Senior Full Stack Engineer - Healthcare Impact, Hybrid

Blue Shield of CA; Huntsville (AL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to architect mission-critical healthcare applications with polished interfaces and high-performance backends. You will shape technology that improves care delivery and patient outcomes.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration with product, design, QA, security, and platform teams, and a pragmatic balance of architecture and delivery in a regulated healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in full stack development.
• Experience building backend services and APIs using .NET, Java, Node.js, Python, or similar technologies.
• Strong knowledge of SQL (e.g., MS SQL Server, Oracle) and/or NoSQL databases and RESTful integrations.
• Experience with containerization (e.g., Docker).
• Familiarity using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Ansible, Bicep, ARM, Terraform) to provision and manage cloud resources.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket).
• Experience using AI-assisted coding tools in professional software development (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or similar).
• Experience working in regulated environments (e.g., healthcare) preferred.
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards or enterprise healthcare platforms (e.g., Epic) preferred.
• End-to-end ownership mindset - UI, logic, and data as one cohesive system.
• Engineering pragmatism - balancing ideal architecture with delivery speed and business value.
• AI-augmented builder - leverages AI tools while maintaining engineering judgment.
• Effective collaboration with product, design, QA, security, and platform teams.
• Ability to operate in dynamic, evolving environments with shifting priorities.
• Clear communication of technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Architect seamless, mission-critical full-stack applications spanning UI, services, and data.
• Build scalable backends and robust RESTful interfaces using .NET, Java, Node.js, or Python.
• Collaborate with product, design, QA, security, and platform teams to deliver high-value features.

Skills

Full stack development

Backend APIs

SQL/NoSQL databases

Docker

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

AI-assisted coding tools

Healthcare/regulatory experience

Healthcare interoperability (Epic)

UI-Logic-Data integration

Collaboration with cross-functional(PT

Education

BA/BS in IT or equivalent

Tools

GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket

Docker

Terraform/Ansible/Bicep/Terraform

Job description

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to architect mission-critical healthcare applications with polished interfaces and high-performance backends. You will shape technology that improves care delivery and patient outcomes.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, collaboration with product, design, QA, security, and platform teams, and a pragmatic balance of architecture and delivery in a regulated healthcare setting.