Senior Engineering Leader, Cloud & Platform Delivery

Blue Shield of CA; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA seeks a Sr. Manager, Engineering to lead and scale multiple teams delivering complex services and cloud-native applications.

You will drive architecture, standards, and execution discipline to ensure secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions across enterprise platforms. The role requires deep expertise in modern software engineering, cloud architectures, DevOps and SRE practices, with a focus on secure development and observability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED with 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• 8 years of progressive technology experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or related disciplines.
• 4 years of prior people management experience supervising technical teams.
• Experience leading multiple teams, platforms, products, or technology domains with delivery accountability and stakeholder management.
• Strong knowledge of modern software engineering, cloud architecture, DevOps, SRE, automation, APIs, secure development, and tech lifecycle management.
• Ability to shape engineering practices and drive CI/CD, observability, secure development, and scalable architecture.
• Experience modernizing enterprise platforms, reducing technical debt, and maintaining secure technologies.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and interact with management levels.
• Budget management, vendor management, contracts, and technology roadmaps preferred.
• Strong communication skills for translating technical concepts to senior audiences.
• Experience supporting large-scale technology delivery in healthcare, cloud-native, or platform-based environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a team responsible for designing and delivering complex services, integrations, and cloud-native applications.
• Ensure strategy, structure, talent, standards, and execution discipline to deliver secure, scalable and maintainable solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across management levels to align programs with business goals.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Vendor management

Communication

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Healthcare domain knowledge

CI/CD adoption

Stakeholder management

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

CI/CD

Observability

APIs

Job description

Blue Shield of CA seeks a Sr. Manager, Engineering to lead and scale multiple teams delivering complex services and cloud-native applications.

You will drive architecture, standards, and execution discipline to ensure secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions across enterprise platforms. The role requires deep expertise in modern software engineering, cloud architectures, DevOps and SRE practices, with a focus on secure development and observability.