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The NMXP Software Engineering team at Northwestern Mutual is responsible for providing a world class digital experience to our product delivery teams to provide efficient delivery processes that enables Northwestern Mutual to give a world class experience to our clients. We help product delivery teams go from idea to digital solution faster by providing a simplified and consolidated ecosystem to deliver in. Our systems provide the foundation for other applications be delivered to the enterprise. This assignment will be on a team that develops software that utilizes event-driven architecture and tooling to expose data to other product teams to increase the feedback and decision making cycle. You’ll be part of a team that plays a crucial role in ensuring this great company continues to do great things for its customers.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Demonstrates technical leadership to the team and multiplies their talent across the team through positive mentorship.
Establishes, aggregates, and shares team standards and best practices within department.
Utilizes working relationships across teams within their division.
Assesses and provides solutions to system-wide architectural problems.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
4-5 years professional experience required
3-5+ years of experience working with modern engineering tools, languages and practices
Experience developing micro-services with Java or Javascript (Java preferred)
Demonstrated critical thinking, ownership mindset and continuous learning
Experience developing solutions using agile methods
Mentor for the team and department
Advanced skillset in one or more technical platforms
Capable of communicating between product, engineering, and the business
Manages own time to meet objectives
Ability to perform peer reviews on code and design
Solid understanding of design patterns and architecture
Moderate understanding of an event driven system like Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis or another similar system is a plus.

Skills-Proficiency Level:

Agile Methodologies - Intermediate
Automation Processes - Intermediate
Cloud Technologies - Intermediate
Code Analysis - Intermediate
Containerization - Intermediate
Continuous Integrations - Intermediate
Continuous Learning - Intermediate
Cross-Functional Partnerships - Basic
Data Solutions - Basic
Deployment Strategies - Intermediate
Engineering Practices - Advanced
Production Monitoring - Intermediate
Programming Languages - Advanced
Resource Management - Intermediate
Root Cause Analysis - Intermediate
Software Development - Advanced
System Architecture - Intermediate
Systems Architecture Design - Basic
Technical Communication - Basic
Technical Design Documentation - Intermediate
Technical Solution Development - Intermediate
Technology Strategy Development - Basic

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