Senior Full-Stack Engineer · Tech Lead
Brandan
Majeske
Senior full-stack engineer and tech lead — 13+ years shipping production software in regulated healthcare environments.
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BM
Building things that work and look great.
Senior full-stack engineer with 13+ years shipping production software in regulated healthcare environments. Currently Tech Lead at Blue Cross of Idaho — setting cloud-native architecture direction, mentoring 8–10 engineers, and extending technical influence into sister companies under Gemstone Holdings. TypeScript-first across the stack: React/Next.js, Node.js, .NET, and AWS.
13+
Years Experience
Tech Lead
8–10 Engineers
AWS
Cloud Specialist
Skills
Tech Stack
Frontend
TypeScriptReactNext.jsAngularHTML / CSS
Backend
Node.js.NETREST APIsGraphQLPayload CMS
Cloud & DevOps
AWS AmplifyAWS LambdaECSS3IAMCDKDockerAuth0AzureJWTCI/CD
Databases
PostgreSQLMS SQL ServerDynamoDBMongoDB
Leadership
Tech LeadArchitectureCode ReviewMentorshipCross-team Strategy
Experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead
Blue Cross of Idaho
2022 – Present▾
- ›Selected as Tech Lead — a small group of senior engineers driving technology strategy — mentoring 8–10 engineers through architecture decisions, code review, and hands-on collaboration.
- ›Spearheaded adoption of AWS Amplify as the standard for full-stack web deployments across Provider and Member verticals, reducing hosting costs from hundreds of dollars/month to ~$5/month per site (~98% cost reduction) on migrated workloads.
- ›Led end-to-end development of rangehealth.com, a new production informational platform for Range Health (a Gemstone Holdings subsidiary) — extending technical leadership across sister companies, not just Blue Cross.
- ›Architected and built an Auth0 + RBAC administration console on Next.js with JWT, administering access for thousands of users across the provider network.
- ›Drove approval of a Payload CMS migration to consolidate 3–4 legacy OpenText Teamsite instances onto a single modern headless CMS; tapped to lead the parallel Range Health rollout.
Software Engineer II
AmeriBen / IEC Group
2014 – 2015 · 2017 – 2022▾
Software Developer & Graphic Designer
Zamzows Inc.
2015 – 2017▾
Freelance Web Developer
Self-Employed
2009 – 2014▾
Education
Bachelor of Science, Web Design & Development
Full Sail University
Winter Park, FL · 3.96 GPA · Valedictorian