Staff Full-Stack Architect for Distributed Systems

Insight Global; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Staff Full Stack Engineer to lead a state health transformation platform serving a large user base in California. You will own architecture, deliver scalable services, and mentor engineers while contributing significant production code.

The role demands deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and cloud technologies, with a focus on reliability, security, and performance. Collaborate with product and design teams to drive impactful healthcare technology.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building distributed systems and high-scale applications.
• 3+ years of technical leadership experience driving architecture decisions and mentoring engineering teams.
• 5+ years of hands-on development with at least two of: C#, Java, Python, Go, TypeScript, or JavaScript.
• 5+ years of experience designing and building microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• 3+ years of cloud experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including Kubernetes and Docker.
• 3+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, observability tools, and SQL or NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture, quality, and delivery for an assigned product area.
• Lead design of distributed services, APIs, and integrations across the platform.
• Spend 40%+ of time writing production code for complex features.
• Make technical decisions on implementation approaches, tech selection, system design and scalability.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues spanning multiple services.
• Establish engineering standards for code quality, testing, monitoring, and security.
• Mentor mid-level and senior engineers through reviews and architecture discussions.
• Partner with product managers and designers to translate goals into scalable solutions.
• Lead initiatives to improve reliability, developer experience, and delivery velocity.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Microservices

REST APIs

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Observability

SQL/NoSQL databases

OAuth/OIDC

GitOps

Terraform

Kafka/Kinesis

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Helm

Kafka

Kinesis

Elasticsearch

Datadog

Prometheus

CloudWatch

Job description

Insight Global seeks a Staff Full Stack Engineer to lead a state health transformation platform serving a large user base in California. You will own architecture, deliver scalable services, and mentor engineers while contributing significant production code.

The role demands deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and cloud technologies, with a focus on reliability, security, and performance. Collaborate with product and design teams to drive impactful healthcare technology.