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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - IRIS Platform & Claims... - **Company:** Healthpartners, Inc - **Location:** Bloomington, MN, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $23,733.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), .NET Framework, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Architectural Patterns, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Code Generation, Software Quality, Databases, Data Infrastructure, Database Applications, Software Debugging, M Programming Language, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Enterprise Software Applications, GitHub Copilot, Prompt Engineering, Backend, Information Technology, Intersystems, Code Restructuring, Legacy Systems - **Published:** August 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000glxj2a ## About the Role Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business Administration, or equivalent experience. Six (6) years of experience designing and developing enterprise software in a collaborative environment. Strong background in backend systems and data intensive applications. Experience working across multiple languages and platforms (e.g., IRIS/MUMPS/Cache, ObjectScript, Java, C/C++, C#, .NET, or similar). Strong experience developing, maintaining, and supporting MUMPS/InterSystems IRIS or Cache-based systems in an enterprise environment. Proven ability to work with legacy codebases, including refactoring, debugging, and performance optimization. Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar) to improve developer productivity, code quality, or documentation. Experience with relational and/or nonrelational database technologies. Demonstrated desire and ability to grow into an application owner and subject matter expert. Willingness and curiosity to learn proprietary tools and platforms. Ability to support production systems, including participation in an on-call rotation. Preferred Qualifications: Eight plus (8+) years of experience designing and developing enterprise software in a collaborative environment is strongly preferred. Experience designing or using agentic AI workflows (e.g., AI agents for code generation, refactoring assistance, test creation, or knowledge extraction from legacy systems). Familiarity with integrating AI tools into enterprise development workflows, including prompt engineering, guardrails, and humanintheloop validation. Exposure to modernization efforts, such as supporting API enablement, service decomposition, or migration from legacy MUMPS environments to hybrid or modern architectures. Understanding of healthcare or claims processing systems and regulated data environments. Experience with high volume, mission critical transactional platforms. Strong data modeling and system design skills. Experience mentoring developers and establishing development patterns and best practices. ## Description HealthPartners is currently hiring a Senior Software Engineer - IRIS Platform & Claims Systems. This role is part of a dedicated team supporting a mission critical healthcare claims platform, built on InterSystems IRIS / Cache, MUMPS, ObjectScript, and proprietary development tooling. This engineer serves as a technical anchor for the platform - ensuring stability, correctness, and long-term sustainability while the platform continues to evolve. This senior role combines handson software engineering with leadership in integrating AIassisted tools into enterprise development workflows. In addition to serving as a technical anchor, this position helps define and scale the use of AI across the development lifecycle, including prompt engineering, guardrails, and humanintheloop validation, to ensure responsible and effective adoption. The ideal candidate is curious, methodical, and comfortable working in complex, high volume transactional systems, and will grow into a technical leadership and ownership role for major areas of the platform. This is a newly created role reporting to the Director of Healthplan Administrative Systems. The position is part of a fifty-three-person department and will be one of fifteen direct reports, working alongside Developers, Engineers, Scrum Masters, and Managers., This is a hybrid position with the flexibility to work primarily remotely, with occasional onsite presence required for meetings or workgroup sessions. The role participates in an on-call rotation shared across the team, averaging approximately 2-4 weeks per year. Responsibilities: Design, build, test, and deploy enhancements to the IRIS based Claims platform. Serve as a technical steward for core system patterns, data models, and platform conventions. Diagnose complex system issues and recommend preventative improvements. Review and validate changes to ensure correctness, performance, and maintainability. Partner with business and technical stakeholders to translate requirements into robust solutions. Provide mentoring and guidance to other developers. Support audits, documentation requests, and vendor interactions as needed. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. ### Minimum Education Required Bachelor Degree ## Related Videos - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Fault Tolerance and Consistency at Scale: Harnessing the Power of Distributed SQL Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1146-fault-tolerance-and-consistency-at-scale-harnessing-the-power-of-distributed-sql-databases) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1209-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou) ## Related Articles - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers)