Senior Engineering Leader: Cloud & Platform Delivery

Blue Shield of CA; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Stellarus is seeking a Sr. Manager, Engineering to lead a team delivering complex services, cloud-native apps, and enterprise capabilities.

You will ensure strategy, structure, talent, standards, and execution discipline to deliver secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions. The role requires strong people and execution leadership with technical depth to guide major decisions, resolve risks, and support modernization.

Qualifications

• 8 years of progressive technology experience in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, enterprise engineering, engineering management, technical delivery, or related disciplines.
• 4 years of prior people management experience with direct responsibility for supervising, coaching, and evaluating technical teams.
• Experience leading multiple teams, platforms, products, or technology domains with accountability for delivery, people leadership, operational outcomes, and stakeholder management.
• Strong knowledge of modern software engineering, platform engineering, cloud architecture, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, automation, AI enablement, APIs, secure development, and technology lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated ability to shape engineering practices, improve consistency across teams, and drive adoption of CI/CD, observability, secure development, operational reliability, and scalable architecture practices.
• Experience modernizing enterprise platforms or applications, reducing technical debt, improving operational resilience, and maintaining secure, supportable technologies.
• Ability to manage multiple complex workstreams, prioritize across competing demands, and interact effectively with all levels of management.
• Experience with budget management, vendor management, contracts, investment planning, resource planning, and technology roadmaps preferred.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to translate technical concepts, tradeoffs, risks, and investment needs for senior and cross-functional audiences.
• Experience supporting large-scale technology delivery in complex, regulated, healthcare, cloud-native, or platform-based environments preferred.]
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Responsibilities

• Lead and shape engineering practices across teams to deliver reliable platforms and services.
• Guide major technical decisions, reduce risks, and support modernization efforts.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, Platform, Infrastructure, and leadership to align priorities and drive outcomes.

Skills

People leadership

Cloud & software architecture

DevOps & CI/CD

Security & compliant engineering

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget & vendor management

Technical problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field

Job description

Stellarus is seeking a Sr. Manager, Engineering to lead a team delivering complex services, cloud-native apps, and enterprise capabilities.

You will ensure strategy, structure, talent, standards, and execution discipline to deliver secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions. The role requires strong people and execution leadership with technical depth to guide major decisions, resolve risks, and support modernization.