Senior Engineering Leader – Cloud & Platform (Hybrid)

Blue Shield of CA; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Sr. Manager of Engineering to lead multiple teams responsible for designing and delivering complex services, integrations, and cloud-native applications.

You will ensure teams have the strategy, talent, and execution discipline to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable solutions. Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in technology, 4+ years of people management, and strong knowledge across modern software engineering, cloud, CI/CD, and secure development.

Qualifications

• 8 years of progressive technology experience in software/ platform/ infrastructure engineering 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.

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, reliable solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and leadership to align roadmaps and investments.

Skills

People management

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud architecture

CI/CD

Observability

Secure development

Automation

Stakeholder management

Technical delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Sr. Manager of Engineering to lead multiple teams responsible for designing and delivering complex services, integrations, and cloud-native applications.

You will ensure teams have the strategy, talent, and execution discipline to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable solutions. Ideal candidates bring 8+ years in technology, 4+ years of people management, and strong knowledge across modern software engineering, cloud, CI/CD, and secure development.