Wellmark, Inc.

Insurance

PlatformEngineer

$135–185k ~AI est. Des Moines, Iowa, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Platform Engineer at Wellmark, Inc.. Skills: Agentic AI, Autonomous workflows, Platform engineering, AI integration. Elevate AI practices. Build autonomous agents”

Industry & Context.

Insurance
Problems you'll solve

Problem solving; Troubleshooting; Root-cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's Degree or applicable work experience, Minimum 7 years experience, Minimum 4 years IT infrastructure experience, Proven ability to adapt, Informal leadership experience, Demonstrated experience coaching/mentoring, Proven experience designing technical architecture, Experience consulting with stakeholders, Demonstrated problem solving/troubleshooting skills, Demonstrated communication skills

Nice to Have

5+ years building distributed systems, 6 years deploying AI solutions on cloud, Experience designing AI services, Experience developing AI/ML algorithms, Passion for AI news and systems

What You'll Do.

Build autonomous agents

Deploy autonomous agents

Optimize autonomous agents

Design vector search systems

Scale vector search systems

Design LLM evaluation workflows

Scale LLM evaluation workflows

Ingest unstructured data

Process unstructured data

Ingest structured data

Process structured data

Develop user experiences

Integrate enterprise AI technologies

Implement observability

Implement intentional AI practices

Lead technical designs

Optimize information leverage

Optimize availability

Ensure solutions adhere to standards

Fulfill service level agreements

Ensure solutions remain current

Consult with Solution Architects

Consult with project teams

Document design deliverables

Design effective technology solutions

Implement improvement initiatives

Eliminate redundancies

Maximize application re-use

Oversee technical solutions

Lead technical solutions

Develop technical solutions

Estimate technical solutions

Provide subject matter expertise

Collaborate with Lead Architect

Collaborate with business systems analyst

Collaborate with stakeholders

Provide insight on process improvements

Provide direction on process improvements

Consult with business stakeholders

Ensure architectures align with business expectations

Oversee design efforts

Review design efforts

Provide technical guidance on design

Integrate with new vendors

Design platform technical designs

Develop platform technical designs

Apply industry best practices

Research emerging technologies

Recommend emerging technologies

Add value to organization

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Project teams; Technical teams; Business stakeholders

Communication Scope

Verbal communication; Written communication; Presentations

Full Job Description

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 80 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 an experienced platform engineer to help evolve our agentic AI capabilities. This role will focus on introducing foundational platforms that enable autonomous, AI-driven workflows, enhance the agentic engineering experience, and provide shared capabilities that teams can build on. What you will do: * Elevate Artificial Intelligence practices across Engineering at Wellmark. * Build, deploy, and optimize autonomous agents using LLMs, MCPs, and Tools. * Design and scale RAG pipelines, vector search systems, and LLM evaluation workflows. * Create AI agents with frameworks such as LangChain, AutoGen, LlamaIndex, or LangGraph. * Ingest and process unstructured/structured data (parsing, chunking, embeddings, retrieval). * Develop intuitive user experiences powered by LLMs and AI agents for real-time workflows. * Integrate enterprise AI technologies such as Claude, GPT, ChatGPT Enterprise, Copilot, and Nova. * Implement observability, governance, and intentional AI practices in compliance with regulations. ## Qualifications Preferred: * 5+ years of experience building large

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