Innovation Application Developer, Principal

Description Blue Shield of California is seeking Application Developer, Principal for the Health Innovation Team. This role is responsible ...

Description

Blue Shield of California is seeking Application Developer, Principal for the Health Innovation Team. This role is responsible for guiding and agile development team to successfully build disruptive new prototypes. This technical leadership will include developing and testing architectures, suggesting tools or frameworks, informing best practices, and mentoring junior staff through pair programming. This is a highly visible role allowing you to share your knowledge and skills with developers, product owners, and business stakeholders in a highly collaborative environment. Core Competencies: You are passionate about building and iterating on software prototypes, thrive in an R&D environment, and have a startup mentality. You may also enjoy building custom algorithms, digging into data for insights, building engaging interfaces and always looking to sharpen your skills with emerging technology or participating in hackathons and meetups. Mentoring and guiding other developers and staff while working to design and implement software solutions to solve highly complex problems. Experience with heads down coding time as well as active participation in ideation activities and demonstrations. Experience with data science technologies and/or experience coordinating with data science teams. Python,Tensorflow, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience in building and iterating on software under tight deadlines. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong relationship building skills. You have knowledge of a variety of programming languages to solve a variety of problems from web applications to low-level algorithm development. You are not pigeon holed into one language, you know how to choose the best tool for the job. You want to be part of a collaborative innovation lab exploring emerging technologies including machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, mobile development and much more. You are an expert software developer and a jack of all other trades. Most importantly you love to LEARN. Education:

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science or a related field.

Physical RequirementsOffice 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.