Lead Software Engineer - Internal Developer Platform & Developer Experience

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. 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…