Software Engineer (Open to hiring at the Senior Software Engineer Level)

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Why Wellmark : We are a mutual insurance company owned by our policy holders across Iowa and South Dakota, and we’ve built our reputation on over 80 years’ worth of trust. We are not motivated by profits. We are motivated by the well-being of our friends, family, and neighbors–our members. If you’re passionate about joining an organization working hard to put its members first, to provide best-in-class service, and one that is committed to sustainability and innovation, consider applying today!

Why Wellmark Technology?  Wellmark is building innovative, modern solutions using cutting edge technology. We are driving organizational transformation and business strategy by empowering our technology team to innovate new and elegant solutions to enhance the customer experience. Together, we are leaning into the future, owning the outcome, and driving organizational change to transform how we work.

Job Description

This role will partner with our Platform Engineer and broader engineers in support of Wellmark’s Marketing technology platform, which utilizes AWS service-based solutions and SaaS products to deliver enterprise-class capabilities, such as Content Management, Digital Asset Management, Customer Journey Personalization, Customer Journey Analytics, and Workflow Management.

As a (Senior) Software Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring the Marketing technology platform meets business needs and adheres to technology standards. Your responsibilities will include infrastructure development and automation, environments strategy and management, platform reliability and scalability, CI / CD pipeline management, release management, security and compliance management, system monitoring and incident response, and platform evolution and innovation.

Job Leveling Note :  This role can be filled at the Software Engineer or Sr Software Engineer level depending on work experience, skills, and demonstrated ability.  We invite you to apply whether you have the minimum experience required described below or if you have much more experience!

Qualifications

Preferred :

• Experience with Adobe Experience Manager, specifically Edge Delivery Services
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Experience working within an Agile team environment
• Proficiency in Node.js and server-side JavaScript
• Knowledge of AWS services design patterns, CDK a plus
• Understanding of web performance optimization techniques
• CI / CD and Unit Testing

Required :

Additional Information

a. Provide development and / or production support for key software applications and systems. Define, analyze, estimate, develop, test, implement, document, and maintain programs and systems that meet business requirements.

b. Contribute to solutions architecture deliverables and decisions, through interpretation of architectural diagrams as inputs to the design deliverable. Apply the reference architecture, contribute to reusable assets, and produce technical specifications sufficient for development teams.

c. Partner and problem-solve with the UX team in the development of solutions that improve the user experience, pass minimum accessibility or usability criteria.

d. Work to resolve technical problems for on premise, cloud native, and hybrid applications and solutions.

e. Support the gathering of information, necessary research needed for root cause analysis, problem definition and formulation, solution implementation, verification, and ongoing optimization. Provide analysis of defects to find root cause.

f. Provide recommended solution(s) that promote successful delivery of business project objectives or production support objectives and support benefits realization.

g. Identify issues and think through challenges in the form of options and solutions. Partner with others to identify resolutions to known issues, impacts to project or production outcomes if not resolved, and determine when to escalate when necessary.

h. Communicate and provide regular updates and key information in a timely manner to leadership as well as the appropriate stakeholder audience. Collaborate and work as a team to accomplish goals and / or solve problems.

i. Other duties as assigned.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

The policy of Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is to recruit, hire, train and promote individuals in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation due to a disability at any stage of the employment application process should contact us at careers@wellmark.com

Please inform us if you meet the definition of a "Covered DoD official".

At this time, Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO : F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please refer to the following resources : Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants