[Remote] EIT Engineering Team Lead

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is a healthcare organization seeking an EIT Engineering Team Lead to lead a high-visibility member portal and services initiative. The role combines technical leadership and people management, including guiding engineers, modernizing Node/React platforms, overseeing solution design and code quality, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to improve reliability and member experience.

Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day operations of a team with a focus on the maintenance and development of systems and supervising system modifications
• Assigns, monitors, and reviews progress and accuracy of work. Provides staff management oversight including hiring, promoting, or making recommendations for staff. Conducts performance reviews and assessments, manages performance, engages in skills assessment, and promotes professional development of staff
• Directs, motivates, and develops staff, maximizing their individual contribution, professional growth, and ability to function effectively with their colleagues as a team
• Ensures adherence to policies, plans, objectives, budgets and staffing allocations
• Manages and tracks team-level project details and serves as the technical subject matter expert and provides leadership during periods of transition
• Employees may be required to participate in a weekly on-call rotation

Skills

• Comfortable leading a team for a high-visibility initiative
• Experience leading collaboration across product, engineering, and business stakeholders
• 1+ year of experience leading teams and providing technical mentorship
• Ability to coach team members on applying AI in development workflows
• Technical background in JavaScript / Node / React
• This is a remote, work-from-home position, but the final round of interviews will take place on-site in our Chattanooga, TN office
• Fully remote role with occasional travel for key team events and interviews
• Role includes a formal on-call rotation approximately every 4–5 weeks, with availability for escalations as needed
• Sponsorship not available for this role
• Bachelor's Degree in a Computer Sciences related field or equivalent work experience
• 5 year - Experience with information technology concepts, application development and/or enterprise system maintenance methodology, terminology, and standards required
• 5 years – Systems maintenance and/or programming experience required
• 3 year - Expert working knowledge of at least one programming language and/or one enterprise system in use at BCBST
• Knowledge of information technology concepts, methodology, terminology, and standards
• Proven Skill to develop/or maintain an enterprise IT system
• Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in one or more enterprise IT systems
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Microsoft Office and email skills are required
• Adaptive to high pace and changing environment
• Must be able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical co-workers
• Must be willing to adjust schedule to plan and perform maintenance and upgrades outside of business hours and be part of an on-call rotation
• Offshore collaboration experience preferred
• Experience with GitHub Copilot and Claude preferred

Benefits

• Remote, work-from-home position
• Fully remote role with occasional travel for key team events and interviews

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