Principal Software Engineer, EDI

Magellan Health

. Create and update maps, guidelines, and profiles using Edifecs tools including EDIFECS SpecBuilder, Map Builder, and EAM .

Posted 9/23/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $105,230 - $178,890 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Edifecs tools and healthcare EDI transactions, with a strong focus on software development, configuration, and performance tuning. Capable of leading Agile teams and mentoring engineers while ensuring high-quality, secure software delivery.

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Edifecs Tools ConfigurationHealthcare EDI TransactionsAgile Software DevelopmentAWS Application DevelopmentDevOps Practices

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Hard Skills

Edifecs SpecBuilderMap BuilderEAMGroovy ScriptingTDDATDDLoad TestingPerformance TuningCloudFormationMicroservices

Soft Skills

Critical ThinkingProblem-SolvingVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

Edifecs Healthcare 9.x SuiteTransaction ManagerAWS EC2AWS LambdaAWS S3AWS RDS/DynamoDBContinuous IntegrationContinuous DeliveryDevOps EnvironmentsApplication Metrics

Industry Keywords

Healthcare Payer SystemsEDI Product UpgradesApplication ArchitectureBusiness ArchitectureDesign Thinking

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDynamoDBEC2GroovyMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create and update maps, guidelines, and profiles using Edifecs tools including EDIFECS SpecBuilder, Map Builder, and EAM
Create maps and guidelines for healthcare EDI transactions such as 837, 834, 835, and 820
Design, develop, and implement Edifecs solutions
Address technical and business challenges related to EDI product upgrades
Configure XEngine configuration files for trading-partner-specific validation
Monitor and troubleshoot transmissions in Edifecs Transaction Manager
Configure severity files for custom error validation
Coordinate with application teams and support the QA team
Serve as an expert technical and industry resource to management, clients, and development staff
Consult on internal and industry IT technical and business-domain process capabilities
Identify and recommend new IT opportunities and business operations related to application development
Formulate and direct task identification, effort estimates, and work schedules for research, prototypes, and proof-of-concept activities
Direct and participate in data management, application architecture, business architecture, and development tasks
Guide staff on complex assignments and mentor them on new technologies
Develop scalable, stable, and secure coding guidelines for software engineers
Write quality code and assist with problem solving, root-cause analysis, troubleshooting, and coaching
Write technical blogs and participate in the open-source community
Apply Design Thinking techniques to application design
Lead Agile software development efforts as a Technical Leader
Coach engineers on TDD, ATDD, and pair programming
Guide teams in establishing DevOps environments for applications
Review application metrics and take action on code quality, business, and performance metrics
Create load and performance testing strategies and perform advanced performance tuning
Perform additional duties aligned with the role as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of related experience
Minimum of 3+ years designing, building, and maintaining high-quality, secure software in IT
Critical thinking
Demonstrated problem-solving techniques
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Experience with Edifecs Healthcare 9.x suite and Healthcare Payer systems
Detailed understanding of healthcare EDI transaction sets, including 270/271, 820, 834, 837 I/P/D, and 835
Knowledge of software development and implementation processes
Ability to configure Edifecs tools and understand systems integration, application and technical behavior, and business/technical requirements
Experience developing Groovy scripts
Understanding of Agile development environments
Experience with DevOps, cloud, containers, microservices, continuous delivery, and continuous integration
Experience designing and developing scalable AWS applications using CloudFormation, EC2, SWF, ELB, Lambda, S3, RDS/DynamoDB, and related tools
Experience with TDD, ATDD, pair programming, load testing, performance tuning, and application metrics
Bachelor's degree or a combination of education and work experience may be considered

Benefits

Comp & perks

Short-term incentives may be available
Comprehensive benefits package
Health benefits
Life benefits
Voluntary benefits
Benefits and perks supporting physical, mental, emotional, and financial wellbeing
Tobacco-free workplace