Engineering Manager

Connect for Health Colorado • Denver, CO

just now • Remote

About The Position

Connect for Health Colorado is a public, non-profit entity established by the Colorado General Assembly in 2011 to create a health insurance Marketplace. Since 2013, we’ve been helping individuals, families, and small employers compare plans, apply for financial help, and buy health insurance. As Colorado’s official health insurance marketplace, we are the only place to apply for financial help to lower the monthly cost of premiums. Customers can shop online; get help by phone or online chat from Customer Service Center representatives; and access expert help from a statewide network of certified Brokers and community-based Assisters. Our mission is to increase access, affordability, and choice for individuals and small employers purchasing health insurance in Colorado. For more information: ConnectforHealthCO.com

Position Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to help lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers to build and enhance our state-of-the art, high-availability, containerized cloud products. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on technical capability, clear technical vision, and the ability to effectively leverage AI-assisted development and emerging technologies to improve engineering productivity, quality, and accelerate delivery. This role requires excellent project management and communication skills, along with a strong drive to achieve results in a dynamic, collaborative environment. Reporting to the Director of Software Engineering, this role is responsible for designing, delivering, supporting, and monitoring the performance of the Connect for Health Colorado digital products. They will also collaborate closely with product management, architecture, security, infrastructure, and other key stakeholders.

Requirements

• Colorado resident.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business Administration, Mathematics or a directly related field and/or equivalent years of work experience.
• A total of 7 or more years of experience in application and software systems development as a leader and/or as an individual contributor.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools to drive improvements in engineering productivity, customer experience, or operational effectiveness.
• At least 2 years of experience with cloud computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• 3+ years leading application developers and engineers. Experience leading teams across multiple geographies preferred.
• Strong experience in full-stack development and best-practice web-based application frameworks. Proficiency in Angular, Spring Boot / Java, Message Queue, PL/SQL, and REST services in a cloud-based, automated, and containerized microservices architecture.
• Experience with developing solutions that take advantage of AWS/Cloud services.
• Experience working in an Agile environment required; DevSecOps experience preferred.
• Experience with architecting and developing applications that support zero-downtime deployments.
• Strong knowledge of the software engineering principles, methods, and tools for analyzing and developing software test and evaluation procedures.
• Proven track record of delivering complex software features to required timelines with high-quality results. Your teams have a culture of continuous improvement and a “get things done” attitude.
• Experience managing both offshore and onshore teams that are geographically dispersed.
• Experience managing a mix of FTE and contracting resources.
• Experience leading teams in which developers support their code in production in an on-call rotation.
• Ability to work within a very fast-paced, quickly evolving organization, managing multiple complex priorities and responding effectively to change.
• The candidate must be a committed team player with exceptional interpersonal, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with health insurance marketplace and/or public welfare eligibility systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on development across our core tech stack, including Java, Spring Boot, Angular, RESTful microservices, and message queues.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and other stakeholders to define engineering requirements and lead solution design for new features, enhancements, and platform initiatives.
• Develop sufficient product and domain understanding to effectively support solution design and engineering decisions, particularly in complex, regulated environments such as health insurance marketplace.
• Grow, lead, inspire, and actively listen to a team of engineers; promote strong engineering practices and continuous learning.
• Manage and promote professional development for team members as well as advocate for team needs and growth opportunities.
• Drive continuous improvement across engineering processes, development workflows, automation, and operational reliability.
• Provide estimates and assessments for proposed development efforts and support roadmap planning.
• Participate in development directly, conduct code reviews, and ensure adherence to coding standards, design principles, and best practices
• Support multiple projects simultaneously. Projects span across teams, including other product domains, security, compliance, and customer experience enhancement.
• Support and lead engineers through production emergencies and incident management, ensuring strong post-incident learning and remediation.
• Leverage AI-assisted software development tools (preferably GitHub Copilot) to improve productivity, code quality, and development speed.
• Stay current with industry trends, engineering practices, emerging technologies, and identify opportunities to apply them.

Benefits

• Connect for Health Colorado offers a competitive benefits package.
• Employees are offered a robust benefits package and may elect from various offerings to tailor a package best suited to their individual needs.
• Connect for Health Colorado employees are eligible to participate in the organization’s 403(b) plan and are additionally provided with paid time off, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees