Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Internal Tools | Los Angeles, CA

The opportunity

Build a new internal tools platform from the ground up, bringing legacy systems together into a modern advertiser management platform. You will shape APIs, middleware, backend services and the data model, working across product and engineering teams to deliver reliable, high-performance software.

Role details

Location: Los Angeles, California. Candidates must be based in the Pacific Time zone; Los Angeles is preferred.

Work arrangement: Hybrid preferred, with three days per week in Santa Monica. Fully remote or hybrid flexibility is available depending on location, with some travel to Santa Monica.

Employment: Full-time

Base salary: $175,000-$195,000 per year, depending on location, knowledge, skills and experience.

Relocation assistance: Not available. Visa sponsorship: Not available now or in the future.

Security clearance: Not required. Travel: Occasional.

What you will do

Design, build and maintain scalable Java and Spring Boot backend services, RESTful APIs and microservices.

Help define system architecture and technology choices, with a focus on reliability, performance and maintainability.

Design and optimise relational schemas and queries, protecting data integrity and consistency.

Consolidate internal tools and integrate systems across Publisher, Merchant and other business teams.

Develop APIs and services that can support AI use cases.

Troubleshoot complex issues, improve performance and refactor the codebase.

Maintain strong testing, code review and documentation practices.

Evaluate useful tools and frameworks, including AI-assisted development tooling.

What you will bring

6+ years of professional backend development experience, including delivery of high-performance systems.

Strong Java and hands-on Spring Boot experience, plus solid RESTful API design and implementation skills.

Expertise in relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, including schema design and query optimisation.

Strong software architecture, design patterns, distributed systems and microservices knowledge.

Practical daily use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot or Cursor for generation, refactoring, testing and debugging. You must critically review generated code and take ownership of what you ship.

Excellent communication, cross-functional collaboration and analytical problem-solving skills; experience working in Agile teams.

A professional LinkedIn profile. A Computer Science, Engineering or related degree is preferred, not required.

Useful additional experience

Python, Node.js or Go; NoSQL databases or analytical warehouses such as BigQuery.

Integrating LLM APIs or building internal AI-powered tools.

Building new internal platforms and integrating multiple tools or legacy systems.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision cover; 401(k) matching; life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; maternity, paternity and medical leave; flexible time off and paid holidays; learning and development; wellness resources; equity; team events and office food and snacks.

Software Development Engineer In Test - USA, Multiple Locations - $100,000 to $145,000

Software Development Engineer In Test

USA, Multiple Locations

$100,000 to $145,000

Software Development Engineer in Test(SDET) – Quality Control Senior Advisor - AIM

The Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) position plays a key role in the development of AIM’s platform. SDET at AIM Specialty Health is a developer with the primary responsibility of writing automation frameworks and tools to test products. It combines the "building" aspect of software design engineering with the "breaking" aspect of software test engineering. This role involves writing code that automatically verifies the quality of the product. SDETs at AIM Specialty Health can understand software internals, debug code, automate repetitive tasks, and implement new tools and frameworks needed to streamline our quality process. Our SDETs work directly with both Software Development Engineers and Quality Assurance Engineers to understand project features, review technical designs, and implement automated test tools that help deliver quality features with efficiency. Our SDETs understand customer usage models and can develop test plans and test cases that approximate real-world environments and scenarios.

SDET Specific Responsibilities will include:

• Selects and develops Automation tools, applying the latest techniques in test automation and contributes to implementing the system through the whole development process.

• Develops, reviews, writes unit tests software components.

• Builds and maintains test scripts using an automation test tool including TDD/BDD techniques

• Works closely with the Engineering team to create and maintain software artifacts including test plans, test cases, test procedures and test reports.

• Designs, develops, and maintains robust, re-usable automated test suites according to compliance and standards.

• Estimates own testing tasks and works productively with minimum supervision while showing excellent team attitude.

• Mentors QA staff on QA best practices and new industry advances/technology/applications.

• Monitors, reports and tracks defects and issues associated with automated testing.

• Works cross functional areas with internal partner engineering teams in a disciplined agile environment.

• Participates in the performance testing and analysis.

• Debugs software products using systematic automated QA tests to develop, apply, and maintain quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.

• Minimum of 7 years of executing application testing and IT product quality experience

• Minimum of 5 years of experience, either in a Software Development Engineer or Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) role.

• Must have an understanding and ability to develop code in Java, Spring Boot/ Spring Cloud.

• 1 year experience with and core understanding of development practices in containerized environments, such as Docker, Kubernetes.

• 3+ years of experience with Test processes, open-source test frameworks, test design strategies, writing test cases, and automating tests in Java with frameworks like Junit, TestNG, and / or REST Assured.

• Hands on experience in web application test automation using Selenium, Appium or any equivalent tool/s.

• Strong experience in RESTful API testing using tools like JMeter, Postman or SoapUI.

• Experience with MongoDB is highly preferred.

• Understanding of CI/CD release management processes and how they integrate with quality checkpoints.

• Experience with Performance testing, tools, strategy is desired.

• Experience with tools & applications such as JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Git, Quality Center and Artifactory/Maven. 

• Experience and knowledge of Health Care Industry desired.

Why we're a great company

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. Previously known as Anthem, Inc., we have evolved into a company focused on whole health and updated our name to better reflect the direction the company is heading.

We are looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve. You will thrive in a complex and collaborative environment where you take action and ownership to solve problems and lead change. Do you want to be part of a larger purpose and an evolving, high-performance culture that empowers you to make an impact?

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.