Initial 4 months with potential extensions based on project progress (two phases)
The position is structured on w2
Overview:
The state's health insurance marketplace, seeks Applications Programmers to design, develop, test, and maintain emerging software applications supporting HBX and related systems.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, and maintain web applications and APIs using Python and modern frameworks.
- Support development of RESTful APIs and backend services.
- Contribute to data processing, automation, and AI‑assisted workflows.
- Collaborate with senior developers and business analysts to translate functional requirements into technical solutions.
- Write clean, maintainable, and secure code.
- Develop and execute unit tests; assist with integration testing.
- Participate in code reviews and Agile ceremonies.
- Troubleshoot and resolve application issues in development/test environments.
- Adhere to all security, PMO, change control, and service delivery policies.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 3+ years of professional software development experience (internships count).
- Strong Python programming skills.
- Experience developing/consuming REST APIs.
- Knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and SQL queries.
- Familiarity with Git, JIRA, and Agile practices.
- Solid understanding of object‑oriented programming.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 2+ years with Python frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django).
- Exposure to AI/ML libraries (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit‑learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
- Experience integrating AI APIs (OpenAI, AWS AI, Azure AI).
- Workflow automation scripting.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Microservices and containerization (Docker).
- CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
- API security/authentication (OAuth2, JWT).
- Exposure to front‑end technologies (JavaScript, React, Angular).
- Experience with public‑facing, data‑driven applications.
