Senior Software Engineer Enterprise Data Services

Wellmark is seeking two talented Software Engineers to join the Enterprise Data Services Team within Information Products. In this role you will design and deliver high-performing scalable software solutions that support Wellmarks evolving data and technology ecosystem.  

You will lead complex systems analysis and contribute to the development testing and optimization of applications that are efficient reliable and cost-effective. Working with a modern engineering environment you will collaborate closely with engineers and cross-functional partners to build and enhance platform capabilities using microservices architecture automated testing and CI/CD practices.  

As a Senior Software Engineer you will help drive the adoption of engineering best practices and emerging technologies while partnering across teams to deliver solutions aligned to business needs. You will also build strong relationships and contribute to technology enhancements and process improvements that enable data-driven decision-making across the organization.  

What You Will Help Build  
The Enterprise Data Services team is responsible for shaping how data is ingested structured and made accessible across the organization. You will contribute to the evolution of Wellmarks enterprise data lakehouse and the platforms that power scalable data-driven solutions across technology teams.  

Key areas of focus include: 

• Enterprise data platforms: Services and pipelines that enable reliable data ingestion transformation and access across systems and domains. 
• Modern microservices architecture: Scalable event-driven services and APIs that support real-time and batch data processing. 
• Data enablement capabilities: Platforms that make high-quality trusted data accessible for analytics applications and decision-making.  
• Engineering excellence: Automated testing CI/CD pipelines and best practices that improve quality performance and delivery speed 
• Cross-team collaboration: Solutions built through partnership with internal teams and external resources within a diverse delivery model.  

Qualifications :

Preferred:  

• Hands-on engineering experience building backend services cloud infrastructure and enterprise-grade APIs or microservices including RESTful and event-driven 
• Experience designing and delivering reusable platform capabilities shared services SDKs templates or internal developer enablement patterns that accelerate delivery across multiple teams. 
• Experience with AWS technologies such as CDK Lambda Step Functions Bedrock S3 SNS SQS EventBridge DynamoDB MongoDB Aurora/Postgres EC2/ECS CloudWatch Glue AWS Batch and API Gateway.  
• Expertise in AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) or comparable infrastructure-as-code frameworks including authoring testing and maintaining reusable constructs and patterns.  
• Experience designing and implementing secure compliant solutions in regulated environments such as HIPAA SOC2 or similar including authentication authorization data protection audit logging and policy enforcement. 
• Experience implementing automated testing strategies across unit integration and end-to-end levels and hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Enterprise Actions or similar tools.  
• Exposure to real-time data pipelines streaming integrations or event-driven data processing. 
• AWS certifications such as Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect are a plus. 
• Prior experience in health insurance healthcare financial services or other regulated industries.  
• Experience participating in proof-of-concepts hackathons stakeholder demos or innovation initiatives.  
• Strong innovation mindset resourcefulness and ability or interest in mentoring/coaching others. 
• Demonstrated ability to approach complex technical challenges with creativity and resourcefulness leveraging strong problem-solving skills.  
• Experience working within an Agile team environment.  

Required: 

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science MIS or related field of study and at least 2 years of software development experience (ex. Angular NodeJS TypeScript C .NET Java SQL) OR 6 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. Ability to provide innovative solutions to complex issues. 
• Demonstrated experience in software development lifecycle methodologies. 
• Big picture thinker with the ability to translate the value of the WaaS strategy to company strategy when making design and development decisions. 
• Demonstrated 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 and best practices. 
• 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 for failures. 
• 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 lead support and work within a diverse development team model including global staffing crowd sourcing etc. 

Additional Information :

a. Provide high-level analysis and implementation of innovative efficient and cost-effective business solutions for multiple platforms while utilizing information technology business and industry trends. 

b. Guide other engineers in the design development code testing debugging and resolution of issues that utilize emerging technology and meet and exceed Wellmarks evolving business needs. 

c. Provide advanced support in the gathering of information necessary research needed for root cause analysis problem definition and formulation solution implementation verification and ongoing optimization. Ensure analysis of defects to find root cause and guide others in the identification of potential improvement opportunities.  

d. Mentor guide and problem-solve with other technology areas in the development and implementation of solutions including how to use new or enhanced software/applications. 

e. Use data and cost measures (AWS infrastructure labor etc.) to influence timely decisions build consensus and take actions to successfully deliver project or production support objectives and support benefits realization. Identify known issues impacts to project or production outcomes if not resolved and escalate as necessary.  

f. Build relationships with Wellmark leaders and acts as consultant on business status issues process improvements and technology enhancements or capabilities. 

g. Participate in project proposals estimates and proof-of-concept activities as needed. 

h. Maintain awareness of industrys best practices and standards and proactively participates in industry/knowledge reference groups relative to role. 

i. Other duties as assigned. 

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

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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Wellmark supports and expects the responsible use of AI for our workforce! We welcome the responsible use of these tools by job seekers as well and are interested in learning from you; you will have an opportunity in the application process to share which tools you used and how you applied them. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time