Part-Time Quality Engineer: Fast, Impactful, Java + TypeScript

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Inc.; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 169,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Comprehensive insurance

Freedom to shape where you work

Job summary

Blue Cross Blue Shield is seeking a Quality Engineer in Oakland for a part-time role that blends hands-on building with system ownership. You will surface insights from production data, optimize critical paths, and scale data pipelines using TypeScript while guiding migration from on-prem to cloud-native services.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of deep engineering instinct, fluency in Webpack and Java, and a relentless focus on best practices.

Qualifications

• A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads
• A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
• CI/CD fundamentals plus the Java polish clients notice
• Fluency in Webpack earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
• 5+ years that left you with strong instincts and few revelations
• Solid understanding of technology best practices and industry standards

Responsibilities

• Work closely with data teams to surface insights from production systems
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Blue Cross Blue Shield users feel every click
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with TypeScript
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture
• Break large technology initiatives into Accountability increments Oakland can actually deliver
• Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at Blue Cross Blue Shield can explain

Skills

CI/CD fundamentals

Webpack proficiency

Java

5+ years experience

Team player

Communication

Tools

Java

Job description

Blue Cross Blue Shield is seeking a Quality Engineer in Oakland for a part-time role that blends hands-on building with system ownership. You will surface insights from production data, optimize critical paths, and scale data pipelines using TypeScript while guiding migration from on-prem to cloud-native services.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of deep engineering instinct, fluency in Webpack and Java, and a relentless focus on best practices.