Molina Healthcare - Covington, KY
posted 2 months ago
The Lead Engineer, Applications at Molina Healthcare is responsible for designing and building enterprise application systems that align with the company's technology strategy. This role requires a deep understanding of various disciplines within technology, ensuring that solutions are stable, scalable, and secure. The engineer will apply key principles to balance tactical and strategic technology solutions, considering business problems in a holistic manner that includes people, processes, and technology. The position promotes the use of industry and enterprise technology standards and involves monitoring emerging technologies for potential application within the organization. In this role, the Lead Engineer will engage in hands-on software development to meet key business objectives, particularly with Edifecs and .NET technologies. The engineer will lead software and application development methodologies, ensuring adherence to established standards. Responsibilities include designing and developing software applications or systems that address specific business or processing problems, whether for web or mobile platforms. The engineer will gather business requirements and create both conceptual and technical designs for multiple concurrent projects. Additionally, the Lead Engineer will review system capabilities and workflow limitations to assess the feasibility of requested program changes. Conducting peer reviews of other developers' work is essential to maintain quality and standards. The engineer will also be responsible for the quality of deliverables from both themselves and application engineers, participating in evaluations of build versus buy options. Leading architecture and design discussions, providing design and architectural expertise, and supporting application system performance and budgeting are key aspects of this role. The engineer will organize and manage cross-team project tasks and deliverables, ensuring alignment with project methodologies and change management processes. Continuous improvement through constructive feedback on people, processes, and technology is also a critical responsibility.