Blue Shield Of California

Application Developer, Senior

Blue Shield Of California$100K — $130K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years in computer-related support
  • Experience in the Healthcare Industry
  • Knowledge of AI technologies, including agentic or generative AI and/or LLM
  • Proficient in relevant programming languages and tools, particularly Java/J2EE, Angular, and Azure services.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop user interfaces and application programs for cloud-native solutions.
  • Implement cost-effective coding strategies by reusing existing features.
  • Drive operational excellence and streamline deployments through process automation and AI.
  • Suggest and apply improvements to departmental processes for better efficiency.
  • Maintain and enhance CI/CD practices for reliable software deployment.
  • Address data reliability and customer satisfaction via proactive configuration management.
  • Provide continued support for application platforms to ensure integration and performance.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for personal, professional, and financial growth.
  • Collaborative work environment that values continuous learning.
  • Hybrid workplace model promoting work-life balance and flexibility.
  • Supportive workplace culture focused on employee well-being and success.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Digital Platform team creates and maintains the foundation and features upon which Stellarus technical products are built. The Fullstack Engineer will report to the Manager, Digital Applications. In this role you will work across Platform and Product level to identify, create and evolve the foundation and features of the Digital Platform. You will be deeply involved in the design, development, testing, 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.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:
  • Design, develop and test user interfaces and application programs using technical specifications and design documents, with a focus on cloud-native solutions and modern frameworks
  • Develop the most efficient and cost-effective implementation, leveraging reusable features where possible
  • Drive operational excellence, including but not limited to Incident Management, process automation leveraging AI, and ensuring smooth deployments for your technology products/platform features
  • Recommend and implement improvements to departmental processes to enhance agility and efficiency
  • Enhance the reliability, scalability, and utilization of systems and applications through continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices
  • Monitor and manage software configuration changes to anticipate and address data reliability and customer satisfaction issues, leveraging cloud monitoring tools and practices
  • Coordinate sustaining support for multiple application platforms or business processes, ensuring seamless integration and operation in a cloud environment
  • Be self-directed, work with limited management direction and exercise considerable latitude in determining the technical objectives of the assignment
  • Apply significant knowledge of IT and healthcare industry trends


Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience
  • Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Requires at least 5 years of experience in computer related support field.
  • Must have experience within Healthcare Industry
  • Must have experience with AI (agentic or generative) and/or LLM


Skills

API - Must Have:
Java/J2EE,
Sprint Boot 3.5.3,
Apache Camel 4.13.0,
Tomcat 11.0.9
Junit 5
REST API
IBM Connect APIC

Database - Must Have:
Oracle
MongoDB
SQL/PL SQL
Elastic
RadiantLogic

Front END Development - Must Have:
Angular v20
HTML/scss
TypeScript
JavaScript

AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) - Nice to have

Azure Cloud:
Azure App Services
Azure Function App,
Azure ADF
Azure SQLDB
Azure COSMOS DB
Azure KeyVault
Azure Static WebApp
APIM
Ansible

JIRA/Confluence - Must Have
BitBucket/SonarQube/Wiz
Kibana

Observability/Monitoring and Alerting Tool - Nice to Have
DynaTrace
Splunk

Tools - Must Have
Visual Studio Code
Eclipse, IntelliJ, POSTMAN, Insomnia
STS,
DBeaver
SQL Developer
Git/SourceTree
Softera

AI/Domain Specific Skills
AI Pair Programming
Familiarity with GitHub Copilot
Databricks
Knowledge in Facets
Azure EntraID/Azure Traffic Manager

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.

Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

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.

Please click here for further physical requirement detail.

About Blue Shield Of California

Blue Shield of California is a not-for-profit health plan provider that has been providing Californians with access to high-quality healthcare for over 80 years. The company offers a range of health insurance products and services to individuals, families, and employers. Blue Shield of California is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of its members and the communities it serves. The company is also committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact.
Learn more about Blue Shield Of California
Size
7,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1981

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