Speridian Technologies is recruiting for a Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack for our State of California Client, the Department of Healthcare Services, Behavioral Health. This person will be part of a long-term, fully budgeted, state-of-the-art, extremely vast technical modernization project.
This is a remote role; however, there may be meetings in the Sacramento area several times a year. Candidates are expected to work business hours, Monday-Friday, Pacific Time Zone.
Join DHCS’s Behavioral Health Transformation: Where Purpose Meets Innovation Location: Remote Department: Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS), Behavioral Health Transformation (BHT) Commitment: Full-Time Consultant (W2 employee of Speridian or 1099/IC for Speridian)
Why DHCS? At DHCS we are leading a transformative journey in Behavioral Health, reshaping systems and services to ensure better outcomes for communities across California. Our Behavioral Health transformation initiative is more than a project—it’s a movement to make California a leader in accessible, high-quality health services. We’re setting the stage for a new era of government services built on agile methodologies, cutting-edge technology, continuous improvement, and a relentless commitment to serving the public good. At DHCS, we’re looking for innovators who are passionate about purposeful work and excited by the opportunity to drive lasting change through innovative solutions.
Our core values are what make us successful and define the impact we have on the DHCS program and California’s citizens.
Partnership: Respect Other, Practice Empathy, Earn Trust
Ownership: Take Accountability, Show Reliability, Act with Integrity
We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help lead the design and development of critical systems supporting California’s behavioral health transformation efforts. This role is part of the Licensing & Certification (LNC) platform team, which builds and operates backend systems that support behavioral health facility applications, renewals, provider profiles, and regulatory workflows.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You’ll work closely with engineers across the team to design systems, write production code, solve difficult technical problems, and improve how we build and operate software. We’re looking for someone who can balance long-term technical thinking with practical execution and who enjoys working in complex systems with real-world impact.
You’ll also partner closely with a Senior Engineering Coach to help strengthen engineering practices, delivery consistency, mentorship, and overall team effectiveness.
What You'll Do Technical Leadership & Delivery
Own the technical direction and health of key platform services and workflows
Lead design and implementation efforts for complex backend systems
Make thoughtful technical decisions around architecture, scalability, reliability, and maintainability
Help the team balance speed of delivery with long-term sustainability
Drive projects from early design through production rollout and support
Bring clarity to ambiguous technical problems and help the team move forward
Hands-On Engineering
Write production code for core platform features and services
Experience with Java, Python, Go, or TypeScript/JavaScript is a plus
Data & Messaging
PostgreSQL, SQL, NoSQL
Entity Framework Core, Npgsql
Kafka/Kinesis
Elasticsearch
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS / GCP / Azure
Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Helm
Observability & Operations
Datadog, Prometheus, CloudWatch, Serilog
CI/CD pipelines
Distributed tracing, logging, and monitoring
Security & Architecture
Microservices and event-driven systems
OAuth/OIDC and RBAC
Encryption and zero-trust security principles
Speridian Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities during the application process.