IT Applications Engineer VI, Web

Kaiser Permanente seeks an IT Applications Engineer VI to design, build, and optimize complex web applications supporting our healthcare systems. You will architect scalable solutions, integrate third party services, and ensure reliability, performance, and security across our web stack. Partner with product, security, and operations teams to translate business needs into robust technical designs, lead code reviews, mentor engineers, and drive continuous improvement in tooling, automation, and deployment practices in a modern agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable, secure web applications for healthcare workflows
• Lead design reviews, code reviews, and technical decision-making for key projects
• Integrate internal and third-party systems via robust APIs and services
• Optimize application performance, reliability, and observability
• Implement security best practices and collaborate with security teams on assessments
• Automate build, test, and deployment pipelines for rapid, stable releases
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to refine technical requirements
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers
• Create and maintain technical documentation and standards
• Contribute to continuous improvement of tools, processes, and architectures

• Web application architecture
• Java
• Script/Type
• Script
• Modern web frameworks
• API design and integration
• Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• CI/CD pipelines
• Relational and No
• SQL databases
• Application performance optimization
• Application security best practices
• Agile development