Full Stack Engineer, Consultant

Job Description

Your Role

The Application Services team plays a critical role in enhancing customer satisfaction and technical collaboration while delivering all application development through a Platform and Technology Product Operating Model. The Full Stack Engineer role will report to the Director, IT Applications (Integration and Interoperability Platform). In this role you will be deeply involved in the design, development, 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. Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of platform engineering capabilities that support enterprise-grade messaging, event streaming, and external file exchange.
• Build and maintain cloud-native services and automation for message-oriented middleware, event streaming, and enterprise file transfer systems using technologies such as Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Confluent Kafka.
• Define and evolve platform standards, reusable components, and automation frameworks for message-oriented middleware, event-driven architectures, and enterprise file transfer.
• Guide the team in implementing best practices for schema management, message routing, retries, dead-lettering, observability, and operational resilience.
• Implement the technical roadmap for the Messaging and External Exchange feature set, collaborating with product owners, enterprise architects, and security teams to align with business and compliance requirements.
• Mentor and coach engineers on platform engineering principles, cloud-native development, and DevOps practices.
• Drive operational excellence through automated monitoring, alerting, and incident response for messaging and exchange services.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for messaging and exchange-related issues, driving long-term remediation and reliability improvements.
• Partner with application teams to accelerate onboarding and integration through tooling, documentation, and enablement.
• Evaluate and incorporate emerging technologies, including AI-driven automation and intelligent routing, to enhance platform capabilities.
• Represent the Messaging and External Exchange domain in cross-functional forums, influencing platform strategy and integration architecture.

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience), with 7+ years of experience in platform engineering, cloud integration, or pipeline automation.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using tools such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Bicep or Terraform.
• Proven experience designing, deploying, and supporting cloud-native messaging and event streaming platforms (e.g., Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, Confluent Kafka).
• Hands-on experience with enterprise file transfer technologies (e.g., IBM Sterling, Axway) and secure protocols (SFTP, HTTPS).
• Solid understanding of message serialization formats (JSON, XML, Avro), RESTful APIs, and integration patterns.
• Working knowledge of Git and version control best practices.
• Hands-on experience with Windows and Linux server platforms, containerization (Docker), and orchestration in Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines) and automated cloud deployments.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices to support iterative platform development.
• Familiarity with incorporating AI coding assistants, AI agents, and/or AI models to enhance platform capabilities.
• Strong understanding of service-oriented architecture, enterprise cloud integration, and Azure-native services.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams, vendors, and stakeholders, with excellent communication skills.
• Strong process orientation with a focus on improving operational reliability and developer productivity.

About the Team

About Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors.

Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company.

Stellarus' vision is to empower its customers to create a healthcare experience that is worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus' objective is to offer innovative, modern, scalable solutions that challenge the health care status quo. This very closely aligns with Blue Shield of California's vision by using innovation to improve quality, affordability, and experience for members.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values:

At Stellarus, our core values of agility, trust, drive, courage and service shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.

Our Workplace Model:

At Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies, we believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. As we continue to evolve our workplace model, our focus remains on creating spaces where our people can connect with purpose - whether working in the office or through a hybrid approach - by providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce.

Two Ways of Working:

• Hybrid (Default): Work from a business unit-approved office at least two (2) times per month (for roles below Director-level) or once per week (for Director-level roles and above).Exceptions:

o Member-facing and approved out-of-state roles remain remote.

o Employees living more than 50 miles from their assigned offices are expected to work with their managers on a plan for periodic office visits.

o For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

• On-Site: Work from a business unit-approved office an average of four (4) or more days a week.

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.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.