Manager, Engineering - Mobile Applications

** Workforce Classification:*
* Hybrid

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As an  
** Engineering Manager at Premera** , you will lead a team of mobile engineers responsible for architecting, delivering, and supporting high‑quality mobile applications that serve both our customers and internal users. You will combine strong people leadership with technical depth to drive reliable, secure, and customer‑centric mobile solutions in a regulated healthcare environment.

** This is a hybrid role, located on our campus in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.*
* ** What You'll Do*
* + Hire, mentor, coach, and lead a team of mobile engineers delivering iOS and Android applications built with  
** React Native** , aligned to both short‑ and long‑term business goals.

+ Own delivery and operational excellence for consumer‑facing and internal mobile applications, with accountability for  
** reliability, performance, security, and user experience** .

+ Guide the team across the full mobile application lifecycle, from ideation and design through development, testing, release, and ongoing support.

+ Mature  
** Mobile Dev Sec Ops
** practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, secure code scanning, and app store release automation.

+ Champion modern mobile engineering practices such as component‑based architecture, automated testing, configuration as code, and consistent release processes to improve quality and time to market.

+ Lead with a strong  
** customer focus** , ensuring mobile experiences are intuitive, accessible, performant, and aligned to user needs across platforms.

+ Drive data-driven culture using mobile telemetry, analytics, crash reporting, performance monitoring, and operational metrics.

+ Partner closely with  
** Product, UX, Solution Architecture, Security, Platform, and Operations
** teams to align priorities and deliver outcomes.

+ Identify and execute technical priorities including platform upgrades, dependency management, OS compatibility, and technical debt reduction.

+ Act as a technical and business leader, contributing to vendor selection, RFPs, and vendor management related to mobile platforms and tooling.

+ Ensure adherence to  
** Premera's Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC)** , Agile practices, and engineering standards, with a strong emphasis on security, privacy, and compliance.

+ This role does not require day‑to‑day coding but does require strong technical depth to guide and step into a sprint to unblock the team with pull request reviews, comments, suggestions and helping reach delivery, and own engineering decisions.

** What You'll Bring*
* ** Required Qualifications*
* + Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or  
** 4 years of equivalent experience
** in information technology.

+  
** 6+ years of experience
** in application development or engineering, including prior team or program leadership experience.

+ Proven experience leading, mentoring, and developing high‑performing engineering teams.

** Preferred Qualifications*
* + Hands‑on experience delivering mobile applications using  
** React Native** .

+ Production experience building and supporting  
** iOS and Android
** applications, including app store publishing and lifecycle management.

+ Proficiency with  
** JavaScript/Type Script** , mobile architecture patterns, and state management.

+ Experience integrating mobile applications with backend…