Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield · 1 month ago
Lead FHIR Software Engineer #1644
Des Moines, IA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
10+ years expWellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield is seeking a Lead FHIR Software Engineer to oversee technical approaches and deliverables for complex initiatives. The role involves coordinating with delivery teams, ensuring adherence to SDLC standards, and leading system development for innovative business solutions.
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Responsibilities
Provide overall coordination and oversight of technical approach, deliverables, and schedule for medium to high complexity initiatives which are cross-functional in nature
Engage with Delivery Teams to ensure features are prioritized and managed to align deliverables to overall scope and timeline
Conduct regular reviews of the DevOps backlog to understand the status of each Delivery Team’s work
Identify and articulate risks, issues, and dependencies across multiple delivery teams and work with key resources to mitigate and resolve barriers
Engage with peers and Delivery Teams to regularly review and update resource forecasts and estimates for the FHIR domain
Ensure Delivery Teams have a plan to complete work items, regularly review the backlog to make sure work is progressing to plan and work proactively with technical Delivery Teams to manage and resolve delivery barriers
Coordinate cross-functional end-to-end solution design sessions by bringing teams together to solve problems and ensure teams have a mutual understanding of work and commitments
Verify Wellmark’s SDLC standards are followed, including cross-functional reviews and Delivery Team governance processes to ensure deliverables are complete, accurate, and comprehensive for successful execution
Lead system development and engineering for 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
Serve as subject matter expert in the implementation of innovative and cost-effective business solutions for multiple applications and systems utilizing information technology, business, and industry trends
Provide leadership, training, and guidance to others on the team in the gathering of information, 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
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
Coordinate with company resources to accomplish integration of products and processes and complex solutions
Provide timely and accurate results, and exceptional customer service
Utilize established relationships with Wellmark leaders and act as a primary consultant on business status, issues, process improvements and technology enhancements or capabilities
Participate in business case proposals, estimates and proof-of-concept activities
Maintain awareness of industry’s best practices and standards and proactively participates in industry/knowledge reference groups relative to role
Provide direction for enterprise standards
Conduct code reviews and monitor standard adherence
Conduct high level systems analysis and implementation of high performing software solutions that are efficient and cost effective, and which support Wellmark’s business and Technology applications
Contribute to and drive adoption of best practices (development standards, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, etc.) across various platforms
Lead and support a diverse development resourcing model which includes Wellmark staff, global onshore/offshore staffing, crowdsourcing, etc
Provide soft coaching and mentoring to team members and manage deliverables across teams and technology platforms
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field of study
120 months of experience in the job offered or related position in the IT industry
96 months of experience implementing, troubleshooting, administering, and supporting complex solutions using a combination of the following technology platforms and tools: TypeScript, REST API Services, AWS S3, AWS Lambda, AWS SNS, AWS SQS, AWS Glue, AWS API Gateway, AWS CloudWatch, AWS DynamoDB, OAuth
60 months of experience in the insurance or financial services domain
48 months of experience designing and implementing serverless applications using AWS services
Experience building API solutions by conducting analysis, defining the architectural approach, creating data models, designing, analyzing data, creating source to target mapping documents, developing, and deploying API solutions
Experience utilizing AWS CDK to build cloud infrastructure
Experience developing and utilizing unit test cases to promote quality in engineering practices
Experience evaluating performance of existing solutions and refactoring code as needed to optimize performance
Experience in software development lifecycle in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
Company
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and its subsidiaries provide health coverage to more than 2 million members in Iowa and South Dakota.
1001-5000 employees
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Chief Executive Officer
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Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
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