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Blue Shield of California · 14 hours ago

Director, Systems Integration and Innovation

California, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

15+ years exp

Blue Shield of California is seeking a Director of Systems Integration and Innovation to lead a high-performing engineering team focused on core system development and healthcare integrations. This senior leadership role involves establishing engineering standards, driving innovation, and ensuring compliance while collaborating with various stakeholders to translate technical solutions into business outcomes.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build, lead, and scale a high performing software engineering and innovation team. Success will be measured through cost savings, delivery quality, and improved speed to market

Establish and maintain deep expertise in Facets architecture, APIs, batch processes, extensions, data publishing, and the ancillary systems (example: HPXR, TCS, NetworX, CMU, etc.). This knowledge will enable long term platform stability and modernization

Provide hands-on technical leadership across modern technology stack including C#, Oracle, SQL Server, Kafka, Business Object, Angular, Node.js, and Python. This role will guide systems integration decisions and mentor senior engineers and technical leads

Lead the design, development, enhancement, and remediation of APIs, interfaces, extensions, and system/product upgrades. All solutions must meet enterprise standards for scalability, security, and maintainability

Define and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and SDLC governance across teams. These practices will ensure consistent, high-quality delivery in a regulated healthcare environment

Drive innovation through automation, reusable frameworks, and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled engineering tools. Innovation initiatives should produce measurable improvements in productivity and operational efficiency

Partner closely with product, architecture, operations, and business stakeholders to translate roadmap priorities into technical solutions. Strong collaboration and executive communication skills are critical to this role

Recruit, develop, and retain top-tier engineering talent to support long-term insourcing and transformation goals. This role is expected to build a culture of accountability, learning, and technical excellence

Establish formal knowledge transfer and documentation practices to preserve institutional and system knowledge

Ensure high availability, performance, security, and regulatory compliance of mission-critical platforms. This role includes proactive identification and mitigation of technical and operational risks

Act as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on systems modernization, vendor strategy, and technical debt reduction. Recommendations should be data driven and aligned with enterprise objectives

Foster an innovation driven, results oriented culture that emphasizes ownership, quality, and continuous improvement. Leadership behaviors should model collaboration and disciplined execution

Define, track, and communicate success metrics related to cost savings, delivery performance, and innovation outcomes. Executive ready reporting will be required to demonstrate progress and impact

Qualification

Facets architectureC#SQLKafkaAPIsAngularNode.jsPythonSDLC governanceDevOps practicesAutomationChange managementLeadershipCommunication

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered

15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, systems integration, or platform development. Inclusive of 10+ years of experience leading and scaling high-performing software engineering teams

Deep, hands-on experience with Facets architecture, APIs, extensions, batch processing, and data publishing

Deep hands-on experience with integrating Facets with external systems such as Salesforce and Pega

Deep hands-on experience with Facets ancillary systems such as HPXR, TCS, and NetworX

Expert level proficiency in C#, SQL, Kafka, Business Objects, and at least two modern programming frameworks or languages (Angular, Node.js, Python)

Demonstrated success modernizing legacy platforms and managing technical debt in complex, regulated environments

Strong understanding of SDLC governance, DevOps practices, and enterprise engineering standards

Experience driving automation, reusable frameworks, and AI-enabled engineering and delivery solutions

Ability to partner effectively with product, architecture, and executive stakeholders to deliver business outcomes

Excellent executive communication, leadership, and change management skills in large scale transformation initiatives

Company

Blue Shield of California

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Blue Shield of California is a health insurance service provider.

Founded in 1939

San Francisco, California, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.blueshieldca.com

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