Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get me interviews
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 5 days ago

Lead Software Engineer - Internal Developer Platform & Developer Experience

Wellmark, Inc.56 open roles

Where
Des Moines, IA, United States
Work mode
On site
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowLead Software Engineer - Internal Developer Platform & Developer ExperienceWellmark, Inc. · Des Moines, IA, United States

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Wellmark, Inc.'s own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

7.4% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.5%1 day
  2. 3.5%3 days
  3. 7.4%7 days
  4. 13.1%14 days
  5. 34.4%30 days
This job: posted 5 days ago

The posting

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

Leads the design, development, and evolution of complex software engineering solutions and internal developer platform capabilities that support Wellmark’s business and technology initiatives. Serves as a technical leader for internal developer platform, developer experience, software catalogs, platform integrations, self-service, and engineering enablement. Ensures engineering solutions align with business expectations, Wellmark standards, architecture principles, and security requirements.

Utilizes established relationships with Wellmark leaders and acts as a consultant on platform capabilities, engineering delivery challenges, process improvements, and technology enhancements. Provides technical leadership and contributes to the direction and evolution of the internal developer platform initiatives, including software catalogs, platform integrations, self-service experiences, and continuous improvement of developer workflows.

Qualifications

Preferred:

  • Experience working within Agile product delivery or software engineering environments.
  • Experience building or supporting internal developer platforms, developer portals, and self-service engineering capabilities.
  • Experience developing internal developer platform integrations, automation, and self-service capabilities using AWS services, APIs, SDKs, and infrastructure as code
  • Experience integrating internal developer platforms with source control, cloud platforms, CI/CD systems, security tooling, documentation, observability solutions, service management systems, and enterprise data sources.
  • Experience designing software catalogs, scorecards, health checks, or similar platform capabilities.
  • Experience developing self-service workflows, templates, automation, documentation, and onboarding capabilities that improve developer productivity and platform adoption.
  • Experience identifying developer friction and driving measurable improvements across developer journeys, tools, processes, platforms, and teams.
  • Experience using platform health, adoption, usage, reliability, or developer productivity measures to identify opportunities and evaluate outcomes.
  • Experience operating and continuously improving an internal engineering platform, including monitoring, troubleshooting, documentation, and service ownership.
  • Experience applying product management principles to internal engineering platforms, including gathering developer feedback, prioritizing capabilities, and measuring platform adoption, effectiveness, and alignment with engineering standards.

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, or related field of study and at least five years of software engineering experience or nine years of related and applicable experience.
  • Strong analytical problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Demonstrated experience in software development lifecycle methodologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate and coach/mentor team members.
  • Big picture thinker with the ability to translate WaaS strategy to company strategy.
  • Strong ability to perform root cause analysis and recommend solutions using data.
  • Demonstrated ability to build relationships and communicate with stakeholders.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
  • Continuous learning mindset and awareness of industry trends.
  • Ability to collaborate and work within a diverse development team model.
  • Demonstrated experience leading cross-team technical initiatives.
  • Demonstrated experience designing, building, integrating, or supporting platform capabilities used by multiple engineering teams.

Additional Information

a. Lead the design, development, and implementation of highly complex programs. Coordinate the preparation, coding, testing, and debugging of complex programs including the analysis and development of workflows that utilize emerging technology and meet and exceed Wellmark’s evolving business needs.

b. Serve as a subject matter expert for internal developer platforms, developer experience, software catalogs, platform integrations, self-service capabilities, and related engineering practices. Lead the implementation of innovative, secure, scalable, and cost-effective capabilities used across multiple applications, systems, and engineering teams.

c. Provide technical leadership, training, and guidance to team members in gathering information, conducting root cause analysis, defining problems and formulating solutions, verifying outcomes, and continuously optimizing solutions.

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

e. Partner with application engineering, cloud, security, architecture, operations, quality engineering, and other technology teams to integrate platform capabilities, products, and processes.

f. Utilize established relationships with Wellmark leaders and act as a primary consultant on platform strategy, engineering capabilities, delivery challenges, process improvements, and technology enhancements.

g. Lead and participate in platform roadmap development, capability assessments, project proposals, estimates, and proof-of-concept activities as needed.

h. Maintain awareness of industry best practices and standards and proactively participate in relevant industry and knowledge-sharing groups. Provide direction for enterprise standards, conduct code reviews, and monitor adherence to standards.

i. Lead the design, development, integration, adoption, and ongoing maturity of internal developer platform capabilities, including the developer portal and software catalog. Connect source control, cloud platforms, CI/CD systems, application portfolio information, documentation, security, and other engineering systems to provide a unified developer experience while maintaining clear metadata, ownership, and system relationships.

j. Develop health checks, scorecards, campaigns, templates, reference implementations, documentation, automation, and self-service capabilities that provide actionable visibility, reduce developer friction, and enable engineering teams to adopt Wellmark standards and preferred engineering practices.

k. Apply a product mindset to the internal developer platform by gathering developer feedback, understanding developer journeys, prioritizing capabilities, contributing to the platform roadmap, and defining measures for platform health, adoption, reliability, effectiveness, and developer experience outcomes.

l. Operate, support, monitor, and continuously improve internal developer platform capabilities. Partner with Architecture, Security, Cloud, CI/CD, application engineering, and other Technology teams to evaluate technical tradeoffs, recommend platform improvements, and promote reliable service and shared team ownership.

m. Other duties as assigned.

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

This job requires a non-compete agreement.

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 [email protected]

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

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.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Wellmark, Inc.'s own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Wellmark, Inc.'s form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Wellmark, Inc.'s answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.