INTRODUCTION TO EVERNORTH:
Evernorth Health Services India, established in Hyderabad in 2024, is an innovation hub for Evernorth Health Services, the pharmacy, care and benefits division of The Cigna Group. The innovation hub will support innovation-focused areas, such as generative AI, product development, process improvement, analytics, and software engineering across The Cigna Group and its businesses. Evernorth Health Services India builds on The Cigna Group’s existing presence in India.
About Evernorth Health Services:
Evernorth Health Services (Evernorth) is the pharmacy, care and benefits solution division of The Cigna Group - a Fortune 16 global health company with 75,000 employees, 186 million customers in more than 30 countries and jurisdictions around the world. Evernorth exists to make the prediction, prevention, and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. We do this by creating and connecting premier health services offerings, such as benefits management, pharmacy, care solutions, insights and intelligence.
About Cigna:
The Cigna Group is a global health company committed to improving the health and vitality of individuals and communities around the world and includes products and services marketed under its Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services subsidiaries. Cigna Healthcare is the health benefits provider of The Cigna Group, serving customers and clients through its U.S. Employer, U.S. Government, and International Health business. Evernorth Health Services is the pharmacy, care and benefits solution division of The Cigna Group.
Job Title: Software Engineering Associate Advisor
Position Overview:
We are looking for an experienced Seniorfull stackEngineer to lead the designanddevelopment.Theideal candidate will deliverend-to-end application solutionsspanningfrontend UI development, UI/UXdesign, backend Java Spring Boot REST APIs, cloud-native AWS services, and CI/CD automation. This
role requires hands-on expertise inReactJS,AWS cloud development,PostgreSQL, andAI-assisteddevelopment toolsto enable rapid, high-quality delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and technical leadership to gather,analyze, and translate requirements into scalable application solutions.
- Design and developmodern, responsive frontend applications using ReactJS, followingbest practices in performance, accessibility, and usability.
- Apply strongUI/UX design principlesto deliver intuitive, user-centric interfaces andconsistent design systems.
- Design, develop, and maintainbackend services and RESTful APIs using Java and SpringBoot.
- Buildcloud-native applications on AWS, leveraging managed services and best practicesfor scalability, reliability, and security.
- LeverageAI-assisted development tools(e.g.,Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to:
oAccelerate feature development and prototyping
oImprove code quality, refactoring, and documentation
oAssist with debugging and test generation
- Integrate applications withPostgreSQL databases, including schema design, queryoptimization, and transactional consistency.
- Implementsecure authentication and authorizationfor web applications and APIs.
- Design and maintainCI/CD pipelinesto automate build, test, and deployment workflows.
- Deploy and manage applications using containerization and cloud-based infrastructure as required
Monitor application health, performance, and logs; proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Participate actively inAgile ceremonies—planning, grooming, stand-ups, demos, and
retrospectives.
- Conduct code reviews and enforce engineering best practices across frontend, backend, and
cloud components.
- Continuously evaluate and adopt modern frameworks, cloud services, andAI-driven
engineering practicesto improve delivery speed and quality.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science or Engineering or related
course work
- 8-11 years of Software Development experience, frontend and backend
- Strong frontend development expertise with ReactJS
oModern JavaScript / TypeScript
oComponent-based architecture
oState management and performance optimization
oHTML5, CSS3, responsive design
- Strong AWS cloud development experience
oEC2, S3, RDS/Aurora (PostgreSQL)
oLambda, ECS/EKS
oIAM, CloudWatch, API Gateway
- Experience designing and maintainingCI/CD pipelinesusing tools such as:
oGit, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar
- Experience withDevOps practices, containerization (Docker), and cloud-native deploymentpatterns
- Strong backend development experience usingJava and Spring Boot, including:
oREST API design and implementation
oMicroservices-based architectures
- Strong understanding ofversion control (Git)and collaborative development workflows.
- Mandatory hands-on experience using AI-assisted development toolssuch asCursor,
GitHub Copilot, or equivalentfor rapid development and code quality improvement
- Health Insurance experience is a plus
Location Hours of Work:
- Full-time position, working 40 hours per week. Expected overlap with US hours asappropriate
- Primarily based in the Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, India in a hybrid working model (3 daysWFO and 2 days WAH)
Equal Opportunity Statement
Evernorth is an Equal Opportunity Employer actively encouraging and supporting organization-
wide involvement of staff in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to educate, inform and
advance both internal practices and external work with diverse client populations
About Evernorth Health Services
Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
