Zelis

Senior Director, Product Engineering

Zelis

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Kentucky • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AngularAWSCloudJavaScriptRubyRuby on Rails

About the role

  • Foster a collaborative, inclusive engineering culture that values diverse perspectives and continuous learning
  • Provide coaching and mentorship to managers and senior engineers, strengthening leadership depth and team effectiveness
  • Support organizational priorities through thoughtful talent planning, development, and retention strategies
  • Partner with leadership to reinforce a culture of accountability, transparency, and engagement
  • Translate enterprise and product strategy into clear engineering priorities, roadmaps, and deliverables
  • Partner closely with Product and Architecture to deliver scalable, customer-centric solutions
  • Drive adoption of modern engineering practices and technologies to improve speed, quality, and reliability
  • Ensure strong alignment across platform and service teams to deliver cohesive, integrated capabilities
  • Establish and maintain engineering standards, processes, and metrics to drive consistent, high-quality delivery
  • Optimize team performance through data-driven insights, continuous improvement, and effective resource allocation
  • Promote cross-functional collaboration to ensure seamless execution across Technology, Product, and business partners
  • Support operational rigor across global teams, ensuring effective delivery across time zones

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in Product and/or Data Engineering, with 5+ years leading teams, including managing managers
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field required; Master’s degree preferred
  • Strong familiarity with technologies aligned to our stack (e.g., Ruby on Rails, C#, Angular, JavaScript, AWS, caching and persistence technologies)
  • Proven experience leading distributed teams and delivering complex, scalable systems
  • Demonstrated ability to drive execution of technical initiatives and support organizational change
  • Demonstrated understanding of cloud utilization and total cost of tech ownership
  • Proven track record with legacy app modernization and performance optimization
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Product EngineeringData EngineeringRuby on RailsC#AngularJavaScriptAWScaching technologiespersistence technologieslegacy app modernization
Soft Skills
collaborationcoachingmentorshipleadershipaccountabilitytransparencyengagementcontinuous improvementcross-functional collaborationdata-driven insights
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree