Jobs at Cigna

• You are customer oriented while keeping performance in mind. You keep an overall view on all components of the applications in the scrum teams portfolio and know how to find the right balance between future-proof solutions and fast-to-market requirements.
• You have a business drive, passion for technology and are eager to learn. Above all, you have a can-do attitude where you roll up your sleeves and just do it.

Your Responsibilities

• Together with the team, you support requirement definition, and transform and develop these requirements into an appropriate architecture and solution.
• You have end-to-end responsibility for backend applications that support our claims handling processes.
• Write automated unit and integration tests.
• Formulate & propose improvements, both on functional and technical level.
• Define technical guidelines.
• Document the implemented architecture and solution.
• Deliver quality code, whilst keeping deadlines and business value in mind.
• Work together in an international, cross-functional scrum team and the wider International Health organization.
• Have a proactive role within the development chapter across all IGO/NGO scrum team.

Your Profile

• We value traits like an agile mindset, passion & positivism. We are looking for colleagues who take responsibility and want to make a difference. To collaborate in an international environment, English language skills are required (written and spoken).

General Requirements

• You have a Bachelor or Master degree in IT.
• You have a excellent knowledge of written and spoken English and are a strong communicator.
• You are able to articulate and bring structure in your ideas and solutions.
• You have 5 or more years of experience in .NET (backend) development.
• You are able to convert functional analysis into technical design and estimates, working with our Architecture team.
• You are able to work both independently and as part of a close knit team.
• You are eager to work on bespoke .NET components, as well as customize and configure imaging & workflow vendor platforms (Onbase, Kofax).
• You demonstrate strong communication, prioritization, organization and problem solving skills.
• You enjoy driving solutions from conception to release.
• You have a customer oriented, creative and inventive mindset.
• You have strong motivational and convincing skills
• You are sensitive to cultural differences and you enjoy working in a global, multi-location team.
• You are able to deal with ambiguity.

Essential Technical Skills

• Development in .NET and MS SQL using Visual Studio

Experience in any of the following is a big plus

• Previous experience with Agile methodologies (SAFe, SCRUM, ...)
• Experience with ORM Frameworks, Enterprise Library, NuGet, WCF
• Experience with ALM/DevOps tooling (eg. Azure Devops Pipelines)
• Experience with Onbase or Kofax imaging & workflow products
• Experience with Windows Server infrastructure (including IIS)
• GIT or TFS version control systems

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• You are customer oriented while keeping performance in mind. You keep an overall view on all components of the applications in the squads portfolio and know how to find the right balance between future-proof solutions and fast-to-market requirements.
• You have a business drive, passion for technology and are eager to learn. Above all, you have a can-do attitude where you roll up your sleeves and just do it.

Your Responsibilities

• Together with the squad, you transform and develop all requirements to an appropriate architecture and solution.
• Build pixel-perfect, buttery smooth UIs across both mobile and web platforms.
• Diagnose and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks for performance that feels native. Our team implements a "you build it, you run it" mindset.
• Reach out to the open source community to encourage and help implement mission-critical software fixes—React Native moves fast.
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure the product is of the highest quality.
• Supporting the rebuild of the existing outdated and unsupported web portal and wrapper app into a modern and future proof React web portal / React native mobile app.
• You have end-to-end responsibility for both the Web and Mobile frontends of our member portal landscape.
• Formulate & propose improvements, both on technical and functional level.
• Define technical guidelines.
• Document the implemented architecture and solution.
• Deliver quality code, whilst keeping deadlines and business value in mind.
• Work together in an international, cross-functional squad.
• Have a proactive role within the development chapter across all IGO/NGO squads.

Your Profile

• We value traits like an agile mindset, passion & positivism. We are looking for colleagues who take responsibility and want to make a difference. To collaborate in an international environment, English language skills are required (written and spoken).

General Requirements

• You have a Bachelor or Master degree in IT.
• You have excellent knowledge of written and spoken English..
• You demonstrate strong communication, prioritization, organization and problem solving skills.
• You have a client oriented, creative and inventive mindset.
• You are sensitive to cultural differences and you enjoy working in a global, multi-location team.
• You are able to deal with ambiguity.

Technical Skills

• Excellent knowledge of JavaScript, modern CSS, and the DOM.
• Able to write well-documented and clean TypeScript code.
• Affinity with maintaining and evolving a codebase to nurture high-quality code.
• You love the entire React ecosystem when it comes to creating interactive applications.
• Experience with Next.js or other static site generation/server-side rendered frameworks is a plus.
• Knowledge of, or interest in, React Native is a huge plus.
• You're able to use CSS either directly or via a framework to create applications and sites that work on any device.
• Able to consume REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Being able to contribute to the codebase of a REST or GraphQL API is a huge plus.
• Having prior experience in .NET is a huge plus.
• Experience with headless CMS systems, via GraphQL or an SDK, is a plus. Special bonus if you have experience with DatoCMS
• Familiar with writing tests for your application: Jest unit tests, component tests with react-test-renderer, or testing-library/react.
• We focus on creating accessible applications and sites, so knowing how to make your app/site accessible to all users (screen readers, devices with reduced motion or transparency) is a bonus.
• You use the correct semantic markup to ensure applications work for everyone.
• Affinity with WCAG guidelines, accessibility testing, and ARIA are a plus.
• Familiar with one or more modern CI/CD environments: Azure Devops Pipelines, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Circle CI, etc
• You understand how backends work in Node.js or are even able to contribute.