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Magellan Health

Manages complex health services via technology

Edifecs Principal Software Engineer - Edi, Remote

Full-Time
$105.2k - $178.9k/yr+ Short-term incentives
Senior
Bachelor's
Remote in USA
Remote
Software EngineeringBackend Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 6 years of related experience, including a minimum of 3 years designing, building, and maintaining high-quality, secure software in information technology.
  • Experience with the Edifecs Healthcare 9.x suite and healthcare payer systems.
  • Detailed understanding of healthcare electronic data interchange transaction sets, including 270/271, 820, 834, 837 I/P/D, and 835.
  • Experience developing Groovy scripts.
  • Ability to configure Edifecs tools and understand systems integration, application and technical behavior, and business and technical requirements.
  • Knowledge of software development and implementation processes.
  • Ability to work in an Agile development environment.
  • Understanding of containers, microservices, continuous delivery, and continuous integration.
  • Critical-thinking and demonstrated problem-solving skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • A bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer and Information Science, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Responsibilities
  • Create and update maps, guidelines, and profiles using Edifecs tools such as EDIFECS SpecBuilder, Map Builder, and EAM according to functional logic.
  • Create maps and guidelines in XML, DFF, and PFF for healthcare EDI transactions including 837, 834, 835, and 820.
  • Design, develop, and implement Edifecs solutions.
  • Configure XEngine configuration files for trading-partner-specific validation.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot transmissions in Edifecs Transaction Manager.
  • Configure severity files for custom error validation.
  • Coordinate with other application teams and provide support to the quality assurance team.
  • Provide expert technical and industry guidance to management, clients, and development staff on new uses of information technology across major system and subsystem development.
  • Consult on internal and industry information technology technical and business-domain process capabilities, including identifying and recommending new information technology opportunities and business operations related to application development.
  • Formulate and direct task identification, work-effort estimates, and work schedules for research, prototypes, and proof-of-concept information technology activities.
  • Direct and participate in development tasks involving data management, application architecture, and business architecture.
  • Develop guidelines that help software engineers build and implement scalable, stable, and secure code.
  • Write quality code and assist with problem solving, root-cause analysis, and troubleshooting.
  • Apply Design Thinking techniques to application design.
  • Lead Agile software development efforts as a technical leader.
  • Coach software engineers on test-driven development, acceptance test-driven development, and pair programming practices.
  • Guide teams in setting up DevOps environments for applications they build and support.
  • Design and develop highly scalable applications in the Amazon Web Services cloud using CloudFormation templates, EC2, SWF, ELB, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and other tools.
  • Review application metrics, including code-quality, business, and performance metrics, and take action based on them.
  • Create load- and performance-testing strategies and perform advanced performance tuning.
  • Write technical blogs and participate in the open-source community.

About the company

Magellan Health manages complex and rapidly growing areas of healthcare by pairing technology with strong personal relationships. It serves health plans, employers, unions, military and government agencies, and third-party administrators to help members access better health through care management and behavioral health programs. Its offerings combine technology platforms such as provider and member portals with care coordination to support outcomes. The goal is to help payers and members access high-quality care more easily and to guide the industry toward a healthier future.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Avon, Illinois

Founded

1969

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  • Pediatric CoCM enrolled nearly 8,000 patients, with 84% assessment-to-enrollment conversion.

What critics are saying

  • Centene's December 2025 divestiture still requires regulatory approval, delaying close into 2026.
  • Centene recorded a $513 million loss on Magellan, signaling weak exit economics.
  • If Madison Health Group financing fails, Magellan loses strategic support and independence stalls.

What makes Magellan Health unique

  • Magellan remains the only independent managed behavioral-health pure play after Madison Health Group closes.
  • Its Louisiana ECSS contract covers statewide early-childhood services across birth-to-five care.
  • Magellan Federal serves 2,500 employees across military and federal behavioral-health programs.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Mental Health Support
  • Wellness Program
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Performance Bonus

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

-3%
RamaOnHealthcare
Feb 18th, 2026
Centene’s Magellan Health to be acquired by investment group – RamaOnHealthcare

Frisco, Texas-based Magellan Health has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Madison Health Group, according to a Feb. 13 LinkedIn post from

MarketScreener
Feb 6th, 2026
Centene agrees to sell minority stake in Magellan Health

Centene Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to sell a minority stake in Magellan Health to an undisclosed buyer. The transaction was agreed in December 2025. No financial details or the size of the stake being sold have been disclosed. The identity of the acquiring party remains unknown.

Becker's Behavioral Health
Sep 23rd, 2025
Magellan adds autism caregiver platform to digital marketplace

Frisco, Texas-based Magellan Health has partnered with Attend Behavior to offer its digital caregiver training platform through Magellan's autism technology marketplace.

PR Newswire
Sep 10th, 2025
Magellan Health Appoints Dr. Steven E. Pratt as Chief Medical Officer

Magellan Health appoints Dr. Steven E. Pratt as chief medical officer.

Becker's Behavioral Health
Sep 8th, 2025
Magellan CEO: Collaborative care can ease burnout, extend psychiatry capacity

Magellan Health launched a pediatric CoCM program that enrolled nearly 8,000 patients, with 84% enrollment after assessment, and more than half stayed engaged through graduation.