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Experienced Programmer Analyst
Any city, CA, US, 99999
Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.
Summary
As an Experienced Programmer Analyst at Gainwell, you can contribute your skills as we harness the power of technology to help our clients improve the health and well-being of the members they serve — a community’s most vulnerable. Connect your passion with purpose, teaming with people who thrive on finding innovative solutions to some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Here are the details on this position.
Your role in our mission
Design your career for growth, new possibilities and refining your valuable skills:
- Codes, tests, debugs, implements, and documents highly complex programs. Develops complex test plans to verify logic of new or modified programs.
- Designs systems and programs to meet highly complex business needs. Prepares detailed specifications from which programs are developed and coded. Creates appropriate documentation in work assignments such as program code, and technical documentation.
- Gathers information from existing systems, analyzes program and time requirements. Prepares time estimates and justifications for assigned tasks and provides recommendations to project managers.
- Supports project personnel in resolving fairly complex program problems. Works with client and management to resolve issues and validate programming requirements within their areas of responsibility. Provides technical advice on complex programming.
- May serve as technical project lead; provides leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel. Conducts quality assurance activities such as peer reviews.
- Provides consulting services in a technical and/or managerial capacity to management and technical staff. May represent company in presentations or conferences involving customers, co-contractors, suppliers, competitors, academia or the public.
What we're looking for
- Nine or more years of data engineering, ETL development, or data warehouse development
- Experience working with Databricks, Python, SQL, and modern data engineering practices
- Experience developing and supporting Power BI reporting solutions and Tableau dashboards solutions
- Experience supporting enterprise production environments.
- Experience developing cloud-based data solutions.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks.
- Develop and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and aggregation processes
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for design, creation and testing of programs
- Good leadership skills to guide and mentor the work of less experienced personnel
What you should expect in this role
- United States remote opportunity
- Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation
- The Deadline to submit applications for this posting is July 14, 2026
The pay range for this position is $97,300.00 - $139,000.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits, and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.
We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with Gainwell, an industry leader. You’ll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about Gainwell at our company website and visit our Careers site for all available job role openings.
Gainwell Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Gainwell Technologies defines “wages” and “wage rates” to include “all forms of pay, including, but not limited to, salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits.
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Who's Hiring
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- Technology & Software511
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote systems programmer jobs.
- Proficiency in C or C++ for systems-level development and performance-critical code
- Experience with operating system internals such as memory management, scheduling, or device drivers
- Familiarity with assembly language and low-level debugging tools like GDB or JTAG
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a closely related field
- Experience with real-time operating systems or embedded platforms such as VxWorks or FreeRTOS
- Knowledge of version control, build systems, and continuous integration pipelines in Linux environments
Tips for Your Remote Systems Programmer Job Search
Tailor your resume to the stack
Systems programmer roles vary sharply by environment. Highlight whether your experience is in bare-metal, kernel-level, or application-layer systems, and name the specific OS, architecture, or firmware you worked with. Generic software engineer resumes rarely clear the filter.
Show ownership of low-level complexity
Hiring managers want evidence you have debugged memory corruption, optimized interrupt handlers, or tuned scheduler behavior, not just that you know the concepts. Describe a specific problem you owned end-to-end and the measurable outcome it produced.
Target clearance-required roles strategically
Many systems programmer openings in defense and government contracting list an active clearance as preferred, not required. If you hold one, lead with it early in your resume. If you are clearance-eligible, apply and state that plainly in your cover note.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists systems programmer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match your experience level and specialization and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare for architecture and design questions
Systems programmer interviews almost always include a whiteboard or verbal design round focused on concurrency, memory models, or IPC mechanisms. Practice explaining trade-offs between design choices out loud, not just arriving at a correct answer.
Negotiate around equity and total comp
In systems engineering roles at product companies, base salary often has a tighter band than equity. Before accepting an offer, ask for the vesting schedule, cliff, and the most recent 409A valuation so you can compare the full package accurately.
Remote Systems Programmer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote systems programmer job?
Target companies that already run distributed teams, since they hire remotely by default and know how to onboard someone they never meet in person. Remote systems programmer employers screen hard for self-direction and clear written communication on top of the core skills, so show evidence you can own work without someone over your shoulder. Apply to the openings above that match your experience.
Which companies hire remote systems programmers?
Companies hiring remote systems programmers include Speechify, CVS Health, and Canonical, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Remote-first firms and large companies running distributed teams post the most remote systems programmer roles.
Can you get a remote systems programmer job with no experience?
Yes, but it is harder than an on-site role, because remote work expects you to operate independently from the start. Entry-level remote systems programmer openings do exist, especially at remote-first companies, and a portfolio of real work helps more than a long resume. Applying broadly to the roles that fit improves your odds.
Do you need a degree for remote systems programmer jobs?
Not always. Many employers hire remote systems programmers on demonstrated skills and prior work rather than a specific degree, though some larger companies still prefer one. Showing relevant results matters more than a credential for most remote systems programmer roles.
Which industries hire the most remote systems programmers?
Remote systems programmer roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Healthcare & Medical Services, and Consulting & Professional Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. These sectors run distributed teams and hire systems programmers remotely most consistently.
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