Lead Software Engineer - Marketing Technology Platform Team

This role will serve as a technical lead in partnership with our platform engineer and cross-functional engineering teams to advance Wellmark’s Marketing Technology ecosystem. The marketing platform leverages AWS-based services and best-in-class SaaS solutions to deliver enterprise capabilities including content management, digital asset management, customer journey personalization, customer journey analytics, and workflow management. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership to ensure the marketing technology platform is scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards. You will drive design decisions, mentor engineers, and influence platform strategy while remaining hands-on in key implementations. Responsibilities include leading infrastructure design and automation efforts, defining environment strategies, and ensuring platform reliability, performance, and scalability. You will oversee CI/CD pipeline strategy, release governance, and operational excellence, while promoting best practices in security, compliance, and monitoring. In addition, you will play a critical role in incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role also partners closely with marketing stakeholders to shape the roadmap and evolution of the platform, championing innovation and modern engineering practices to deliver high-quality, business-driven solutions.