Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Kotlin/Java)
Elevance Health · Atlanta, GA
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Jul 15, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend-focused engineering role building and scaling cloud-native distributed systems for enterprise device management and connected healthcare platforms. Day-to-day work centers on designing microservices, RESTful APIs, and cloud infrastructure using Kotlin, Java/Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Docker/Kubernetes. Suited to engineers with strong JVM-based backend experience in distributed systems, platform engineering, or similar domains — mobile development experience is not relevant here.
Senior level · 5+ years · National · Full-time
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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All skills in this posting appear under a 'Preferred Skills, Capabilities, and Experiences' heading and are explicitly qualified as 'highly preferred' or 'preferred' — none are listed as hard gates. The minimum requirements section names only a degree (or equivalent experience) and 5+ years of architecture/design experience, with no specific technologies called out.
The degree requirement is listed as a BA/BS but the JD explicitly accepts 'any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background,' so no formal degree is treated as a hard gate.
The role is described as primarily virtual/remote-first ('work virtually full-time') but candidates must be within commuting distance of an office for occasional in-person sessions — marked hybrid rather than fully remote.
No specific office location is named in the posting; the role is associated with Carebridge Health / Elevance Health but no CBSA could be determined from the text alone.
Okta and Grafana are listed at the end of the preferred section with weaker language ('preferred' vs. 'highly preferred'), and a Geocoding API is also mentioned there — these are the least-emphasized skills in the posting.
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