Software Engineering Senior Manager at Cigna

As a Software Engineering Senior Manager within Global Solutions Group you will be responsible for design and implementation of microservices driven solutions for domestic and international digital applications. Develop a technical strategy and delivery roadmap for the organization including technology, development, deployment, security, and operational support practices. Provide guidance to the delivery teams and mentor API developers. Oversee team's performance and financials; focusing on growth and development on an individual basis. The candidate needs to be an accomplished software engineer with prior experience designing for scalability, performance, and security. The candidate needs to have prior experience managing people and budget. You will be a liaison between multiple development teams, enterprise architecture and customer facing areas (such as Product Owners, PMs, etc.) and will set technical and operational direction for the organization by researching and recommending best practices and frameworks to keep the department current on relevant technology in the marketplace. You will guide the delivery team by setting priorities, defining and enforcing best practices, code reviews, and lead proof-of-concept efforts to meet business and IT commitments on time and on budget. Provide solutions to both tactical and strategic commitments bringing value to the customers and business stakeholders. You will be a key consultant to business unit and IT management and staff at the highest technical level on all phases of application development at Cigna.

How you'll make a difference

Serve as a technical leader of a team building enterprise-grade solutions using established engineering best practices.

Work with various technology guilds, software engineering teams, and domain experts to build highly scalable engineering solutions.

Manages planning and delivery of a software delivery platform team

Provide hands on technical leadership to the team, including own code contribution.

Drive and facilitate innovation within the team.

Lead and contribute expertise to activities associated with defining engineering requirements, determining technical feasibility, forecasting (time, cost, complexity), and best practices to avoid pitfalls and mistakes.

Participate in planning to achieve technical and business alignment with team, leadership chain, and with customers.

What you should have

Technology enthusiast

Able to influence software engineers, app developers, as well as principals and IT leaders on technical direction/decisions.

Deep hands-on technical expertise in cloud based distributed software design and development.

Experience designing software architectures for scalability, reliability, security, and performance.

Prior experience as a software developer.

7+ years of software development experience including design patterns, data structures, test driven development utilizing Java, Spring, Kotlin, Swift, full stack JavaScript.

Experience with the SCRUM methodology for agile software development.

Must be a current contractor with Cigna or Express Scripts

Preferred Qualifications

Development experience in REST APIs and micros services

Experience with the AWS serverless platform is highly preferred (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SNS, Kinesis).

Deep knowledge of computer science concepts pertaining to algorithmic complexity and distributed/parallel computing.

Experience with managing people.

Experience with mentoring other engineers.

Experience with BigData is a plus.

DevOps mindset and experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Gitlab-CI, etc)

Experience working with container-based solutions (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS, etc)

About Cigna

Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) is a global health service company dedicated to improving the health, well-being and peace of mind of those we serve. We offer an integrated suite of health services through Cigna, Express Scripts, and our affiliates including medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related products. Together, with our 74,000 employees worldwide, we aspire to transform health services, making them more affordable and accessible to millions. Through our unmatched expertise, bold action, fresh ideas and an unwavering commitment to patient-centered care, we are a force of health services innovation.

When you work with Cigna, you'll enjoy meaningful career experiences that enrich people's lives while working together to make the world a healthier place. What difference will you make? To see our culture in action, search #TeamCigna on Instagram.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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