming and low-level performance tuning for Intel microarchitectures. * Collaborate with crossfunctional teams across software engineering, architecture, and AI ...

Redolent, Inc.

Embedded SW Engineer

Portland, OR · On-site

$139K - $183K/yr

Collaboration & Documentation Work with hardware, PaaS, and DevOps teams to align low-level firmware with platform needs. Document BIOS/bootloader changes, BSP configurations, and bring-up procedures.

nLIGHT

IT Software Engineer- C# - Swing Shift

Camas, WA · On-site

$103K - $135K/yr

Starting salary level is based on qualifications: * IT Software Engineer I: $85,000 - $95,000 ... low as $40.00 per pay period * Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts * Employee Stock ...

nLIGHT

Software Engineer - C#/.NET

Camas, WA · Hybrid

Works independently from high-level goals while proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and ... low as $40.00 per pay period * Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts * Employee Stock ...

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As of Aug 14, 2026, the average yearly pay for low level software developer in Portland, OR is $118,612.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $95,400.00 and $137,900.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Software Developer III - Senior, DOE

Cambia Health Solutions

Portland, OR • On-site

$57.75 - $76.25/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 16 days ago

Cambia Health Solutions rating

8.4

Company rating: 8.4 out of 10

Based on 32 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

117th of 307 rated insurance

Job description

Software Developer III - Senior, DOE
Hybrid role (3 days/week in office) at our Burlington, Renton, Spokane, Vancouver, Portland, Medford, Salt Lake City, Boise, Lewiston, or Fargo offices.
Candidates must reside within commutable distance of that location or be willing to relocate.
Build a career with purpose. Join our Cause to create a person-focused and economically sustainable health care system.
Who We Are Looking For:
Every day, Cambia's dedicated team of Software Development Engineers are living our mission to make health care easier and lives better. As a member of the Software Development Engineering team, our Software Development Engineers participate in a cross-team environment for the delivery and maintenance of application systems. They are responsible for programming, debugging, building, deploying, testing, and documentation of applications in development and production environments. Responsible for database design and system testing and documentation. This position provides technical, interpersonal, and administrative skills in performing day-to-day work.
Do you have a passion for serving others and learning new things? Then this role may be the perfect fit.
What You Bring to Cambia:
Qualifications:
The Software Development Engineer III would have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field and at least 5 years relevant experience in a multi-platform environment
The Software Development Engineer IV would have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field and at least 8 years relevant experience in a multi-platform environment, including, but not limited to application development or database development
The Senior Software Development Engineer would have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field and at least 10 years relevant experience in a multi-platform environment, including, but not limited to application development or database development.
Skills and Attributes:
  • Communicates clearly in a timely manner in both verbal and written communication.
  • Comfortable working in a remote and/or distributed team environment, and proficient in asynchronous communication tools such as Microsoft Teams or Slack.
  • Able to work well with business customers, as well as engineering and technical partners.
  • Able to take direction, in analyzing and solving program and system issues.
  • Familiar with core technologies and methodologies used by the team.
  • Able to analyze, diagnose, and resolve simple programming problems and system coordination issues.
  • Able to work with minimum direction.
  • Able to plan and manage their own work.
  • Communicate effectively with peers.
  • Familiar with Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD) including unit and behavior test creation.
  • Follows corporate and departmental coding standards and guidelines.
  • Able to learn continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices.
  • Able to learn containerization technologies and orchestration tools.
  • Able to learn RESTful and/or GraphQL API (Application Programming Interface) design and best practices.
  • Applies software security best practices.
  • Familiarity with defensive programming, OWASP top 10 to mitigate injection vulnerabilities, cross-site scripting (XSS), server side request forgery (SSRF). Familiar with authentication principles, security hygiene and data stewardship.
  • Depending on business area, demonstrated experience of building Data pipelines: Data Exchange, Cleansing, Validation, Standardization, Search and Ranking based on Data Science.
  • Ability to collaborate openly with all partners/audiences while solving technical problems.
  • Ability to lead groups of business customers and external technology partners.
  • Ability to establish clarity from uncertainty and break down complex, open-ended problems.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Anticipates problems and defines creative alternatives proactively.
  • Deep experience with multiple technologies.

