Software Engineer (Open to hiring at the Sr. Software Engineer Level)

Wellmark, Inc. • Des Moines, IA

3h • Hybrid

About The Position

Join a high‑impact engineering team supporting Wellmark’s Public Exchange and Medicare Advantage business. As a (Senior) Software Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping and evolving our business development technology platform—ensuring it is reliable, scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards. You will work closely with product partners, architects, and fellow engineers to design and deliver modern solutions across infrastructure, automation, data integration, environment strategy, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and platform innovation. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex problem spaces, enjoys working across on‑premise and cloud ecosystems, and brings both technical depth and collaborative leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related field of study and at least 1 year of software development experience (ex. Angular, NodeJS, TypeScript, C++, .NET, Java, SQL) OR 5+ years of related and applicable experience.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills. Accuracy and high attention to detail. Previous experience troubleshooting and developing creative technical solutions.
• Strong ability to gather information, perform necessary research needed for root cause analysis, problem definition and formulation, recommend solution implementation, verification, and ongoing optimization, using data to support recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships to reach outcomes that gain the support and acceptance of all parties. Ability to communicate key information in a timely manner to the appropriate stakeholder audience with the ability to adjust communication style that will best suit the audience.
• Ability to communicate with and coach/mentor team members, while setting an example in maintaining a positive attitude, staying calm under pressure, being approachable, and respectful and taking responsibility when needed.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment with changing priorities. Excellent organizational skills. Strong time management skills with the ability to set and meet established timeframes with little direction, while assuring data and information integrity.
• Eagerness to learn and stay current on industry trends and have a continuous learning mindset.
• Ability to collaborate and work as a team to accomplish goals and/or solve problems. Ability to earn trust and respect from peers, leadership, and stakeholders. Ability to learn by actively listening and applying coaching feedback.
• Ability to support and work within a diverse development team model including global staffing, crowd sourcing, etc.

Nice To Haves

• This role will support two teams at times. With that in mind, we are looking for someone with full-stack engineering (MEAN) experience as well as ETL/Data Engineering experience.
• Angular, NodeJS, Typescript, SQL, MongoDB, Jest, AWS – SQS, Lambda, ECS, EC2, Batch, EventBridge, Cloudwatch, S3, SNS. Having AWS CDK experience.
• Expertise in ETL workflows using Informatica PowerCenter for building ETL workflows and data integrations.
• Hands-on experience with Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS) for cloud-based data integration and ETL processes.
• Proficient in ETL performance tuning, including optimizing job performance and resource usage.
• Proficiency in working with SQL Server, Amazon Redshift, and Teradata for data warehousing, integration, and reporting.
• Expertise in database performance tuning, including query optimization and indexing strategies.
• Strong understanding of data modeling techniques: normalization, denormalization, and designing star and snowflake schemas
• Understanding and implementation of data governance best practices and ensuring data quality throughout the ETL process.
• Proficiency in data profiling and data validation to ensure data accuracy and completeness.
• Experience working within an Agile team environment.
• Experience partnering with global staffing vendors to deliver on commitments
• Proficiency in version control systems (Git)

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Partner and problem-solve with the UX team in the development of solutions that improve the user experience, pass minimum accessibility or usability criteria.
• Work to resolve technical problems for on premise, cloud native, and hybrid applications and solutions.
• 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.
• Provide recommended solution(s) that promote successful delivery of business project objectives or production support objectives and support benefits realization.
• 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.
• 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.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees