Senior Engineering Manager, Cloud Platform (Hybrid)

Blue Shield of CA; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will shape engineering practices, drive CI/CD and observability initiatives, and ensure secure, scalable architectures across domains. The role requires 8+ years in technology with 4+ years in management, strong communication, and experience in regulated healthcare environments.

Qualifications

• 8 years of progressive technology experience in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related disciplines.
• 4 years of prior people management experience with direct responsibility for supervising and evaluating technical teams.
• Experience leading multiple teams, platforms, products, or technology domains with accountability for delivery and stakeholder management.
• Strong knowledge of modern software engineering, cloud architecture, DevOps, SRE, automation, APIs, secure development, and technology lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated ability to shape engineering practices and drive CI/CD, observability, and scalable architecture practices.
• Experience modernizing enterprise platforms or applications, reducing technical debt and improving operational resilience.
• Ability to manage multiple complex workstreams and interact with all levels of management.
• Experience with budget management, vendor management, contracts, and technology roadmaps preferred.
• Strong communication skills to translate technical concepts for senior and cross-functional audiences.
• Experience supporting large-scale technology delivery in regulated healthcare, cloud-native, or platform-based environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design and delivery of complex services, integrations, cloud-native applications, and enterprise tech capabilities.
• Ensure teams have strategy, structure, talent, standards, and execution discipline for secure, scalable, reliable, and maintainable solutions.
• Lead governance and champion best practices in CI/CD, observability, and secure development across multiple teams.
• Interact with senior management and stakeholders to align roadmaps, budgets, and resource planning.
• Foster collaboration across teams, manage priorities, and drive delivery outcomes.

Skills

Software engineering

Platform engineering

Cloud architecture

DevOps

Site Reliability Engineering

CI/CD

Observability

Secure development

APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED

Job description

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

You will shape engineering practices, drive CI/CD and observability initiatives, and ensure secure, scalable architectures across domains. The role requires 8+ years in technology with 4+ years in management, strong communication, and experience in regulated healthcare environments.