Manager, Engineering Mobile Applications
Mountlake Terrace, WA - USA
Job Summary
Workforce Classification:
HybridJoin Our Team: Do Meaningful Work and Improve Peoples Lives
Our purpose to improve customers lives by making healthcare work better is far from ordinary. And so are our employees. Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare.
Premera is committed tobeinga workplace where people feel empowered to grow innovate and lead with purpose. By investing in our employees and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous developmentwereable to better serve our commitment that has earned us recognition as one of the best companies to work for.Learn more about our recent awards and recognitions as a greatest workplace.
Learn how Premera supports our members customers and the communities that we serve through our Healthsource blog: an Engineering Manager at Premera you will lead a team of mobile engineers responsible for architecting delivering and supporting highquality mobile applications that serve both our customers and internal users. You will combine strong people leadership with technical depth to drive reliable secure and customercentric mobile solutions in a regulated healthcare environment.
This is a hybrid role located on our campus in Mountlake Terrace Washington.
What Youll Do
Hire mentor coach and lead a team of mobile engineers delivering iOS and Android applications built with React Native aligned to both short and longterm business goals.
Own delivery and operational excellence for consumerfacing and internal mobile applications with accountability for reliability performance security and user experience.
Guide the team across the full mobile application lifecycle from ideation and design through development testing release and ongoing support.
Mature Mobile DevSecOps practices including CI/CD pipelines automated testing secure code scanning and app store release automation.
Champion modern mobile engineering practices such as componentbased architecture automated testing configuration as code and consistent release processes to improve quality and time to market.
Lead with a strong customer focus ensuring mobile experiences are intuitive accessible performant and aligned to user needs across platforms.
Drive data-driven culture using mobile telemetry analytics crash reporting performance monitoring and operational metrics.
Partner closely with Product UX Solution Architecture Security Platform and Operations teams to align priorities and deliver outcomes.
Identify and execute technical priorities including platform upgrades dependency management OS compatibility and technical debt reduction.
Act as a technical and business leader contributing to vendor selection RFPs and vendor management related to mobile platforms and tooling.
Ensure adherence to Premeras Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Agile practices and engineering standards with a strong emphasis on security privacy and compliance.
This role does not require daytoday coding but does require strong technical depth to guide and step into a sprint to unblock the team with pull request reviews comments suggestions and helping reach delivery and own engineering decisions.
What Youll Bring
Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in computer science or a related field or 4 years of equivalent experience in information technology.
6 years of experience in application development or engineering including prior team or program leadership experience.
Proven experience leading mentoring and developing highperforming engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Handson experience delivering mobile applications using React Native.
Production experience building and supporting iOS and Android applications including app store publishing and lifecycle management.
Proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript mobile architecture patterns and state management.
Experience integrating mobile applications with backend APIs and cloudbased services.
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred; AWS or Google Cloud acceptable).
Familiarity with mobile CI/CD pipelines automated testing frameworks and release management.
Experience working in large-scale regulated enterprise environments.
Experience partnering with security architecture and infrastructure teams.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Deep expertise in mobile application architecture including React Native performance optimization and crossplatform tradeoffs having successfully launched applications on both iOS and Android stores.
Handson experience building and operating applications in cloud and hybrid environments leveraging public cloud platforms (Azure AWS Google) and modern hosting models (PaaS IaaS containers).
Strong understanding of DevSecOps practices with experience implementing CI/CD and secure delivery pipelines.
Proven ability to use metrics and analytics to inform technical decisions and drive business outcomes.
Experience delivering customercentric products in an Agile environment partnering closely with product UX solution architecture and business stakeholders.
Demonstrated success in planning prioritization and execution balancing workloads while delivering highquality results.
Proven capability to manage budgets vendors and partners effectively.
Strong communicator and collaborator able to operate across teams and at all levels of the organization including senior leadership.
Demonstrated ability to build retain and scale highperforming engineering teams
Premera total rewards
Our comprehensive total rewards package provides support resources and opportunities to help employees thrive and grow. Our total rewards are more than a collection of perks theyre a reflection of our commitment to your health and well-being. We offer a broad array of rewards including physical financial emotional and community benefits including:
Medical vision and dental coverage with low employee premiums.
Voluntary benefit offerings including pet insurance for paw parents.
Life and disability insurance.
Retirement programs including a 401K employer match and believe it or not a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.
Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents including counseling services stress management programs and mindfulness programs just to name a few.
Generous paid time off to reenergize.
Looking for continuing education We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries team accomplishments and more.
For our hybrid employees our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources networking opportunities and team engagement.
Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.
Free convenient on-site parking.
Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.
Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events coffee connects disaster preparedness fairs and more.
Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.
Need a brain break Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.
Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action:
Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability marital status veteran status gender or gender identity sexual orientation genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera please contact Premera Human Resources via email at or via phone at .
The pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including but not limited to a candidates geographic location market conditions and specific skills and experience.
The salary range for this role is posted below; we generally target up to and around the midpoint of the range.
National Plus Salary Range:
$135600.00 - $230500.00*National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska.
Were happy to discuss compensation further during the interview because we believe that open communication leads to better outcomes for all. Were committed to creating an environment where all employees are celebrated for their unique skills and contributions.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Premera Blue Cross is a leading health plan in the Pacific Northwest, providing comprehensive health benefits and tailored services to approximately 1.9 million people, from individuals to Fortune 100 companies. The company offers innovative health and wellness solutions focused on qu ... View more