Sr. Manager, Technical Engineering

Job Description
Your Role
The Platform Engineering team is a technology innovation team focused on our Internal Development platform and related solutions. The Senior Manager, Platform Engineering will report to the Senior Director, Developer Experience. In this role you will Mentor and lead a consolidated effort to modernize our classic technical stack into a streamlined, highly self-service platform. You will also drive innovation with a well-considered "build vs buy" approach. Apply AI centric solutions as a force multiplier embedded throughout your teams. Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Responsibilities
Your Work
In this role, you will:

• Provide day-to-day oversight of a team of cloud engineers and managers
• Lead highly collaborative engagements cross functionally with engineers and leaders across the organization
• Invoke an "Everything As Code" philosophy for all strategic initiatives
• Provide code-first mentorship within your team and the broader organization
• Collaborate with peer organizations to design consensus-based engineering solutions
• Focus on platform stability and cost responsibility within your team
• Drive operational efficiency and technical excellence by leveraging well known success practices and industry standards.
• Champion AI augmented development patterns within your team.

Qualifications
Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, management information system, or equivalent experience
• Requires at least 10 years of relevant experience
• Requires at least a minimum 4 years of experience managing divers functional technical teams
• Full stack competency in at least one OOP programming language (JAVA, Python, .NET, etc)
• Prefers at least 5 years of experience working within one of the three primary Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Prefers at least 5 years of experience working with container technologies and supporting tools (i.e. Docker, Podman, Kubernetes)
• Prefers at least 5 years of experience with IAC and Configuration Management tools

About The Team
About Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies
Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors.

Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company.

Stellarus' vision is to empower its customers to create a healthcare experience that is worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus' objective is to offer innovative, modern, scalable solutions that challenge the health care status quo. This very closely aligns with Blue Shield of California's vision by using innovation to improve quality, affordability, and experience for members.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values:
At Stellarus, our core values of agility, trust, drive, courage and service shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.

Our Workplace Model:
At Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies, we believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. As we continue to evolve our workplace model, our focus remains on creating spaces where our people can connect with purpose – whether working in the office or through a hybrid approach – by providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce.

Two Ways of Working:

• Hybrid (Default): Work from a business unit-approved office at least two (2) times per month (for roles below Director-level) or once per week (for Director-level roles and above).Exceptions:
• Member-facing and approved out-of-state roles remain remote.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from their assigned offices are expected to work with their managers on a plan for periodic office visits.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.
• On-Site: Work from a business unit-approved office an average of four (4) or more days a week.

Physical Requirements:
Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.