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Edifecs Principal Software Engineer (EDI) - Remote

Magellanhealth Open · verified Oct 24, 2026
United States Full-time Senior Engineering Leadership

At a glance

Senior Engineering Leadership role at Magellanhealth. United States · full-time · $105,230–$178,890 base.

SalaryStated by Magellanhealth
$105,230 – $178,890
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
RoleEngineering Leadership
SenioritySenior
LocationUnited States
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$105,230–$178,890
PostedOct 14, 2026 · 10d ago
Role brief

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What you'll do

  • Build and revise Edifecs maps, guidelines and profiles for healthcare EDI transactions such as 837, 834 and 835
  • Design and implement Edifecs solutions, including partner-specific validation settings and custom error checks
  • Monitor transaction transmissions, investigate failures and explain technical fixes to stakeholders
  • Guide engineers through complex work, set development practices and lead Agile delivery and DevOps improvements
  • Coordinate with application teams and support QA, while addressing code quality and application performance

What you bring

  • At least six years of related experience, including three years designing, building and maintaining secure, high-quality software
  • Experience with Edifecs Healthcare 9.x, payer systems, healthcare EDI transaction sets and Groovy scripting
  • A bachelor's degree in computer and information science, or an accepted combination of education and work experience
  • Strong written and verbal communication, critical thinking and demonstrated problem-solving ability

Who this fits

This is a hands-on senior technical leadership role, suited to someone who can build Edifecs solutions while coaching engineers and guiding Agile delivery. The position is listed as remote.

From the employer

  • Create/update maps, guidelines and profiles using Edifecs tools such as EDIFECS SpecBuilder, Map Builder, EAM as per functional logic.

  • Create maps and guidelines (xml, DFF, PFF) for Healthcare EDI transactions like 837, 834, 835, 820 transactions.

  • Responsible for design, development, and implementation of Edifecs solution.

  • Excellent understanding of technical and business challenges relating to EDI product upgrades.

  • Able to configure the Edifecs tools, and understand systems integration, application, technical behavior, and business / technical requirements.

  • Experience with Edifecs Healthcare 9.x suite, and Healthcare Payer systems.

  • Detailed understanding of EDI Healthcare transaction sets, e.g. 270/271, 820, 834, 837 I/P/D, 835.

  • Knowledge of software development / implementation processes.

  • Able to explain technical solutions and fixes to stakeholders.

  • Responsible for any configuration changes in XEngine configuration files for any TP specific validation.

  • Responsible for monitoring and troubleshooting the transmissions in Edifecs Transaction manager.

  • Must fit in the Agile development environment.

  • Configure Severity files to perform custom error validation.

  • Coordinate with other application teams and provide needed support to QA team.

  • Experience with development of Groovy Script.

This position services as an expert technical and industry resource to management, clients and development staff in new uses of information technology in all phases of major system and subsystem development. Provides consultation on internal and industry IT technical and business domain process capabilities including leadership in the identification and recommendation of new IT opportunities and business operations as it relates to application development. Formulates, contributes to, and directs task identification, work effort estimates, and work schedules for research, prototype, and proof-of-concept IT activities. Directs and participates in all aspects of development tasks including data management, application architecture and business architecture. Provides guidance to staff on complex assignments and mentors on new technologies.
  • Develops guidelines for other software engineers that helps them build and implement code that is scalable, stable and secure.
  • Acts as a hands-on software engineer who can write quality code, assists with problem solving, root cause analysis, trouble shooting and coaching.
  • Understands big picture from a business standpoint within the context of the application.
  • Writes technical blogs and be active in Open Source Community.
  • Agile, DevOPS and Cloud:
  • Applies Design Thinking techniques on application design.
  • Leads agile software development efforts as a Technical Leader.
  • Coaches other software engineers on practices such as TDD, ATDD and pair programming.
  • Understands advanced concepts of Containers, Micro-Services, Continuous Delivery and Continuous integration, and guide the team to setup a DevOps environment for the applications they build and support.
  • Designs and develops highly scalable applications in AWS cloud using tools like Cloud Formation Templates, EC2, SWF, ELB, Lambda, S3, RDS/Dynamo DB and others.
  • Reviews and takes actions based on application metrics, including but not limited to code quality, business metrics and performance metrics.
  • Creates load and performance testing strategy and perform advanced performance tuning.
The job duties listed above are representative and not intended to be all-inclusive of what may be expected of an employee assigned to this job. A leader may assign additional or other duties which would align with the intent of this job, without revision to the job description.

Other Job Requirements

Responsibilities

6+ years related experience including a minimum of 3+ years of designing, building and maintaining high quality, secure software in IT.
Critical thinker.
Demonstrated problem solving techniques.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.

General Job Information

Title

Edifecs Principal Software Engineer (EDI) - Remote

Grade

30

Work Experience - Required

IT

Work Experience - Preferred

Education - Required

A Combination of Education and Work Experience May Be Considered., Bachelor's, Bachelor's - Computer and Information Science

Education - Preferred

License and Certifications - Required

License and Certifications - Preferred

Salary Range

Salary Minimum:

$105,230

Salary Maximum:

$178,890

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

This position may be eligible for short-term incentives as well as a comprehensive benefits package. Magellan offers a broad range of health, life, voluntary and other benefits and perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.

Magellan Health, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Tobacco-free workplace. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled.
Every employee must understand, comply with and attest to the security responsibilities and security controls unique to their position; and comply with all applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements and internal policies and procedures.

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