Application Developer, Consultant
Apply NowCompany: Blue Shield Of California
Location: San Diego, CA 92154
Description:
Job Description
Your Role
Blue Shield of California is looking for a consultant-level Application Developer to join our Operations Portfolio team. The candidate will be a subject matter expert, within a technical discipline, contributing to Benefits and Plan Document Management Platform service teams. The candidate will contribute deep technical knowledge and experience toward seven applications that enable generation, maintenance, and distribution of Blue Shield of California Product and Benefit information across the company in compliance with our regulators. This individual will help define and enforce standards, lead technical training, and serve as a specialist developer in their specific discipline. They will be responsible for assuring solutions built within their scope are highly secure, performant, and robust. This includes effective communication and influence of IT, business, and vendor partners, providing solutions that are optimized for cost, quality, security, and fit for purpose.
Responsibilities
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Qualifications
Your Knowledge and Experience
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:
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.
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.
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.
Your Role
Blue Shield of California is looking for a consultant-level Application Developer to join our Operations Portfolio team. The candidate will be a subject matter expert, within a technical discipline, contributing to Benefits and Plan Document Management Platform service teams. The candidate will contribute deep technical knowledge and experience toward seven applications that enable generation, maintenance, and distribution of Blue Shield of California Product and Benefit information across the company in compliance with our regulators. This individual will help define and enforce standards, lead technical training, and serve as a specialist developer in their specific discipline. They will be responsible for assuring solutions built within their scope are highly secure, performant, and robust. This includes effective communication and influence of IT, business, and vendor partners, providing solutions that are optimized for cost, quality, security, and fit for purpose.
Responsibilities
Your Work
In this role, you will:
- Be a technical champion in your domain, and advocate for the optimization of Benefits and Plan document management platform & cloud-based Operations Portfolio solutions needed to support Blue Shield's growth and financial goals
- Serve as IT specialist, for specific technical disciplines, in cross-organizational initiatives that serve to drive scale (growth), cost optimization, quality, and end-user experience
- Serve as technical consultant for major initiatives impacting the Operations portfolio - establishing trusted relationship with internal IT organization, IT portfolio leadership, and technical teams
- Create new solutions and designs, and work on development activities to solve complex problems with an understanding of interrelationships across product, solution, and multi-functional teams
- Provide technical leadership in establishing a competency center that educates other IT professionals on service and cloud-based design and development practices
- Effectively communicate approach, value, risk, alternatives, and status of goal progress with IT management, and product managers
- Be experienced with relevant software development tools, industry protocols, troubleshooting and support procedures, monitoring & quality controls, and communication/documentation software
- Be self-directed and work with limited management direction
- 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 7 years of prior relevant experience, including a minimum of 6 years of IT solution delivery experience
- Strong technical acumen with deep working knowledge of Agile Methods, Service Architecture, and enterprise Cloud Integration
- Ability to work directly with business stakeholders using excellent communication and critical thinking skills to understand their needs and deliver effective solutions
- Considerable experience in Agile environments with the capability to mentor development team members, ensuring Agile principles and practices are effectively applied throughout the project lifecycle
- High competency in developing custom business solutions and applications using the following technologies: Oracle / SQL Server; Boomi / MuleSoft; Informatica / ETL Tools; EDI Mapping Tools like IBM ITX
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, including Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Pipelines
- Preferred experience in the following:
- IBM ITX map development, Java Spring Framework development, MuleSoft flow development
- EDI Transactions like 834,837
- Azure cloud administration, configuration, development, and architecture
- Facets (Benefits, plan/product, eligibility, membership, claims)
- Proficiency with tools like Git (Bitbucket), Jira, Jenkins, Service Marketplace, Tidal, Unix, and other scripting languages
- Ability to effectively communicate and build alignment on concepts from ideation to execution
- Ability to influence, collaborate, and build relationships with key stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional teams
- Ability to assess potential opportunities, risks, and issues, making well-informed recommendations to resolve or course-correct, as necessary
- Effective in managing meetings and continually working with a variety of stakeholders to ensure objectives are met and decisions are made efficiently
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, enabling the creation, translation, and execution of technical deliverables clearly and effectively
- Experience in the healthcare sector, particularly in enrollment & membership, is preferred; An understanding of healthcare regulations and compliance requirements is highly desirable, as is the ability to navigate and manage complex healthcare data systems
- Familiarity with systems such as Facets and FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) will be considered an asset
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.
Please click here for further physical requirement detail.
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.