Engineer Lead Sr, FDE

The Elevance Health Companies, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Merit increases

Paid holidays

Paid Time Off

Incentive bonus programs

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long-term disability

401(k) + match

Stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Wellness programs

Job summary

Elevance Health is seeking an Engineer Lead Sr for the FDE Enterprise Applications & Integration within the Forward Deployment Group. You will lead end-to-end development for large-scale platforms, guiding APIs, data integrations, and modernization efforts.

The role emphasizes collaboration across enterprise teams, mentoring, and driving multi-year technology strategies while maintaining system reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field; 9+ years' experience.
• Experience with APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and enterprise integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead integration of FDG solutions across enterprise applications, APIs, data, identity, and legacy platforms.
• Define pragmatic technical paths through complex application landscapes and enterprise dependencies.
• Build and guide APIs, services, event flows, data integrations, and modernization patterns.
• Partner with federated application teams to create reusable enterprise patterns.
• Lead requirements-gathering meetings and review designs with business stakeholders.
• Oversee on-call support and system monitoring processes.

Skills

APIs

Microservices

Event-driven

Enterprise integration

Java

Python

JavaScript

Legacy modernization

Identity

Data integration

Cloud

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Project leadership

Troubleshooting

Production support

Education

BA/BS in Information Technology or Computer Science

Job description

Engineer Lead Sr, FDE Enterprise Applications & Integration, Forward Deployment Group (FDG)

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

LOCATION: Hybrid 2: This role requires associates to be in-office 3 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.

How you will make an impact

• Lead integration of FDG solutions across enterprise applications, APIs, data, identity, and legacy platforms.
• Define pragmatic technical paths through complex application landscapes and enterprise dependencies.
• Build and guide APIs, services, event flows, data integrations, and modernization patterns.
• Partner with federated application teams and turn recurring integration problems into reusable enterprise patterns.
• 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 teams to increase the presence of web products.
• Anticipates broad technical changes and ensures company technology stays ahead of the curve.
• Prioritizes projects and makes trade-offs for enterprise system changes based on broader business needs.
• Understands the architecture for major areas of the business and can articulate scaling and reliability limits.
• Owns the change request process and coordinates with other teams as necessary.
• Develops and owns the final list of enhancements.
• Defines application scope and objectives and oversees the preparation of technical and/or functional specifications.
• Performs technical design and code reviews.
• Ensures unit and system testing are completed according to requirements and implementation plans.
• Leads delivery of application technology solutions and data/information planning efforts.
• May participate in developing multi-year technology strategies for critical areas of the business across multiple systems.
• Partners with technical and non-technical stakeholders to identify the long-term technical direction of the technology infrastructure.
• Creates architecture and anticipates future technology needs.
• Leads internal conversations on the direction of major technology areas and drives cross-team consensus and adoption.
• Coordinates and manages on-call support and owns the system monitoring process.
• Reviews initiatives for end-to-end impact and coordination.
• Participates in enterprise solution reviews and decision-making.

Minimum Requirements

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

Preferred Skills, Capabilities, and Experiences

• Experience with APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and enterprise integration strongly preferred.
• Experience with Java, Python, JavaScript, or a comparable modern engineering stack strongly preferred.
• Experience with legacy modernization, identity, data integration, cloud, and distributed systems strongly preferred.
• Experience integrating across complex enterprise application environments strongly preferred.
• Experience mentoring others and driving teams to achieve results strongly preferred.
• Experience leading multiple and/or large-scale projects strongly preferred.
• Experience providing troubleshooting and production support strongly preferred.
• Experience working across multiple databases and/or programming languages strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Merit increases
• Paid holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement)
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Short-term disability benefits
• Long-term disability benefits
• 401(k) +match
• Stock purchase plan
• Life insurance
• Wellness programs
• Financial education resources

Job Level: Non-Manager Exempt NAIM Access Workshift: 1st Shift (United States of America) Job Family: IFT > Engineering/Dev

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 following form: Accessibility Accommodation Request Form and a member of the team will be in contact.

Elevance Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans.