Join a team dedicated to supporting the crucial mission of improving health outcomes.

At Merative, you can apply your skills – and grow new ones – with colleagues who have deep expertise in health and technology. Merative provides data, analytics and software for the health industry. Our clients include providers, health plans, employers, life sciences companies and governments around the world. With industry-leading products and focused innovation, we help customers improve decision-making and performance so that together, we drive real progress in health. Learn more at merative.com

Working under minimal supervision, this person will perform software development activities related to existing and new product development. The person will be directed by the team leader, architect, and/or manager and will liaison with customer technical staff and Merge technical/clinical staff to perform the following high-level tasks:
1) Understand new requirements and existing design constraints within the product; and
2) Understand or troubleshoot existing problems within the product.

Essential Job Duties

• Develop deployment systems for a variety of interdependent applications running on Linux and Kubernetes.

• Perform product development in accordance with Merge’s methodology and practices.

• Perform software module requirement analysis, design, and test design as assigned.

• Prepare software module specifications, designs, test descriptions and estimates as assigned.

• Implement software modules and unit tests as assigned and conduct appropriate module testing.

• Conduct appropriate verification and validation activities as assigned.

• Detect, report, investigate, and fix product defects as appropriate.

• Assist with escalated customer support investigations.

• Participate in the review of product engineering artifacts (e.g., specifications, designs, test descriptions, implementations, tests, records, reports, etc.);

• Assist in the preparation and review of product, engineering, and management plans and reports (e.g., program and project plans) as required.

• Prepare technical reports as required.

Required Knowledge & Experience

• Linux and Bash

• Experience with Software Packaging with RPM

Experience in the following areas is highly recommended.

Languages: Bash shell and Coreutils, Perl, Python, Go, Rust, Java

OS/Technologies: Linux SuSE Operating system, Heartbeat and Pacemaker Clustering

Virtualization platforms: VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM

Container platforms: Kubernetes, Docker, and Podman, AKS, OpenShift

Networking Technologies: VLAN, Switches, and Load Balancing

Storage Technologies: RAID, NAS, NFS, and SAN

Database: Oracle database and SQL

Development Environments: Git, Jenkins, Make and Gradle

Cloud: Azure, AWS, GCP, or other

Education Requirements

• An undergraduate degree or better in computer science or equivalent discipline or equivalent level of industry related experience.

• 7+ years of related experience

It is the policy of Merative to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Merative will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.