Principal Engineer - FDE

The Elevance Health Companies, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevance Health seeks a Principal Engineer - FDE to drive end‑to‑end application technology for enterprise platforms. You will work with business and technology stakeholders to shape architecture, define requirements, and oversee design reviews, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives across multiple products.

You will lead technical initiatives, champion standards, and guide teams through architecture, deployment, and production readiness, embedding security and observability throughout

Qualifications

• Requires a BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field and a minimum of 11 years experience.
• Translating business problems into working production solutions from architecture through deployment and stabilization.

Responsibilities

• Establish the overall applications architecture vision across multi-product environments.
• Recommend new technology solutions aligned with enterprise objectives.
• Define business requirements with stakeholders.
• Oversee development and delivery of technical and/or functional specs.
• Lead architectural design reviews to ensure solutions meet business needs.
• Guide IT Business Transformation architecture strategy and vision.
• Ensure security, privacy, compliance, and observability are embedded from day one.
• Create reusable enterprise capabilities from field delivery learnings.

Skills

Architectural design

Stakeholder collaboration

Technical leadership

Security & compliance

Cloud & data

Education

BA/BS in IT or CS

Job description

Position Title

Principal Engineer - FDE

Hybrid

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.

Job Description

The Principal Engineer - FDE works with the business and technology stakeholder's on the development and delivery of end to end application technology products and services for enterprise wide technology application platforms that are aligned to the organizations strategic objectives and initiatives.

How you will make an impact

• Works with stakeholders to establish the overall applications architecture vision and ensures specific components are appropriately designed and leveraged in a multi-product environment.


• Recommends new technology solutions and products are delivered to stakeholders and align with enterprise strategic objectives.


• Collaborate with stakeholders and technology to define business requirements.


• Oversee the development and delivery of technical and/or functional specifications.


• Oversee the technical design reviews and testing to architectural technologies for application solutions and products meet business requirements.


• Leading and define the overall application system technology and architecture, development.


• Assesses the compatibility and integration of solutions and products.


• Works with IT to lead IT Business Transformation application architecture strategy and vision.


• Provides continuous consulting services and direction on projects.


• Champions and responsible for architectural standards, guidelines, principles, frameworks, and reference models.


• Collaborate with all stakeholders to define architectures for new strategic initiatives as well.

Minimum Requirements

Requires a BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study, and a minimum of 11 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, driving teams to achieve results, leading multiple and/or large complex technical projects, and providing troubleshooting support.


• Multi database and/or multi language.


• Experience owning the end-to-end technical mission—translating an ambiguous business problem into a working production solution, from architecture and rapid prototyping through integration, testing, deployment, and stabilization.


• Hands‑on technical leader—designing and building across AI, applications, APIs, data, cloud, and legacy platforms while guiding other FDEs and federated engineering partners.


• Experience engineering trust and production readiness from day one—embedding security, privacy, compliance, evaluations, observability, human oversight, and reliability into the solution rather than treating them as late‑stage approvals.


• Experience turning field delivery into reusable enterprise capability—converting mission learnings into reusable components, integration patterns, evaluation packs, development standards, and platform backlog enhancements that make subsequent missions faster and less expensive.

Job Level

Non-Management Exempt

Workshift

Job Family: IFT > Engineering/Dev

Company Policy

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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

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.

NOTE: Workday keeps job postings active through 11:59:59 PM on the day before the listed end date. Example: If the end date is 3/13, the posting will automatically come down on 3/12 at 11:59:59 PM. In other words — the job is posted until 3/13, not through 3/13.

Previously known as Anthem, Inc., we have evolved into a company focused on whole health and updated our name to better reflect the direction the company is heading.

Join our Talent Community and stay connected with company news, information, and future job opportunities. Fueled by our bold purpose to improve the health of humanity, we are transforming from a traditional health benefits organization into a lifetime trusted health partner.Our nearly 100,000 associates serve approximately 100M+ people, at every stage of health. We address a full range of needs with an integrated whole health approach, powered by industry-leading capabilities and a digital platform for health.

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. 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 Please visit the Contract Worker Community Page. Elevance Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans.