CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield · 10 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$113K/yr - $225K/yr
8+ years expCareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to perform complex analysis, design, development, and testing of software applications. The role involves leading a team of engineers, managing technical resources, and ensuring compliance with development standards while mentoring junior developers.
Health CareNon ProfitService Industry
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead a team of software engineers in the design, development, and implementation of multiple applications. Performs and leads the detail technical design, coding, code review and testing of new applications and enhancements of existing applications. Serves as a subject matter expert for specified systems and their subsequent applications. Develop and/or analyze interface design documentation. Comply with hardware and software systems standards and procedures. Deliver large systems for tens of thousands of users. Ensures compliance to the dev/sec/ops practices and policies. Understanding of architectural practices and design
Identifies gaps in requirements and solves problems for the supporting staff. Identifies sequencing of services and technologies that are integrated in later phases of the project. Leads the evaluation of risk and opportunity impacts to existing or proposed projects/programs and implements risk mitigation actions. Develops ways to improve performance and increase system availability. Provides recommendations to infuse new technology. Compile, assess, and report data results from software testing and analysis
Supports the Project Manager as the technical team lead on the project. Estimates the technical costs of projects for clients and project managers. Confers with clients to identify requirements and determine desired outcomes to formulate the design of the system or offer alternatives. Demonstrated experience with front-end and back-end programing and integration frameworks and tools. Assist in the estimation of development of application features
Leads software design and development teams. Identifies, analyzes, defines, and coordinates user, customer, and stakeholder needs and translates them into technical requirements. Manages technical resources (hardware, software, licenses, and services). Plans and leads transformation initiatives to new software architectures. Extend open-source libraries and systems as necessary to meet the needs of the team. Play a crucial role in product scoping and roadmap / architecture discussions. Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices. Ensure code quality, deployment standards and practices. Mentoring junior developers
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science OR in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience
8 years Software design and development on a Mainframe Platform in Cobol, software test and evaluation
Experience with JCL, and Mainframe source control and deployment, such as Changeman or similar
Experience with Mainframe tools such as Topaz, IBM Developer, Expedite, or similar
Works closely with Architects, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Value Stream Managers to provide insight into delivering business value and meeting objectives
Decomposes functional and technical requirements into project activities and tasks and provides conceptual design, prototype, and test cycles appropriate to a chosen technical solution
Identifies technical risks and develops mitigation strategies; introduces and recommends industry best practices and standards for the project
Evaluates and assists in the selection and procurement of hardware and software technologies and serves as a mentor for junior developers
Works with stakeholders as well as technical and analytical counterparts to define constraints and develop requirements and concept of operations documentation
Knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure)
Knowledge of database technologies (e.g. IBM DB2, cloud, SQL, Oracle, Mongo DB, PostgreSQL, etc.)
Fundamental knowledge of software engineers' best practices, agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines
Knowledge of test-first practices including Test-Driven Development (TDD) for unit tests and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for automated acceptance tests
Strong experience with Deployment/Continuous Integration/ Continuous Testing/ Continuous Delivery processes and tools and have expertise in CI/CD tools and framework
Experience with deploying a global application and configuration management
Reviewing the work of other developers and providing feedback
Ability to communicate technical requirements to all levels of expertise
Proficient in establishing and maintaining good working relationships
Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC)
Proficient with integrating complex and/or existing systems
Knowledge of programming languages on Mainframe and distributed computing platforms. (e.g. JAVA, COBOL, JCL, etc.)
Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence
Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Various incentive programs/plans
401k contribution programs/plans
Company
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
CareFirst. It’s not just our name. It’s our promise.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Ja'Ron Bridges
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
Doba Parushev
Vice President, Healthworx Ventures
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