Software Engineer III-1

Posted:
1/8/2026, 7:05:59 AM

Location(s):
San Diego, California, United States ⋅ California, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
On-site

Exemption Status:

United States of America (Exempt)

$95,717 - $132,808 - $169,898

“Pay scale information is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any selected candidate or employee, which is always dependent on actual experience, education, qualifications, and other factors.  A full review of our comprehensive pay and benefits will be discussed at the offer stage with the selected candidate.”

This position is not eligible for Sponsorship.

MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. is looking for extraordinary people to join our team!

Why join MedImpact? Because our success is dependent on you; innovative professionals with top notch skills who thrive on opportunity, high performance, and teamwork. We look for individuals who want to work on a team that cares about making a difference in the value of healthcare.

At MedImpact, we deliver leading edge pharmaceutical and technology related solutions that dramatically improve the value of health care. We provide superior outcomes to those we serve through innovative products, systems, and services that provide transparency and promote choice in decision making. Our vision is to set the standard in providing solutions that optimize satisfaction, service, cost, and quality in the healthcare industry. We are the premier Pharmacy Benefits Management solution!

Job Description

Summary:

Working as a member of the Claims Adjudication team, the Software Engineer performs analysis, design, programming, and modification of computer programs for software products for both internal and/or external client applications. Provides consultation on projects by demonstrating expertise in a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

      

  • Plans the execution of software projects for new product development and/or modification of existing programs, software version upgrade releases and custom interfaces. Determines the necessary resources to initiate and complete the project.

  • Participates in designing, programming, coding, testing, debugging, configuring, and documenting operating systems and software to defined requirements.

  • Utilizes the industry’s best practices and standards for software engineering techniques to minimize coding errors, efficient program logic and ensures robustness of work products. Works with others to develop alternative system and software designs.  Practices Object Oriented software standards and techniques to ensure robustness, maintainability and reusability of the end product

  • Working as part of a software engineering team, develops software engineering processes, creates innovative and efficient integrated solutions. Leads and/or participates in software project meetings and provide status reports as needed. Challenges assumptions and take appropriate risks

  • Participates in all aspects of iterative software development processes from start to finish including business requirements, technical analysis, design, implementation, and production deployment.

  • Assume full end-to-end accountability and responsibility for assigned projects as well as the end production delivery.  Produces unit-testing code and participates in unit, functional and system testing.

  • Develops and implements large scale, complex mission-critical transactional applications requiring high visibility across multiple environments. Interfaces with end users to add new or custom features to company products.

  • Develops and maintains procedures, and documents for installation and maintenance of the applications

  • Assist with mentoring less experience IT staff members

  • Takes the initiative to attend job related training to keep skills current and maintain awareness of industry trends and best practices.

  • Other responsibilities as assigned based on business needs.

Supervisory Responsibilities                                            

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Client Responsibilities

This is an internal and external client facing position that requires excellent customer service skills and interpersonal communication skills (listening/verbal/written).  One must be able to; manage difficult or emotional client situations; Respond promptly to client needs; Solicit client feedback to improve service; Respond to requests for service and assistance from clients; Meet commitments to clients.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. 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.

Education and/or Experience                                

BS/BA and 6+ years’ experience or equivalent combination of education and experience, and 2 years of SME in respective areas

Computer Skills To perform this job successfully, an individual should have:

  • Excellent working knowledge of a variety of programming languages. Thorough knowledge of software methodologies, distributed networking, databases, communications, and multiprocessing applications

  • Experience with C++ design and development, design patterns, complete application development lifecycle, and at least one scripting language.

  • Strong proficiency in database interfacing and relational database management systems (RDBMS such as Oracle or similar). 

  • Expert knowledge of Object Oriented and procedural languages.

  • Solid UNIX command level, experience. Shell scripting and build automation (make, cmake, etc.) knowledge.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

None required

Other Skills and Abilities                                                    

Experience in the following areas required:

  • Performing needs/requirements analysis and recommending cost effective and justifiable solutions required.

  • Real-time, transaction-based processing development.

  • Developing component level APIs for external consumption.

  • Unit test suite development in object-oriented development environments

  • Refactoring techniques experience preferred.

  • Must have good communications (written /oral), interpersonal and presentation skills.

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.

Experience in the following areas desired: Java, Web Services, Soap, Apache, XML, Oracle,

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.

Mathematical Skills 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.

Language Skills   Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Competencies                                              

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

  • Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

  • Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data; Designs workflows and procedures.

  • Business Acumen - Understands business implications of decisions; Displays orientation to profitability; Demonstrates knowledge of market and competition; Aligns work with strategic goals.

  • Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; Responds promptly to customer needs; Solicits customer feedback to improve service; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments.

  • Initiative - Volunteers readily; Undertakes self-development activities; Seeks increased responsibilities; Takes independent actions and calculated risks; Looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; Asks for and offers help when needed.

Physical Demands 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 regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment 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.         

Work Location

This position must work on-site at the San Diego Headquarters for purposes of providing adequate support to internal clients; being available for face-to-face interactions and coordination of work with other employees, colleagues, clients, or vendors; as well as for facilitation of quick and effective decisions through collaboration with stakeholders.  Remote work is not an option for these purposes.

Working Hours

This is an exempt level position requiring the incumbent to work the hours required to fully accomplish job responsibilities and reasonable meet deadlines for work deliverables. The individual must have the flexibility to work beyond traditional hours and be able to work nights, weekends or on holidays as required.  Work hours may be changed from time to time to meet the needs of the business.  Typical core business hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm.

Travel

This position may require domestic travel and attendance at various local conferences and meetings

The Perks:

  • Medical / Dental / Vision / Wellness Programs
  • Paid Time Off / Company Paid Holidays
  • Incentive Compensation
  • 401K with Company match
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Referral Bonus

To explore all that MedImpact has to offer, and the greatness you can bring to our teams, please submit your resume to www.medimpact.com/careers

MedImpact, is a privately-held pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) headquartered in San Diego,
California. Our solutions and services positively influence healthcare outcomes and expenditures, improving the position of our clients in the market. MedImpact offers high-value solutions to payers, providers and consumers of healthcare in the U.S. and foreign markets.

Equal Opportunity Employer, Male/Female/Disabilities/Veterans

OSHA/ADA:

To perform this job successfully, the successful candidate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed 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.

Disclaimer:

The above
statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.