Engineering Tech Lead Senior

Elevance Health•Atlanta, GA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Engineering Tech Lead Senior leads end-to-end application system development and maintenance on large, complex, enterprise-wide technology platforms. The role develops and maintains Java-based enterprise applications and microservices, builds frontend components, and integrates user interfaces with backend services. It also guides application architecture, technical direction, system reliability, and coordination across teams and stakeholders. The position works with business customers to gather requirements, review designs, prioritize changes, and define application scope and objectives. It oversees technical and code reviews, testing, implementation planning, change requests, and enhancement lists. The role may contribute to multi-year technology strategies, leads consensus on technology direction, and coordinates on-call support and system monitoring. This is a hybrid role requiring associates to work in an office one to two days per week. Candidates must live within reasonable commuting distance of a posting location unless an accommodation is granted. The position is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, and at least 9 years of experience; alternatively, an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Multidimensional platform experience and expert-level experience with business and technical applications.
The role is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

8 to 10 years of hands-on software engineering development experience, including design, development, architecture, and technical leadership.
Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST, microservices, JPA/Hibernate, ORM frameworks, and frontend development using Angular or React with TypeScript.
Hands-on experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and core DevOps practices.
Practical exposure to integrating AI/ML components into enterprise solutions, such as predictive models, automation tools, or generative AI integration.
Experience evaluating AI frameworks and implementing model inference pipelines, embedding AI into microservices, and using vector stores, APIs, or cloud AI services.

Responsibilities

Develop, enhance, and maintain enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, REST APIs, and microservices.
Implement ORM/JPA/Hibernate models and integrate applications with relational or NoSQL databases.
Build, optimize, and troubleshoot microservices, including inter-service communication and API orchestration.
Participate in converting monolithic applications to microservices-based architectures.
Build responsive, high-performance UI components using JavaScript or TypeScript with Angular or React.
Integrate user interfaces with backend services while ensuring security, usability, and reliability.
Maintain active customer relationships to determine business requirements; lead requirements-gathering meetings and review designs with the business.
Lead efforts with Web and marketing teams to increase the presence of web products.
Anticipate technical changes and help ensure company technology stays current.
Prioritize projects and make trade-offs for enterprise system changes based on broader business needs.
Understand and articulate the architecture, scaling limits, and reliability limits for a major part of the business.
Own the change request process and coordinate with other teams as needed.
Develop and own the list of final enhancements.
Define application scope and objectives and supervise preparation of technical or functional specifications.
Perform technical design reviews and code reviews.
Ensure unit testing meets test plan requirements, system testing is completed, and systems are implemented according to plan.
May participate in developing multi-year technology strategy for critical business areas spanning multiple systems.
Partner with technical and non-technical stakeholders to identify the long-term technical trajectory of technology infrastructure.
Create architecture and anticipate future technology needs.
Lead internal discussions on the direction of major technology areas, build broad team consensus, and apply that direction when engaging engineers.
Coordinate and manage on-call support and own the system monitoring process.
Review and monitor initiatives for end-to-end impact and coordination.
Participate in review and decision-making for enterprise solutions.