Engineer Lead Sr.

Elevance Health; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevance Health is seeking an Engineer Lead who will drive end-to-end development and maintenance of large, enterprise-wide platforms. The role focuses on architecture, requirements gathering, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions.

You will champion technical direction, oversee design reviews, and ensure delivery aligns with business objectives. The position emphasizes leadership, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement within a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Requires a BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field, and a minimum of 9 years experience.
• Experience with multi dimensional platforms and both business and technical applications.

Responsibilities

• Maintains active relationships with customers to determine business requirements and reviews designs with the business.
• Leads efforts with Web and marketing teams to increase the presence of web products.
• Prioritizes projects and makes trade-offs for enterprise systems changes.
• Owns the change request process and coordinates with other teams as necessary.
• Develops and defines application scope and supervises technical specifications.

Skills

Mentoring teams

Lead multiple projects

Troubleshooting supports

Multi database experience

Healthcare industry knowledge

Event-driven architecture

API-first design

Distributed systems

Docker/Kubernetes familiarity

Cloud platforms & infra automation

CI/CD & DevOps

Spring Boot/.NET/Node.js/React/Angular

Java/C#/Python/JS/TS/Go

Education

BA/BS in IT/CS or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Azure Service Bus

AWS SNS/SQS

SQL Server

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

DynamoDB

Cosmos DB

Cassandra

Spring Boot

.NET

Node.js

React

Angular

Java

C#

Job description

Enterprise Tech and Platforms

Schedule: 8AM-5PM EST

Hybrid 1: This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace.

Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

• Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Engineer Lead Sr. is responsible for leading the end to end application system development and maintenance on large complex enterprise wide technology platforms.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Maintains active relationships with customers to determine business requirements, leads requirements gathering meetings and reviews designs with the business.
• Leads efforts with Web and marketing team to increase the presence of web products.
• Anticipates broad technical change and ensures that company technology stays ahead of the curve.
• Prioritize projects and make trade-offs with respect to the enterprise systems changes based on broader business needs.
• Understands the entire architecture for a major part of our business and is able to articulate the scaling and reliability limits.
• Owns the change request process and coordinates with other teams as necessary.
• Develops and owns list of final enhancements.
• Develops and defines application scope and objectives and supervises the preparation of technical and/or functional specifications from with programs will be written.
• Performs technical design reviews and code reviews.
• Ensures unit test is completed and meets the test plan requirements, system testing is completed and system is implemented according to plan.
• Responsible for delivery of application technology solutions and data information planning effort.
• May participates in developing the multi-year technology strategy for critical areas of the business that may encompass multiple systems.
• Partners with technical and non technical stakeholder to identify the long term technical trajectory of the technology infrastructure.
• Creates architecture and anticipates future technology needs.
• Leads the conversations internally about the direction of major areas of the technology, drives wide-team consensus to the adoption of this direction, and uses this direction when engaging engineers.
• Coordinates and manages on-call support and owns the system monitoring process.
• Reviews and monitors initiatives for end to end impact and coordination.
• Participates in review and decision making for enterprise solutions.

Minimum Requirements

• Requires a BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study, and a minimum of 9 years experience; experience with multi dimensional platforms, and business and technical applications required; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities, And Experiences

• Experience mentoring others drive teams to achieve results, lead multiple or large projects and provide troubleshooting supports strongly preferred.
• Multi database and/or multi language strongly preferred.
• Experience in health care industry strongly preferred.
• Experience with monolithic, layered, service-oriented, and microservices architectures.
• Knowledge of event-driven architecture, API-first design, and distributed systems and understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, or infrastructure automation is preferred.
• Experience with message brokers or event platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, or AWS SNS/SQS.
• Experience with relational databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, or MySQL and testing frameworks such as JUnit, NUnit, xUnit, Jest, PyTest, or similar.
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, or Cassandra.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience with software development frameworks such as Spring Boot, .NET, Node.js, React, Angular, or similar.
• Programming skills in Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and/or Go.

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process should submit the Accessibility Accommodation Request Form and a member of the team will be in contact.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

Prospective employees required to be screened under Florida law should review the education and awareness resources at HB531 | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.