Associate Software Engineer - Member Experience Delivery (Open to hiring at the Software Engineer level)

About the role

We are looking for a MEAN Full Stack Engineer to join the delivery team within our Experience organization at Wellmark. This is your chance to build meaningful digital experiences that directly enhance how our members interact with us every day.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, implement, and maintain software solutions that support Wellmark’s business strategy and Technology vision.
• Contribute to development and production support efforts while growing your ability to own features end-to-end—ensuring solutions meet project specifications, quality standards, and deliver exceptional member value.
• Work across the stack (with the balance of front-end and back-end shifting by initiative).
• Leverage data and insights, including UX research, to help analyze, build, and optimize solutions that improve user experience and meet accessibility and usability standards.
• Collaborate closely with other Technology teams and business partners to deliver integrated, scalable solutions and explore new technology approaches.
• Influence solution design decisions, strengthen stakeholder relationships, and contribute to continuous improvement across the team.

Requirements

• Associate degree or direct and applicable work experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of developer concepts/tools.
• Knowledge of programming languages (ex. Angular, NodeJS, TypeScript, C++, .NET, Java, SQL).
• Knowledge of computer operating systems – Windows, Unix, etc.
• Healthcare or IT experience.
• Analytical problem-solving skills. Accuracy and high attention to detail. Ability to trouble-shoot and develop creative and efficient technical solutions.
• Eagerness to learn and stay current on industry trends and have a continuous learning mindset.
• Excellent organizational skills. Strong time management skills and ability to continually prioritize as needed.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude, stay calm under pressure, be approachable, and respectful and take responsibility when needed.
• 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 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.

Qualifications

• Previous full MEAN Stack Development Experience (preferred).
• AWS and GitHub Actions Experience (preferred).
• Experience working within an Agile team environment (preferred).
• Experience partnering with global staffing vendors to deliver on commitments (preferred).

Additional Information

• Provide development and/or production support for key software applications and systems.
• Contribute to solutions architecture deliverables and decisions.
• Collaborate with the UX team in the development of solutions that improve the user experience, pass minimum accessibility or usability criteria.
• Leverage AWS principles to assist in the delivery of robust and efficient cloud solutions that take advantage of the benefits when utilizing the cloud.
• Assist and support Technology stakeholders in the gathering of information, necessary research needed for root cause analysis, problem definition and formulation, solution implementation, verification, and ongoing optimization. Provide support in the analysis of defects to find root cause.
• Contribute to 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. Articulate the 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.

Pay

Pay Grade: 19

Schedule

Full-time

Benefits

Not specified

Company Description

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.

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.

Additional Resources

• 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.