Staff Software Engineer Sr.

• Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

• Maintains active relationships with customers to determine business requirements and leads requirements gathering meetings.
• Leads requirements gathering meetings and reviews designs with the business.
• Lead vendor technical evaluations and integration efforts where applicable.
• Mentor engineers and provide advanced troubleshooting and technical guidance.
• Lead end-to-end system architecture, technical design, and implementation across enterprise platforms.
• Leads efforts with Web and marketing team to increase the presence of web products.
• May implement improvements in stability, performance, and scalability across major business-critical systems.
• Drive improvements in stability, performance, scalability, and resiliency of business-critical systems. May implement process to reduce barriers and roadblocks in projects, services, and processes in order to operate more efficiently.
• Perform and lead code reviews, design reviews, and ensure adherence to engineering best practices.
• Owns the change request process and coordinates with other teams as necessary.
• Partner with business stakeholders, product, and strategy teams to deeply understand customer problems and translate them into scalable technical solutions.
• Design, build, and maintain front-end and back-end applications and cloud-native services.
• Lead end-to-end system architecture, technical design, and implementation across enterprise platforms.
• Ensure comprehensive unit, integration, and system testing; oversee successful production implementation.
• Responsible for delivery of application technology solutions and data information planning effort.
• Coordinates and manages on-call support and owns the system monitoring process.
• Own the technical delivery lifecycle from design through deployment and production support.
• Own system monitoring, operational readiness, and on-call coordination.

• Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 7 years related experience; multi platform, and multi-dimensional experience required, as well as experience with business and technical applications; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

• Experience mentoring others and provide troubleshooting support strongly preferred.
• Multi database and/or multi language strongly preferred.
• Strong backend or full-stack engineering background, with hands-on proficiency in Python .
• Hands on proficiency JavaScript/TypeScript , and familiarity with frontend frameworks such as React and Node.js .
• Experience with modern backend development stack including: Git, GCP and/or AWS, Docker and Kubernetes, Relational and non-relational databases, Monitoring and alerting tools.
• Experience delivering integration solutions in healthcare environments.
• Strong understanding of healthcare data standards and security requirements (HIPAA, HL7, FHIR).
• Leadership expereince.
• Experience building and operating highly available, cloud-native system and driving architectural modernization initiatives.
• Proficiency with modern AI-assisted / agentic development tools (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) to improve engineering productivity and quality.

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact View email address on us.fitly.work for assistance. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act