Software Engineering Senior Manager at Cigna in Austin, Texas

Job Description:

We're looking for an experienced Software Engineering Senior Manager within the Cigna Supplemental Benefits (CSB) group to lead and build a team of highly-skilled full stack engineers. In this role we expect you to possess a passion for growing and developing highly technical teams in a geographically distributed, agile organization. If you are passionate about strategic planning, seamless execution, and building a high-performing team then we need you!

Some example responsibilities include:

• Develop and execute upon a technology roadmap in alignment with our operating plan and the vision for organization.


• Hire, manage, coach, and develop a team of full stack engineers with great technical skills, characteristics, and team fit.


• Rolling up your sleeves and getting into the low-level details with the team when needed.


• Define and iterate upon team processes to improve scale and reduce errors.


• Build partnerships with key members within and outside of the CSB organization.

Relevant experience we'd like you to have:

• Proven success as a technical leader, coaching and managing large teams (minimum six years of experience) across more than one office.


• A solid foundation in technology, software development, and system administration allowing you to challenge the team, suggest technical alternatives, and recognize excellence.


• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to business audiences, and to explain business processes, concepts, challenges, and issues to technical resources.


• Problem solving aptitude with strong intellectual curiosity.

Qualifications

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


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


• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.


• Experience with back-end distributed systems.


• A passion for people management and mentorship.


• Experience with the SCRUM methodology for agile software development.


• Prior experience as a software engineer or software development manager.


• 9+ years of software development experience including design patterns, data structures, test driven development utilizing Java, .NET, and full stack JavaScript.

You'll work together with product managers, product owners, analysts, software engineers, and subject matter experts to deliver impactful outcomes to the organization. You'll participate in multiple concurrent high-visibility projects and support occasional ad hoc needs from your internal customers.

You will help drive the major programs of work throughout the team. You'll bring order and focus while leaving room for flexibility and innovation. You'll promote infectious urgency around you, you'll be a mentor, multiplier, influencer, negotiator, and awesome communicator rolled into one.

More about you

You value high-quality work with attention to detail and have a track record of delivering both. You combine curiosity, judgment, and drive, and like asking "why" to unravel a seemingly complex problem and get to the root cause. You engender a collaborative environment where teams work together to solve problems with a positive outlook.

When you encounter a problem you come up with multiple solutions, weigh the tradeoffs and efforts, identify the best path forward, and exercise good judgment to drive ahead. You have experience in change management and turning information and questions into action. You're comfortable interacting with people across all levels of an organization and can field questions during a presentation like a pro.

You can quickly learn and be impactful in new areas to keep pace with our rapid growth and evolution. You can take an ambiguous assignment and deliver value quickly. You employ multiple tools, methods, and techniques to get things done.

About Cigna

Cigna Corporation exists to improve lives. We are a global health service company dedicated to improving the health, well-being and peace of mind of those we serve. Together, with colleagues around the world, 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 us, or one of our subsidiaries, you'll enjoy meaningful career experiences that enrich people's lives. What difference will you make?

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.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.