Remote New

Senior Software Engineer

Cotiviti

life insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k)

United States

Feb 06, 2026

Senior Software Engineer

Job Locations

US-Remote

ID

2026-18240

Category

Engineering/IT

Position Type

Full-Time

Overview

Cotiviti is a leading solutions and analytics company that leverages unparalleled clinical and financial datasets to deliver deep insight into the performance of the healthcare system. These insights uncover new opportunities for healthcare organizations to collaborate to improve their financial performance, reduce inefficiency, and improve healthcare quality. The Sr Software Engineer will play a key role in designing, building, and optimizing large scale analytics platform running on AWS. The role focuses on implementing distributed data processing, orchestration of workloads, and high performance query execution using technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Trino, Airflow.

Responsibilities

Support and enhance existing software modules for the Cotiviti product suite

Design, document, and implement new features and components
Explore and enhance knowledge on new technologies, provide suggestions for improving and optimizing existing design and architecture
contribute to a culture of technical excellence by performing code reviews and mentoring junior developers
Develop scalable, secure, and cost efficient solutions using core AWS services such as S3, EMR, MSK, MWAA, EKS, etc.
Design, implement and optimize distributed data processing pipelines using Kafka, Spark and Airflow, ensuring reliability, observability, and fault tolerance
Manage and optimize Apache Hudi datasets, including table design, partitioning, indexing, and incremental processing
Develop high performance analytical workloads using Trino and Hudi
Monitor and maintain production environments, troubleshoot and fix issues reported by clients or found internally

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required. This job description does not constitute an employment agreement and is subject to change as the needs of Cotiviti and requirements of the job change.

Qualifications

BS or MS Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience.
5+ years of software engineering or data engineering experience, with at least 3 years working on cloud based analytics or distributed systems
Experience designing and operating large scale data pipelines on analytics platforms
Proficiency working with ETL processing on large datasets
Strong proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java for building data and platform components
Strong SQL skills and understanding of data modeling, partitioning, and query optimization
Advanced knowledge and experience of cloud processing technologies like Kafka, Spark, Airflow
3+ years' experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and services, especially those used in data engineering and analytics
Experience with Docker and containerized application development
Extended experience with Source Code Management (Git) and CI/CD tools (GitLab)
Strong analytical skills, problem solving abilities and a passion for building high quality systems

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with multi-datacenter F5 deployments and global traffic management.
Familiarity with firewall and security platforms (Palo Alto, Fortinet, F5 AFM).
Experience with certificate lifecycle management platforms (e.g., AppViewX).
Competency in automation scripting (Python, Bash, and nice to have Ansible).

Cognitive/Mental Requirements:

Communicating with others to exchange information.
Problem-solving and thinking critically.
Completing tasks independently.
Interpreting data.
Making timely decisions in the context of a workflow.
Maintaining focus.
Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
Learning new tasks and completing tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota.
Remembering and adhering to processes and protocols.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods.
Communicating with others to exchange information.
Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned.
No adverse environmental conditions expected.
Must be able to provide high-speed internet access/connectivity and office setup and maintenance.
Must be able to provide a dedicated, secure work area.

Base compensation ranges from $105,000 to $120,000 per year. Specific offers are determined by various factors, such as experience, education, skills, certifications, and other business needs. This role is eligible for discretionary bonus consideration.

Cotiviti offers team members a competitive benefits package to address a wide range of personal and family needs, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage, 401(k) savings plans, paid family leave, 9 paid holidays per year, and 17-27 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year, depending on specific level and length of service with Cotiviti. For information about our benefits package, please refer to our Careers page.

Since this job will be based remotely, all interviews will be conducted virtually.

Date of posting:2/04/2026

Applications are assessed on a rolling basis. We anticipate that the application window will close on 3/14/2026, but the application window may change depending on the volume of applications received or close immediately if a qualified candidate is selected.