Lead Software Engineer - Delivery Platform & Developer Experience

Leads the design, development, and evolution of complex software engineering solutions and software delivery platform capabilities that support Wellmark’s business and technology initiatives. Serves as a technical leader for CI/CD engineering, software delivery automation, reusable pipelines and workflows, 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 software delivery capabilities, engineering delivery challenges, process improvements, and technology enhancements. Provides technical leadership and contributes to the direction and evolution of enterprise CI/CD, including reusable pipelines and workflows, delivery automation, platform integrations, governance controls, and continuous improvement of software delivery workflows. Preferred: Experience working within Agile product delivery or software engineering environments. Experience designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise CI/CD capabilities using GitHub Actions or similar technologies. Experience designing and implementing CI/CD capabilities for AWS-based applications and infrastructure, including build, deployment, configuration, environment, and release automation. Experience developing and driving adoption of reusable pipelines, workflows, automation templates, and self-service capabilities, including integrations with cloud platforms, security tooling, testing frameworks, observability solutions, and developer tools. Experience defining software delivery roadmaps, prioritizing engineering capabilities, and balancing developer, security, operational, and business needs. Experience identifying developer friction and gaps across software delivery workflows and driving measurable improvements across tools, processes, and teams. Experience in integrating CI/CD capabilities with internal developer platforms, developer portals, and other self-service engineering experiences. Experience implementing software supply chain security, automated governance, and compliance controls within delivery workflows. Experience using software delivery, reliability, adoption, usage or developer productivity measures to identify opportunities and evaluate outcomes. Experience with infrastructure as code, configuration as code, or policy as code practices. Experience applying product management principles to software delivery capabilities, including gathering developer feedback, prioritizing capabilities, measuring adoption, and creating alignment with engineering standards. Required: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, or related field of study and at least five years of development experience or nine years of related and applicable experience. Strong analytical problem-solving skills and attention to detail. Demonstrated experience in software development…