Senior Software Engineering Manager

ABOUT EVERNORTH: Evernorth℠ exists to elevate health for all, because we believe health is the starting point for human potential and progress. As champions for affordable, predictable and simple health care, we solve the problems others don't, won't or can't. Our innovation hub in India will allow us to work with the right talent, expand our global footprint, improve our competitive stance, and better deliver on our promises to stakeholders. We are passionate about making healthcare better by delivering world-class solutions that make a real difference. We are always looking upward. And that starts with finding the right talent to help us get there.

ABOUT THE ROLE: Software Engineering Senior Manager Position Overview Are you looking for an opportunity to lead an engineering team to engineer modern solutions across a breadth of platforms and technologies supporting a business that's core to Cigna's and Evernorth's strategy We're looking for a leader that will be responsible for leading a shared services and engineering organization within Digital and Data Solutions in our Hyderabad Center to deliver on strategic business capabilities as well as modernize the current solution. This role will be responsible for production support, quality engineering and scrum master practices in the HIH Center for Digital & Data Solutions. As a Software Engineering Senior Manager, you will build and manage a world-class engineering, production support and scrum master team of 50 - 70 resources with the goal of creating next-generation capabilities that will help make Cigna the undisputed health partner of choice. You will work in an agile environment leading a team of software engineers and managers, delivering user-oriented products in a fast–paced environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establish and maintain relationships with internal Digital and Data Solutions customers.
• Find opportunities to drive modernization and scalability of tools, technologies, and techniques.
• Enforce modern delivery practices such as continuous integration, behavior/test-driven development.
• Align engineering initiatives with business objectives and ensure timely delivery.
• Define and drive the technical vision and roadmap for engineering teams.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and manage team strategy:
• Hire and retain strong talent.
• Develop existing talent into full stack engineers.
• Inspire engineering teams to take risks and manage them.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
• Understand Cigna's strategic and competitive position striving to tie team efforts to the same.
• Provide direction regarding technical requirements.
• Responsible for the agile operational excellence of their team members.
• Manage end-to-end delivery of complex projects using Agile methodologies.
• Implement robust CI/CD pipelines (excluding Jenkins; prefer modern tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps).
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and business leaders to prioritize features.
• Communicate technical decisions and trade-offs effectively to non-technical stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 13-18 years of professional experience.
• 4+ years of management experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java and Python for backend and data engineering.
• Experience with Agile.
• Knowledge of Databricks for big data and analytics workflows.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, etc.).
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines using modern tools.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Hands-on experience engineering/developing modern on-prem/cloud solutions.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Ability to focus on delivery tasks and ensuring that teams deliver on commitments.
• Strong proficiency in Java and Python for backend and data engineering.
• Knowledge of Databricks for big data and analytics workflows.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, etc.).
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines using modern tools.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Hands-on experience engineering/developing modern on-prem/cloud solutions.
• Ability to manage teams of teams and work in a heavily matrix environment.
• Proven complex problem-solving skills, working with ambiguity, with an open mind.
• Boundless curiosity to continually explore how to do things better, faster and cheaper.
• An inquisitive and analytical mind to tackle problems with confidence and experience.
• Empathetic technical leadership and talent development.
• Excellent communication, cooperation, and mentoring skills.
• Collaborative voice for solution integrity utilizing best practices and industry standards.
• Robust product management skills and inspiration for quality engineering and production support teams.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT: Evernorth is an Equal Opportunity Employer actively encouraging and supporting organization-wide involvement of staff in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to educate, inform and advance both internal practices and external work with diverse client populations.