Chief Engineer, AI Developer Experience & Platform

Kaiser Permanente; Pleasanton (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work setup

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a senior IT engineering professional in California to influence technical direction for enterprise applications. You will ensure software solutions adhere to best practices and align with architectural standards, reporting to a hybrid work location in Pleasanton.

The role emphasizes collaboration with architects, business analysts, and vendors to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable software across complex environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum six (6) years experience working on projects involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC).
• Minimum four (4) years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum ten (10) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Responsibilities

• Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; develops and updates procedures; translates business strategy into actionable requirements.
• Promotes learning and collaboration; mentors and coaches team members; fosters open dialogue and feedback.
• Provides insight into complex technical solutions that meet design and functional needs.
• Acts as an expert for innovative technical solutions that meet design and functional needs.
• Collaborates with architects to ensure specifications are translated into scalable designs.
• Translates requirements into physical program designs and code modules with Analysts.
• Leveraging networks to drive collaboration between technical teams and vendors.
• Builds trusted relationships with stakeholders to secure buy-in for diverse projects.
• Oversees review and implementation of technical recommendations across functions.
• Ensures interfaces and functions align with architectural designs.
• Leads data management strategy within the Information Architecture.

Skills

Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management

Attention to Detail

Business Knowledge

Communication

Critical Thinking

Cross‑Group Collaboration

Decision Making

Dependability

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Drives Results

Facilitation Skills

Health Care Industry

Influencing Others

Integrity

Learning Agility

Organizational Savvy

Problem Solving

Strategic Thinking

Teamwork

Topic‑Specific Communication

Acts with Compassion

Analytical Skills

Application Delivery Process

Application Design, Architecture

Application Maintenance

Application Testing

Client Focus

Client/Server Tools

Crisis Incident Management

Debugging and Troubleshooting

Demonstrating Personal Flexibility

Getting Work Done Through Others

IT Industry: Trends & Directions

Innovative Mindset

Managing Diverse Relationships

Microsoft Office

Organizational Skills

Prioritization

Product Development Life Cycle

Relational Database Management

Relationship Building

Requirements Elicitation & Analysis

SQL/SAS

Software Development Life Cycle

System Testing

Technical Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field

Tools

Node.js

Oracle

Job description

• Application Design, Architecture

Please note, this position is designated as flexible (aka hybrid), and the expectation is that the selected candidate will report to the assigned office 3 days per week.

Job Summary

This senior level employee is primarily responsible for influencing and leveraging the technical direction of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions and for serving as an expert for technical teams. This employee is accountable for ensuring software solutions are managed with full adherence to industry best practices.

Essential Responsibilities

• Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and updating new procedures and policies; gaining cross‑functional support for objectives and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; solving highly complex issues; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.
• Practices self‑leadership and promotes learning in others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross‑functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influencing, mentoring, and coaching team members; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; evaluating and responding to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit members; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Provides insight into recommendations for complex technical solutions that meet design and functional needs.
• Serves as an expert for innovative technical solutions that meet design and functional needs.
• Collaborates with architects and/or software consultants to ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs.
• Provides technical expertise for the development, configuration, or modification of integrated business and/or enterprise application solutions within various computing environments by providing insight, guidance, and an escalation point for the design and coding of component‑based applications.
• Translates business requirements and functional specifications into physical program designs, code modules, stable application systems, and software solutions by partnering with Business Analysts and other team members to understand business needs and functional specifications.
• Leverages networks to drive collaboration between technical teams, architects, and/or software consultants, and ensure functional specifications are converted into flexible, scalable, and maintainable solution designs.
• Builds and maintains trusting relationships with internal customers, third party vendors, and senior management to ensure the alignment, buy‑in, and support of diverse project stakeholders.
• Oversees the review and implementation of recommendations of technical solutions across multiple functions.
• Takes accountability for ensuring specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions support technical solutions and are aligned with architectural designs.
• Derives an overall strategy of data management, within an established Information Architecture, that supports the business model. Identifies information structures and detail to enable the development and secure operation of new information services. Takes overall responsibility for planning effective information storage, sharing, and publishing within the organization.
• Sets strategies for effective use of database technology taking account of the complex interrelations between hardware/software. Provides specialist expertise in the development, use, or operation of database management system tools and facilities. Provides expert knowledge in the selection, provision, and use of database architectures, software, and facilities, typically taking responsibility for a team of technical staff.
• Facilitates and serves as a technical expert for project teams throughout the release schedule of business and enterprise software solutions.
• Provides expertise and guidance to team members for systems incident responses for complex issues.
• Fosters and leverages partnerships with IT teams and vendors to ensure written code adheres to company architectural standards, design patterns, and technical specification.
• Maintains and enhances technical expertise and knowledge of industry trends by attending participating conferences, and developing a network with other IT industry experts.
• Leads consultation efforts to help ensure new and existing software solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices, strategies, and architectures.
• Provides expert technical advice and recommendations to others within the organization on matters related to software engineering, including market trends, and new programs and applications.
• Reviews and verifies resource estimates for complex technical design, coding, and testing efforts.
• Identifies specific interfaces, methods, parameters, procedures, and functions, as required, to support technical solutions, serving as an escalation point for complex or unresolved issues related to requirements translation.
• As part of the IT Engineering job family, this position is responsible for leveraging DEVOPS, and both Waterfall and Agile practices, to design, develop, and deliver resilient, secure, multi‑channel, high‑volume, high‑transaction, on/off‑premise, cloud‑based solutions.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management
• Attention to Detail
• Business Knowledge
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Cross‑Group Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Dependability
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support
• Drives Results
• Facilitation Skills
• Health Care Industry
• Influencing Others
• Integrity
• Learning Agility
• Organizational Savvy
• Problem Solving
• Short- and Long‑term Learning & Recall
• Strategic Thinking
• Teamwork
• Topic‑Specific Communication

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)

• Acts with Compassion
• Analytical Skills
• Application Delivery Process
• Application Design, Architecture
• Application Maintenance
• Application Testing
• Client Focus
• Client/Server Tools
• Crisis Incident Management
• Debugging and Troubleshooting
• Demonstrating Personal Flexibility
• Getting Work Done Through Others
• IT Industry: Trends & Directions
• Innovative Mindset
• Managing Diverse Relationships
• Microsoft Office
• Organizational Skills
• Prioritization
• Product Development Life Cycle
• Relational Database Management
• Relationship Building
• Requirements Elicitation & Analysis
• SQL/SAS
• Software Development Life Cycle
• System Testing
• Technical Communication

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum six (6) years experience working on project(s) involving the implementation of solutions applying development life cycles (e.g., SDLC).
• Minimum four (4) years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, CIS, or related field and Minimum ten (10) years experience in software development or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Four (4) years of development experience with Node.js
• Four (4) years of development experience with Oracle

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

Primary Location: California,Pleasanton,Pleasanton Tech Cntr Building A

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Shift: Day

Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM

Working Hours End: 05:00 PM

Job Schedule: Full‑time

Job Type: Standard

Worker Location: Flexible

Employee Status: Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-IT-01|NUE|Non Union Employee

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Department: KPIT ADMIN - ITO WT SP AND DEL - 9601

Pay Range: $184500 - $238700 / year

Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Work Setting: Flexible

Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.