Full Stack Engineer, Consultant bei Blue Shield of California Group
Blue Shield of California Group · Oakland, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Hybrid
- Senior
- Optionales Büro in Oakland
Your Role
The Application Services team plays a critical role in enhancing customer satisfaction and technical collaboration while delivering all application development through a Platform and Technology Product Operating Model. The Full Stack Engineer role (Integration and Interoperability Platform) will report to the Director, IT Product Management. In this role you will be deeply involved in the design, development, and deployment of secure, high-quality software solutions. Your role will focus on integrating security and automation throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), with an emphasis on writing clean, maintainable code and building infrastructure that supports CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and cloud-native delivery. You'll implement and enforce DevSecOps best practices tailored for Azure, contribute to infrastructure as code, and work closely with developers, testers, and cloud engineers to ensure code is secure, scalable, and production-ready from day one. This role requires a hands-on engineer who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about code quality, automation, and secure cloud development. Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.
Responsibilities
Your Work
In this role, you will:
- Design, develop, deploy, and troubleshoot platform features and automation solutions using cloud-native technologies and modern frameworks with a focus on Azure API Management, Azure Application Gateway, Azure Cache for Redis, and FHIR platform.
- Establish and evangelize the adoption of OpenAPI Specification (OAS) as the standard for defining and documenting all internal and external APIs.
- Develop and provide tooling, templates, and best practices to API development teams for creating high-quality, consistent, and machine-readable OAS definitions.
- Configure and optimize Azure API Management instances to meet performance, security, and scalability requirements.
- Develop and enforce reusable API policies (e.g., authentication, authorization, caching, rate limiting, logging, transformations) across various APIs and products.
- Design, implement, and manage Azure Application Gateway configurations for API traffic routing, load balancing, and/or Web Application Firewall (WAF) capabilities.
- Strategize and implement effective caching mechanisms using Azure Cache for Redis or other relevant Azure caching services to optimize API performance and reduce backend load.
- Drive operational excellence through robust incident management, automated testing, and deployment pipelines.
- Recommend and implement improvements to platform engineering processes to enhance agility, scalability, and developer experience.
- Enhance the reliability, scalability, and performance of platform services through CI/CD practices and infrastructure automation.
- Monitor and manage configuration changes across platform services using cloud-native monitoring tools, proactively addressing reliability and performance issues.
- Operate with a high degree of autonomy, setting technical direction and leading platform initiatives with minimal oversight.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand integration needs, user behavior, and opportunities for AI-driven automation and developer enablement.
- Lead solution reviews, design discussions, and platform onboarding sessions with engineering teams.
Qualifications
Your Knowledge and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience), with 7+ years of experience in platform engineering, cloud integration, or pipeline automation.
- Proven hands-on experience designing, coding, integrating, and deploying cloud-native platform services.
- Strong scripting and automation skills using tools such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Bicep or Terraform.
- Solid understanding of SQL, RESTful APIs, and data serialization formats (JSON, XML).
- Programming experience with Python, C#, or Java with a focus on backend service development and integration.
- Working knowledge of Git and version control best practices.
- Hands-on experience with Windows and Linux server platforms, containerization (Docker), and orchestration in Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines) and automated cloud deployments.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices to support iterative platform development.
- Familiarity with incorporating AI coding assistants, AI agents, and/or AI models to enhance platform capabilities.
- Strong understanding of service-oriented architecture, enterprise cloud integration, and Azure-native services.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams, vendors, and stakeholders, with excellent communication skills.
- Strong process orientation with a focus on improving operational reliability and developer productivity.
About Company
About Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies
Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors.
Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company.
Stellarus’ vision is to empower its customers to create a healthcare experience that is worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus’ objective is to offer innovative, modern, scalable solutions that challenge the health care status quo. This very closely aligns with Blue Shield of California’s vision by using innovation to improve quality, affordability, and experience for members.
To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.
Our Values:
At Stellarus, our core values of agility, trust, drive, courage and service shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.
Our Workplace Model:
At Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies, we believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. As we continue to evolve our workplace model, our focus remains on creating spaces where our people can connect with purpose – whether working in the office or through a hybrid approach – by providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce.
Two Ways of Working:
- Hybrid (Default): Work from a business unit-approved office at least two (2) times per month (for roles below Director-level) or once per week (for Director-level roles and above). Exceptions:
o Member-facing and approved out-of-state roles remain remote.
o Employees living more than 50 miles from their assigned offices are expected to work with their managers on a plan for periodic office visits.
o For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.
- On-Site: Work from a business unit-approved office an average of four (4) or more days a week.
Physical Requirements:
Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.
