Northwestern Mutual
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Sr Software Engineer

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At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.
What are we building?
We're building a new Payments Platform for Northwestern Mutual called the Enterprise Payments Network (EPN) using the latest technologies on AWS. We're a year into our journey and there's a lot of new capabilities we need you to help us build. Tech stack and dev tools we are using are Node.js, Typescript, Kafka, DynamoDB, Lambda, Kubernetes, Postman, Kevlar, Cucumber...
The EPN program has several agile-scrum teams that operate together as a part of a program organized using the Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe). On your scrum team there will be engineers holding roles as scrum master, devops, QA, and leads. There will also be a business analyst/product owner. We have a testing group outside the teams as well that help us coordinate and test the larger platform and integrating teams. There are also designers, architects, and program managers working outside the team to help build the runway of work coming to your team.
In-Person/Remote?
Preferred to fill this as a Milwaukee corporate office position, but we're willing to discuss remote options for the right candidate. We are currently working entirely remotely due to covid. Until it's determined to be safe this position will remain as a remote position, with office time voluntary. As we've started thinking about what return to campus would be like we're going to go to a Tue/Wed/Thr in the office and Mon/Fri - locate for your day schedule.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities

  • Develops a robust understanding of the EPN, the APIs your team builds and supports, and the up/downstream systems interacting with the platform.
  • Technical leader on your scrum team and within your team of teams (program).
  • Your day to day work/ideas/innovations/perspectives should regularly have benefits across many devs/solutions or the program.
  • You should be contributing to continuous improvements in how we work
  • Utilizes working relationships across teams within their division.
  • Builds, enhances, and supports those digital products alongside a scrum team, pairing as appropriate.
  • Work within a scrum team on new feature development or bug resolution.
  • Develop your own unit tests
  • Understands QA best practices and can comfortably flex into QA tester roles as needed for the team
  • Regularly pulls code evaluation work from the backlog providing mentoring across the team to newer developers.
  • Bring innovative ideas and solutions to business problems
  • Regularly work with Architect, Product Manager, Design leads to help design new system-wide capabilities and help ensure your team builds towards your solutions
  • Works within and outside your program to help up/downstream teams at NM integrate with our platform


Growth Opportunities

  • Develop your technical capabilities with access to CodeSchool, Pluralsight, Linux Academy
  • Participate in onsite/remote enabled learning on relevant technical and soft skills
  • Opportunity to pair with devs, arch, and product team members on your team and outside to help with QA work, dev work, future of the platform...
  • Rotate in/out of ~4 scrum teams to learn other areas of the platform
  • Mentor new devs and interns
  • Take stretch design assignments for new capabilities


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
  • Personal development projects and 4-5 years of professional experience, 3-5 of which is with relevant engineering tools
  • Strong technical skills closely applicable to our tech stack. Confidence in your ability to pickup our stack with the help of learning tools and team.
  • 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
  • Able to dissect problems, design solutions, break them down so yourself and a team can build them out
  • Thrive in a team environment
  • 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


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 - Basic
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
Testing Practices - Intermediate
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What are Northwestern Mutual Perks + Benefits

Northwestern Mutual Benefits Overview

Whether providing education assistance, competitive health benefits or time off for community service, Northwestern Mutual is committed to supporting employees so they can live their best lives. 

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Employee resource groups
Hybrid work model
Flexible work schedule
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Northwestern Mutual offers a pension plan for employees.
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Fertility benefits
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Floating holidays
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free daily meals
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Mother's room
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Online course subscriptions available

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