Associate Software Engineer

Vizient is a company that provides an inclusive environment supporting employee development and organizational performance. The Associate Software Engineer will design, develop, test, and deliver scalable, secure, user-centered software solutions while collaborating with product, architecture, data, quality engineering, and business stakeholders. The role focuses on building applications, services, APIs, and user interfaces while developing strong software engineering skills through guided and AI-assisted development practices.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain applications, services, APIs, and user interfaces under the guidance of experienced engineers

Translate defined requirements and technical designs into clean, maintainable, and testable software

Contribute to backend services using Java, Spring Boot, or comparable technologies

Contribute to modern web applications using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, or comparable frontend technologies

Develop and consume REST APIs and support event-driven integrations

Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and apply basic data-modeling and query-development practices

Write and maintain unit, integration, API, and end-to-end tests

Participate in debugging, code reviews, technical discussions, backlog refinement, demonstrations, and continuous-improvement activities

Contribute to application security, accessibility, observability, performance, scalability, and operational readiness

Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly and validate generated code with guidance from experienced engineers

Follow repository guidance, coding standards, testing expectations, technical documentation, and Software Factory development practices

Ask questions, seek feedback, share knowledge, and collaborate respectfully while demonstrating ownership, accountability, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn

Benefits

Extensive opportunities for personal and professional development

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan.

Company

Healthcare provider performance improvement, analytics, contracting, and advisory services

Irving, Texas, USA

https://www.vizientinc.com/

Founded in 1977

1001-5000 employees

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience required

0 to two years of professional software engineering experience, including internships, co-ops, or relevant project experience required

Foundational knowledge of software development principles, object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms required

Experience with Java or another object-oriented programming language required

Familiarity with web development concepts and technologies such as React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, or CSS required

Familiarity with REST APIs, relational databases, and source-control systems such as Git required

Understanding of software testing and the importance of writing maintainable and reliable code required

Familiarity with basic application security and secure-coding practices required

Ability to deliver work incrementally through small, independently testable units required

Ability to work effectively with product, architecture, data, quality engineering, and business stakeholders required

Strong communication, problem-solving, collaboration, attention-to-detail, and customer-focus skills required

Demonstrated ownership, accountability, integrity, commitment to inclusion, and willingness to receive feedback and continuously improve required

0 to two years of professional software engineering experience, including internships, co-ops, or relevant project experience required.

Required skills

Java, Object-Oriented Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, REST APIs, Relational Databases, Git, Software Testing, Secure Coding

Experience

Entry level