Why Wellmark: We are a mutual insurance company owned by our policy holders across Iowa and South Dakota, and we’ve built our reputation on over 85 years’ worth of trust. We are not motivated by profits. We are motivated by the well-being of our friends, family, and neighbors–our members. If you’re passionate about joining an organization working hard to put its members first, to provide best-in-class service, and one that is committed to sustainability and innovation, consider applying today!
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.
We are seeking a Senior UX Engineer with deep expertise in front-end development to help bridge the gap between design and code. In this role, you will play a key part in translating UX and visual designs into scalable, accessible, and high-quality code—ensuring a seamless implementation of our design system across digital products. You will maintain and evolve the codebase, contribute to documentation with clear code examples, and collaborate closely with designers, developers, and stakeholders to prioritize and implement enhancements, features, and fixes. You’ll also lead code reviews, advocate for best practices, and stay ahead of front-end trends to ensure a modern, cohesive, and user-centered digital experience.
Required:
a. Participate in the development of complex UI artifacts, used by multiple development teams.
b. Maintain documentation and code examples which describe usage and best practices.
c. Work closely with UX designers, developers and other stakeholders to ensure user experience is integral part of creation process from start to finish.
d. Perform code review to ensure best practices are followed.
e. Plan, design, develop, implement, debug and support web-based Influence Health products and custom client projects.
f. Conduct peer reviews, provide guidance, suggest & implement best practices and techniques.
g. Measure outcomes of completed design work via web analytics tools, like Google Analytics.
h. Adhere to and recommend improvements to project coding standards and UI Design Patterns.
i. Work in a team environment with shared code; disciplined use of source code control and process documentation.
j. Other duties as assigned.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
An 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.
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At this time, Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. 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.
