.NET Application Development Engineer (Platform)

About Cigna   Let us tell you a little more about us. Cigna is a global health insurance company, dedicated to its mission of helping improve the health, well-being, and peace of mind of those we serve by making health care simple, affordable, and predictable. We are a mature but dynamic company in transition (agile adoption, cloud adoption) with open communication towards colleagues and management.    Together with +700 colleagues spread over all continents (with offices in Kuala Lumpur, Bengaluru, Nairobi, Antwerp and Madrid) you will be supporting our IOH business lines, which serves +500.000 customers worldwide.

We are going through massive, global Agile transformation. As a result, we are rapidly expanding our teams and are looking for   a   passionate   junior .NET developer   to join   our    member portal and app team , a self-organized, cross functional team in the   International organisations health (IOH) train   within Cigna's International Markets.   This is an excellent opportunity to join a team that is going from strength to strength, building and shaping our agile frameworks across our global teams.   Together with the team, you will take ownership of its supported applications, continuously improving and extending them and making sure they keep running smoothly in the production environment.    You are customer oriented while keeping performance in mind. You keep an overall view on all components of the applications in the   scrum team ’ s portfolio and know how to find the right balance between future-proof solutions and fast-to-market requirements.   You have a business drive, passion for technology and are eager to learn.  Above all, you have a can-do attitude where you roll up your sleeves and just do it.

Together with the   scrum team , you transform and develop all requirements to an appropriate architecture and solution.    Y ou have end-to-end responsibility for all backend applications that support our member portal and mobile apps.   Write automated unit and integration tests.   Formulate & propose improvements, both on technical and organizational level.   Define technical guidelines.   Document the implemented architecture and solution.   Deliver quality code, whilst keeping deadlines and business value in mind.   Work together in an international, cross-functional   scrum team .   Have a proactive role within the development chapter across all IGO/NGO   scrum team s.   Don't worry, you don't have to do this alone; you will work closely with the other   software engineers , the Product Owner, Scrum Master, testers  and other team members in your scrum team as well as the wider train ,   as well as   with internal customer s   and our architect ure organisation . On top of that, you are supported by the   .NET   Developer Chapter .

We value traits like an agile mindset, passion & positivism. We are looking for colleagues who take responsibility and want to make a difference. To collaborate in an international environment,   strong   English language skills are required (written and spoken).   General requirements   You have a Bachelor or   Master   degree in IT.   You have good knowledge of written and spoken English.   You have hands on experience in (backend) .NET development: as part of your education, professionally or in personal projects.   You demonstrate strong communication, prioritization, organization and   problem solving   skills.   You have a client oriented, creative and inventive mindset.   You are sensitive to cultural   differences   and you enjoy working in a global, multi-location team.   You   are able to   deal with ambiguity.   Essential technical skills   Object Oriented Development in .NET and MS SQL using Visual Studio   Experience in any of the following is a big plus   Previous experience with Agile methodologies ( SAFe ,