Software engineering manager Jobs in Kansas City, MO

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A Little About Us

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience for all by providing a connected platform that bridges the gaps and aligns interests across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. This platform serves more than 750 payers, including the top 5 national health plans, BCBS insurers, regional health plans, TPAs and self-insured employers, and millions of healthcare providers and consumers. Zelis sees across the system to identify, optimize, and solve problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts-driving real, measurable results for clients.

A Little About You

You bring a unique blend of personality and professional expertise to your work, inspiring others with your passion and dedication. Your career is a testament to your diverse experiences, community involvement, and the valuable lessons you've learned along the way. You are more than just your resume; you are a reflection of your achievements, the knowledge you've gained, and the personal interests that shape who you are.

Position Overview

Zelis Healthcare seeks a visionary, engaging, and results-oriented leader who wants to join a healthcare company and become part of an exciting Information Technology team. The Manager, Software Engineering will lead a global delivery team with end to end accountability and responsibility for developing and maintaining new and innovative products to support the continued growth of Zelis as part of our Platform Engineering team.

The Manager will exercise keen operating discipline to ensure that best in class software development practices and procedures are used to develop products including (1) adherence to robust architectural patterns that support the dimensions of scalability, reliability, extensibility, and reuse (2) application of coding standards that support the dimensions of quality, reliability and optimized Total Cost of Ownership. The supported production setting is a highly secured, high volume, 24x7 transactional environment. The Manager will be responsible for leading multiple development teams and coordinating the related Quality Assurance efforts.

This role will work cross functionally across Zelis and partner with teams within Technology and Business Operations to develop : Technology Roadmaps, Sizing Estimates and Delivery Schedules. The Manager will have deep functional expertise in delivering software solutions in a healthcare or financial services setting. The complexity of this position requires a leadership approach that is engaging, imaginative and collaborative. He / She will have a sophisticated ability working with other leaders to align, set and deliver corporate priorities.

What You'll Do

Lead and manage a team of software developers, providing mentorship and guidance.

Oversee the entire software development lifecycle, from planning and design to implementation and deployment.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, QA, and operations, to ensure successful project delivery.

Drive continuous improvement in development processes, tools, and methodologies.

Ensure the team adheres to best practices in coding, testing, and documentation.

Manage project timelines and resource allocation.

Provides proactive leadership, coaching, clarity of direction and career growth development to the Payments technology staff associates. Additionally, takes ownership and accountability for Great Place to Work employee survey results and strives to develop an environment that is truly a great place to work.

Partners with Human Resources / People Operations and Technology leadership team to develop people priorities and plans, that align with technology strategies. Continually looks for innovative and meaningful solutions to the recruitment, development and retention of the technology workforce.

Leverages influencing and negotiation skills across Technology and the enterprise to achieve business goals, cost-effective and innovative shared solutions.

What You'll Bring to Zelis

8+ years of application programming experience in a Microsoft environment developing applications in .NET / SQL Server along with in-depth experience in designing and implementing Service Oriented Architecture(s).

Experience with Visual Studio to write C# code and Git

Experience working in Agile development methods such as Scrum.

People leadership preferred; position will lead a team of 4-6 software engineers

Preferred industries : Financial Services; Banking, Payment Processing,

CI / CD & DevOps, Cloud platform, APIs development experience helpful

Experience working with offshore development teams helpful

Bachelor's or Master's Degree preferred

Location and Workplace Flexibility

We have offices in Atlanta GA, Boston MA, Morristown NJ, Plano TX, St. Louis MO, St. Petersburg FL, and Hyderabad, India. We foster a hybrid and remote friendly culture, and all our employee's work locations are based on the needs of the position and determined by the Leadership team. In-office work and activities, if applicable, vary based on the work and team objectives in accordance with Company policies.

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience by providing a connected platform that bridges the gaps and aligns interests across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. This platform serves more than 750 payers, including the top 5 national health plans, BCBS insurers, regional health plans, TPAs and self-insured employers, and millions of healthcare providers and consumers. Zelis sees across the system to identify, optimize, and solve problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts - driving real, measurable results for clients.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity,Inclusion, and Belonging

At Zelis, we champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in all aspects of our operations. We embrace the power of diversity and create an environment where people can bring their authentic and best selves to work. We know that a sense of belonging is key not only to your success at Zelis, but also to your ability to bring your best each day.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Zelis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, even if you do not believe you 100% fit the qualifications of the position, including women, LGBTQIA people, people of color, and people with disabilities.

Accessibility Support

We are dedicated to ensuring our application process is accessible to all candidates. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require a reasonable accommodation with any part of the application and / or interview process, please email [email protected].

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