What You Will Do at Cambia:
  • Develops efficient and maintainable program code.
  • Develops efficient and effective program and system solutions in solving simple business problems.
  • Provides consulting support for Engineering and Business partners by researching, identifying, and resolving programming problems.
  • Continuously seeks to improve job skills. Actively participates in the company's learning environment.
  • Works on compensating for personal limits in both technical and professional soft skills.
  • Meets established deadlines while maintaining a high level of quality and security in their output.
  • Develops simple programs and systems in support of business processes and objectives.
  • Prepares unit test plans, test criteria, and test data.
  • Develops innovative solutions to problems.
  • Understands and participates in deliverables required by approved Software Development Lifecycles.
  • Determines program design and prepares work estimates for development or changes for assigned work.
  • Takes initiative and seeks out work.
  • Prepares program, system, operational and User documentation.
  • Performs testing and documents the results.
  • Practices software security best practices.
  • Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards in place within IT/Engineering and all corporate policies, procedures and standards created by Cambia. Those include, but are not limited to, technical and architecture standards, production implementation standards, regular status reporting, regular participation in team, regular one on one meetings with Lead or Manager, and providing work estimates and regular time tracking.
  • Expected deliverables include requirement analysis, system analysis, system design, data models, program design, source code development, unit test case development, unit and system testing, and documentation.
  • May be responsible for on-call duties as defined by management.
  • Holds self and Engineering peers accountable to standards and deliverables required by approved Software Development Lifecycle.
  • Demonstrates a strong grasp of Cambia architectural patterns and guides teams to follow them.
  • Solves the most difficult and complex business problems and demonstrates the highest standard for solution development.
  • Owns one or more Communities of Practice and holds one or more Team Champion roles.
  • Is an ambassador from Engineering across teams and communicates with Product, Business and Executive stakeholders as needed.
  • Identifies where processes need to be improved, and proactively works to improve them, creating and documenting processes and procedures according to industry best practices. Drives those improvements through the One Cambia Architectural Decision process.

Pay ranges vary based on the candidate's work location. The expected hiring range depends on skills, experience, education, and training; relevant licensure / certifications; and performance history.
Software Development Engineer III:
  • Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho: The expected hiring range is $104,000 - $131,000, the full salary range is $104,000 - $208,000, and the bonus target is 15%.
  • North Dakota: The expected hiring range is $90,000 - $119,000, and the full salary range is $90,000 - $149,000.

Software Development Engineer IV:
  • Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho: The expected hiring range is $114,000 - $143,000, the full salary range is $114,000 - $186,000, and the bonus target is 20%.
  • North Dakota: The expected hiring range is $101,000 - $134,000, and the full salary range is $101,000 - $167,000.

Senior Software Development Engineer
  • Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Idaho: The expected hiring range is $128,000 - $160,000, the full salary range is $128,000 - $208,000, and the bonus target is 20%.
  • North Dakota: The expected hiring range is $129,000 - $172,000 the full salary range is $129,000 - $214,000.

About Cambia
Working at Cambia means being part of a purpose-driven, award-winning culture built on trust and innovation anchored in our 100+ year history. Our caring and supportive colleagues are some of the best and brightest in the industry, innovating together toward sustainable, person-focused health care. Whether we're helping members, lending a hand to a colleague or volunteering in our communities, our compassion, empathy and team spirit always shine through.
Why Join the Cambia Team?
At Cambia, you can:
  • Work alongside diverse teams building cutting-edge solutions to transform health care.
  • Earn a competitive salary and enjoy generous benefits while doing work that changes lives.
  • Grow your career with a company committed to helping you succeed.
  • Give back to your community by participating in Cambia-supported outreach programs.
  • Connect with colleagues who share similar interests and backgrounds through our employee resource groups.

We believe a career at Cambia is more than just a paycheck - and your compensation should be too. Our compensation package includes competitive base pay as well as a market-leading 401(k) with a significant company match, bonus opportunities and more.
In exchange for helping members live healthy lives, we offer benefits that empower you to do the same. Just a few highlights include:
  • Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible family members, including mental health benefits.
  • Annual employer contribution to a health savings account.
  • Generous paid time off varying by role and tenure in addition to 10 company-paid holidays.
  • Market-leading retirement plan including a company match on employee 401(k) contributions, with a potential discretionary contribution based on company performance (no vesting period).
  • Up to 12 weeks of paid parental time off (eligibility requires 12 months of continuous service with Cambia immediately preceding leave).
  • Award-winning wellness programs that reward you for participation.
  • Employee Assistance Fund for those in need.
  • Commute and parking benefits.

Learn more about our benefits.
We are happy to offer work from home options for most of our roles. To take advantage of this flexible option, we require employees to have a wired internet connection that is not satellite or cellular and internet service with a minimum upload speed of 5Mb and a minimum download speed of 10 Mb.
We are an Equal Opportunity employer dedicated to a drug and tobacco-free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law. A background check is required.
If you need accommodation for any part of the application process because of a medical condition or disability, please email CambiaCareers@cambiahealth.com. Information about how Cambia Health Solutions collects, uses, and discloses information is available in our Privacy Policy.

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