Vice President, Developer Experience

Centene is transforming the health of our communities one person at a time. As an Executive on our team, you could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members.

Position Purpose:

Responsible for embedding enterprise architecture and performance & reliability into delivery through modern engineering practices. Leads the enablement of DevSecOps, AIOps, platform engineering, and CI/CD capabilities, ensuring that delivery teams are empowered with the tools, processes, and talent models needed to execute with speed, quality, and agility.

• Lead the enterprise-wide adoption of DevSecOps, AIOps, MLOps, and CI/CD practices.
• Drive the evolution of delivery models, team topologies, and platform engineering capabilities.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Service Intelligence & Reliability Engineering to translate strategic designs into executable delivery patterns.
• Improve developer experience through tooling, automation, and streamlined workflows.
• Establish governance and best practices for secure, scalable, and efficient software delivery.
• Collaborate with Service Intelligence to ensure operational excellence post-deployment.
• Define and track metrics for delivery velocity, quality, and platform performance.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and engineering excellence.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Education/Experience:

Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

Pay Range: $223,200.00 – $422,900.00 per year

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual’s skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act