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What we need

At Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, we have an exciting opportunity for an energetic, passionate, and accomplished Senior Manager of Software Engineering. This is a hands-on leadership role for a "player-coach" who will lead a team of talented engineers while remaining deeply involved in the technical work. Reporting to the Director, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of reliable and scalable digital technology solutions that provide a highly personalized and engaging customer experience.

This position is eligible for the Flex persona.

Your Day to Day

Lead, mentor, and inspire the engineering teams dedicated to the MyBlue member portal and mobile applications, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

Develop and execute a strategic technical vision and roadmap for the Digital platform, aligning with the company's digital member to experience objectives.

Drive the architectural design, development, and implementation of new features and enhancements for Digital, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and secure.

Partner closely with product management, UX/UI design, and business stakeholders to define the Digital roadmap and deliver an exceptional and seamless user experience for our members.

Oversee the entire software development lifecycle for the Digital platforms, from concept and design to deployment and maintenance, utilizing agile methodologies.

Ensure the operational excellence of the Digital ecosystem, including managing incident response, improving monitoring capabilities, and guaranteeing platform performance and uptime.

Manage budgets, resources, and timelines for all Digital engineering projects to ensure they are delivered on time and within scope.

Stay at the forefront of emerging technologies and digital trends, championing their adoption to innovate and enhance the Digital platforms.

Establish and enforce engineering best practices, including code reviews, security standards, and QA automation, to improve the overall quality of the Digital applications.

We're Looking for:

Deep hands-on experience architecting, solutioning, developing, and delivering mobile and/or web-based applications (Angular, React Native, REST API with Apigee and SpringBoot)

Experience with Agile methodology, web/mobile testing tools, deployment, and configuration management tools (DevSecOps), and secure infrastructure management

Experience in a public and private secure cloud environment, preferably AWS. Familiarity with PaaS.

Experience in collaborating with technology vendors and research providers to solution new business capabilities

Excellent analysis skills and the ability to develop document processes and methodologies.

Extensive experience in forging relationships across technical & business resources and leveraging networks

Ability to align with leadership direction and provide recommendations to optimize technology to deliver business value quickly with quality

Ability to coach, mentor, and influence resources inside and outside of direct span of control

Experience with the following technologies:

Mobile Development: Android Native, iOS Native

Web Technologies: Content Management systems as Drupal, Content Delivery Networks like Akamai or F5

API and Security: Gateway security like F5

DevOps and Cloud: Confluent Kafka

Databases: Relational, Object-Oriented, NoSQL, InMemory

Performance and Monitoring: Performance testing tools (LoadRunner, JMeter, Gatling), Performance monitoring and Observability (Splunk Observability, New Relic), AWS Monitoring (CloudWatch, Performance Insights), Debug and analysis tools (Splunk, Log Rocket), and BrowserStack.

What You Bring:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a management or leadership role where you remained actively technical.

A proven track record of leading and managing high-performing engineering teams to deliver high-quality software.

A strong technical background with experience in a variety of technologies, including cloud platforms (AWS), programming languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python), and modern web technologies.

Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.

Strong business acumen and the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.

What You'll Gain:

It is our mission at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to foster a culture that enables associates to do their best work while living happy and healthy lives. That's why we offer you a variety of ways to support your best physical, emotional, financial, and social well-being. For more information on our benefit offerings, visit

https://careers.bluecrossma.org/us/en/benefits

WHY Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA?

We understand that the confidence gap (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-confidence-gap/359815/) and imposter syndrome (https://www.braintreepayments.com/blog/overcoming-imposter-syndrome/) can prevent amazing candidates coming our way, so please don't hesitate to apply. We'd love to hear from you. You might be just what we need for this role or possibly another one at Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be brilliant. We encourage you to bring us your true colors, , your perspectives, and your experiences. It's in our differences that we will remain relentless in our pursuit to transform healthcare for ALL

As an employer, we are committed to investing in your development and providing the necessary resources to enable your success. Learn how we are dedicated to creating an inclusive and rewarding workplace that promotes excellence and provides opportunities for employees to forge their unique career path by visiting our Company Culture (https://careers.bluecrossma.com/work-culture) page. If this sounds like something you'd like to be a part of, we'd love to hear from you. You can also join our Talent Community (https://careers.bluecrossma.org/us/en/jointalentcommunity?applyType=JTC) to stay "in the know" on all things Blue

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Minimum Education Requirements:

High school degree or equivalent required unless otherwise noted above

LocationBostonTime TypeFull time

Salary Range: $163,800.00 - $200,200.00

The job posting range is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs and affordability.

This job is also eligible for variable pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and a suite of well-being benefits to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

WHY Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA?

As an employer, we are committed to investing in your development and providing the necessary resources to enable your success. Learn how we are dedicated to creating an inclusive and rewarding workplace that promotes excellence and provides opportunities for employees to forge their unique career path by visiting our Company Culture (https://careers.bluecrossma.org/us/en/culturepage) page. If this sounds like something you'd like to be a part of, we'd love to hear from you. You can also join our Talent Community (https://careers.bluecrossma.org/us/en/jointalentcommunity?applyType=JTC) to stay "in the know" on all things Blue.

At Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, we believe in wellness and that work/life balance is a key part of associate wellbeing. For more information on how we work and support that work/life balance visit our "How We Work (https://careers.bluecrossma.org/us/en/how-we-work) " Page.

Voted as the highest in member satisfaction among Massachusetts commercial health plans by JD Power , Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is a community-focused, tax-paying, not-for-profit health plan headquartered in Boston. We have been a market leader for over 75 years, and are consistently ranked among the nation's best health plans. Our daily efforts are dedicated to effectively serving our 2.8 million members, and consistently offering security, stability, and peace of mind to both our members and associates.

Our Commitment to You

We are committed to investing in your development and providing the necessary resources to enable your success. We are dedicated to creating a refreshing and rewarding workplace that promotes excellence and provides opportunities for employees to forge their unique career path. We take pride in our diverse, community-centric, wellness-focused culture and believe every member of our team deserves to enjoy a positive work-life balance.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is an Equal Employment Employer - veterans/disability. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts's legal duty to furnish information.

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