Full Stack Engineer, Principal
Blue Shield of California4 days ago
Oakland, CA, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop full-stack healthcare applications across frontend, backend, integrations, and data layers.
- Serve as a technical authority across multiple products, platforms, or domains and shape engineering direction beyond a single team.
- Implement secure, testable, maintainable code using modern architectural patterns.
- Build system integrations and reliable data models for distributed components.
- Develop cloud-ready applications compatible with established CI/CD workflows.
- Lead resolution of complex and ambiguous technical challenges and reduce systemic technical risk.
- Drive system reliability, observability, and proactive resolution of production issues.
- Define and promote engineering standards, patterns, and best practices for scalability, security, reliability, and delivery.
- Use AI-assisted tools to improve productivity, code quality, and documentation while applying engineering judgment.
- Collaborate with product, design, QA, security, and platform teams.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in full-stack development.
- BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Proficiency with modern frontend frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular and with JavaScript or TypeScript.
- Experience building backend services and APIs with .NET, Java, Node.js, Python, or similar technologies.
- Strong knowledge of SQL or NoSQL databases and RESTful integrations.
- Experience developing cloud-native applications, preferably with Azure; AWS or GCP are acceptable.
- Experience with containerization such as Docker.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible, Bicep, ARM, or Terraform.
- Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and version control systems such as GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.
- Experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or Claude in professional software development.
- Experience in regulated environments such as healthcare is preferred.
- Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards or enterprise healthcare platforms such as Epic is preferred.
- Ability to own UI, logic, and data as a cohesive system and balance architecture with delivery speed and business value.
- Ability to collaborate effectively, communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders, and work amid shifting priorities.
Benefits
- Hybrid workplace model with purposeful in-person collaboration and flexibility.
- Most teams work in the office two days each week.
- Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location coordinate in-office time with their manager based on business needs.
Tech Stack
AngularAnsibleAWSAzureDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaJavaScriptMicrosoft SQL Server.NETNode.jsPythonReactSQLTerraformTypeScriptVue.js
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About Blue Shield of California
Blue Shield of California is a nonprofit, tax-paying health plan that sells medical, dental, and vision insurance to individuals, employers, and Medicare/Medi-Cal beneficiaries across California. An independent member of the Blue Shield Association, it also administers government program plans. Founded in 1939 and headquartered in Oakland, the company serves nearly 6 million members statewide.