Sr. Software Engineer (Open to hiring at Lead level)

Wellmark•Des Moines, IA

About The Position

Leads system development and the design of highly complex, efficient, and cost-effective solutions that support Wellmark’s business and Technology initiatives. Serves as a subject matter expert for other engineers, ensuring that solutions align with business expectations and meet Wellmark’s development standards and security requirements. Uses established relationships with Wellmark leaders to consult on engineering and business-process improvements and technology enhancements or capabilities. The role is open to hiring at the Lead level. The position leads engineering for complex programs, coordinates program preparation, coding, testing, and debugging, and develops workflows using emerging technology. It provides technical leadership, coaching, and guidance on research, root-cause analysis, solution implementation, verification, and optimization. The role also coordinates integrations across company resources, participates in project proposals and proof-of-concept work, conducts code reviews, and helps guide enterprise standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or a related field and at least 5 years of development experience, such as Angular, NodeJS, TypeScript, C++, .NET, Java, or SQL; alternatively, 9 years of related and applicable experience.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, accuracy, and high attention to detail.
Experience troubleshooting and developing creative technical solutions, including innovative solutions to complex issues.
Demonstrated experience with software development lifecycle methodologies.
Ability to communicate with and coach or mentor team members while maintaining a positive attitude, staying calm under pressure, being approachable and respectful, and taking responsibility for failures.
Ability to translate the value of the Wellmark as a Service (WaaS) strategy to company strategy when making design and development decisions.
Ability to research and perform root-cause analysis, define problems, recommend and verify solutions, and optimize them using data to support recommendations.
Ability to build relationships and gain support and acceptance from stakeholders.
Ability to communicate key information promptly to appropriate audiences and adjust communication style to suit the audience.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
Excellent organizational skills and strong time-management skills, including meeting established timeframes with little direction while maintaining data and information integrity.
Eagerness to learn, stay current on industry trends, and maintain a continuous-learning mindset.
Ability to collaborate and work as part of a team to accomplish goals and solve problems.
Ability to earn trust and respect from peers, leadership, and stakeholders.
Ability to actively listen, learn, and apply coaching feedback.
Ability to lead, support, and work within a diverse development-team model, including global staffing and crowdsourcing.

Nice To Haves

Experience working within an Agile team environment.
Experience partnering with global staffing vendors to deliver projects.
Working knowledge of Apache Kafka, including topics, partitions, consumer groups, and message-processing patterns.
Experience building streaming and event-driven solutions using Apache Kafka and AWS.
Strong knowledge of AWS cloud services, particularly serverless and event-driven architectures, including AWS Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, SQS, Kinesis, EventBridge, CloudWatch, IAM, and networking and connectivity patterns.
Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK.
Experience using GitHub for source control and implementing CI/CD pipelines.
Strong TypeScript development experience, including building scalable integration services and microservices.
Experience designing and working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server and NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB or MongoDB.
Experience with HROR is highly encouraged.
Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

Lead system development and engineering for highly complex programs.
Coordinate the preparation, coding, testing, and debugging of complex programs, including analysis and development of workflows using emerging technology.
Serve as a subject matter expert in implementing innovative, cost-effective business solutions across applications and systems.
Provide leadership, training, and guidance on information gathering, research, root-cause analysis, problem definition, solution implementation, verification, and ongoing optimization.
Analyze defects to identify root causes and guide others in finding improvement opportunities.
Mentor and problem-solve with other technology areas on solution development and implementation, including use of new or enhanced software and applications.
Coordinate with company resources to integrate products, processes, and complex solutions, providing timely and accurate results and customer service.
Consult with Wellmark leaders on business status, issues, process improvements, and technology enhancements or capabilities.
Participate in project proposals, estimates, and proof-of-concept activities as needed.
Maintain awareness of industry best practices and standards and participate in relevant industry or knowledge groups.
Provide direction for enterprise standards, conduct code reviews, and monitor adherence to standards.
Perform other duties as assigned.