At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.
As a Software Engineering Manager on the Illustrations team, you'll lead a team responsible for generating the output for sales illustrations and adding business features to software used by our financial representatives.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provides technical leadership to the software engineering team by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to the team in alignment with objectives established by senior leadership.
• Ensures a high standard of reliability, performance, and production stability in applications and services owned and supported by the team.
• Contributes to refinement of features allocated to the team, as well as solution definition and decomposition into stories for the team.
• Manages the team's focus to overcome challenges and ensures features are completed and deployed by dates committed to in quarterly Program Increment (PI) planning.
• Partners with peer managers and engineering leads across Illustrations to avoid silos and achieve outcomes optimized for the larger engineering team and needs of the business.
• Establishes, aggregates, and shares team standards for best practices across the department.
• Promotes engagement and an inclusive culture within the team, models company values and behaviors, and encourages collaboration and respect for diverse perspectives.
• Mentors and coaches team members both technically and professionally by identifying and providing opportunities for continuous growth.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience working with modern software engineering tools, languages, and practices.
• 1-2 years of technical leadership experience (with or without direct reports)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Capable of effectively communicating between product, engineering, and business partners, including a proven ability to successfully communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences in various forms and levels of detail as needed.
• Proven track record of successfully designing and delivering significant and impactful technology solutions.
• Experience developing and leading solutions delivery using Agile methodology.
• Experience with JavaScript, React, and AWS (or other cloud technologies).

Benefits:

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

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