Lead Full Stack Software Engineer

Job Description

Northwestern Mutual (NM) has been helping families and businesses achieve financial security for over 161 years. Through a distinctive, whole-picture planning approach including both insurance and investments, we empower people to be financially confident. We combine the expertise of our financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and leading-edge technology to best serve our clients. To help guide the collaborative effort, we are seeking a Senior Software Engineer.

Job Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates technical leadership to team.
• Establishes, aggregates, and shares team standards and best approaches within department.
• Utilizes working relationships across teams within their division.
• Assesses and provides solutions to system-wide architectural problems.
• Overcome results-oriented challenges; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience 4-5 years professional experience required
• 3-5 years proven experience working with modern engineering tools, languages and practices
• Financial Services experience in delivering technology solutions for Policy Administration (New Business, Servicing, Claims) systems across Life/Annuity/DI/LTC Insurance Products is preferred.
• Shown critical thinking, ownership approach and continuous learning
• Experience developing solutions using agile methods
• Sophisticated skillset in one or more technologies.
• Full Stack Engineer with well-rounded skills across front end and server-side programming including DevOps automation and experience with Cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS.

Technologies/Skills:

• Core Programming Skills – Java / Springboot / Springbatch, React / Redux, NodeJS, Javascript
• DevOps and Build Automation – GitLab CI / Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, Terraform
• Cloud – AWS (S3, Lambda, RDS, EC2, KMS, IAM)

Concepts:

• Object oriented design patterns, Microservices Architecture, Event Driven Frameworks and Service Oriented Architecture
• Experience with API Management Frameworks
• Familiarity with both Batch and Real-time application patterns
• Familiarity with Security Patterns/Frameworks like Secure SDLC, TLS and Secrets Management
• Familiarity with Containers and Container Management (Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with Business Rules Management and Document Management systems

Benefits:

• Tuition reimbursement, commuter plans, and paid time off
• Highly competitive compensation that include base salary plus bonus
• Medical/Dental/Vision plans, 401(k), pension program

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We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This job is not covered by the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement.

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Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our client’s interests at the center of all we do. Get started now! 

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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We’re excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and commitment to diversity and inclusion.