Engineering Manager

Team you will be joining: QMARS

Our team is charged with maintaining and improving the software at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that supports the Quality Management and Review Systems (QMARS) program. QMARS online case management system supports the CMS Beneficiary and Family-Centered Care (BFCC) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program.  The QIO program is one of the largest federal programs dedicated to improving healthcare quality for Medicare beneficiaries across the country.  Our teams will continuously strive to modernize these systems while improving them in ways that reduce provider burden and minimize costs to CMS.  We do this through HCD and Service design practices, product thinking, and skilled engineering.  At Bellese, we’re relentlessly focused on enabling and empowering providers to focus on improving the quality and safety of patient care.

Security Clearance Requirements

• US Citizenship or Green Card only - we do not offer Sponsorship
• US Residency for at least the past 3 years
• Able to meet the requirements to hold a position of Public Trust, including successful completion of a US Government background investigation
• Disclaimer: Medical or recreational marijuana use is considered illegal at the federal level, regardless of state laws allowing such, and may affect your ability to obtain Public Trust. See article

Work that matters, with perks that deliver. Discover how Bellese Technologies invests in you through a benefits suite that makes every day better

• Remote First, Remote Only Culture
• Four weeks paid time off yearly (prorated based on start date for the first year)
• 10 paid floating company holidays
• Flexible schedule
• Work from home setup including a Macbook 
• Collaborative, learning environment
• Medical, dental, and company-paid vision insurance
• Optional HSA account with some medical plans and a company contribution
• Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance coverages
• Company paid short and long term life insurance
• Optional critical illness and accident insurance
• 401K plan with 3% safe harbor contribution
• Wellness resources and virtual care
• Perks Plus employee discounts

You will like it here if

• You foster a collaborative ethos, driven by the mission to deliver exceptional customer service to clients. You are passionate about Healthcare and changing the healthcare landscape. You’re an out of the box thinker, always striving to know the “why” when it comes to building solutions. You excel in a team-oriented, remote-first environment characterized by mutual respect and open communication. Your adaptability and ability to navigate challenges ensure your success in any situation.

Responsibilities, Required Skills & Experience:

• In this role, you will act as a hands-on technical leader, dedicating approximately 75% of your time to driving the QMARS ecosystem roadmap, overseeing system architecture, and ensuring long-term code health through deep-dive technical guidance and code reviews. The remaining 25% is focused on high-impact people management, mentoring engineers, and fostering a high-performance culture.
• Able to move beyond basic automation to implement and evangelize a high-maturity CI/CD methodology (not just Jenkins scripts, but a philosophy of flow). You will be responsible for the "Developer Experience," ensuring pipelines are fast, reliable, and integrated with automated testing and security.
• Able to rapidly learn the QMARS product and CMS client nuances to act as a bridge between technical execution and mission goals, identifying where analytics and modern engineering can reduce provider burden. Free up ICs to do the work, not represent the work.
• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing organization of 20+ engineers, building clear career pathways and fostering a culture of technical excellence across multiple functional pods.
• Ability to quickly synthesize how disparate parts (AWS, Pega, Analytics, DevOps) interact to form a cohesive system, rather than managing them as silos.

Preferred Experience:

Government contracting at multiple federal agencies, but especially CMS. Experience navigating the "why" behind government requirements, with the ability to influence the client on technical direction based on a deep understanding of their specific domain.
Direct experience or deep familiarity with the Pega ecosystem, specifically the transition to Constellation (React-based architecture) and how it integrates with external cloud services.