Job Description

At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.

At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.

Were looking for an experienced full stack engineer to build the next generation of digital tools for our clients.

The role requires an agile engineering attitude, patience and persistence to solve complex problems, ability to get things done quickly but thoughtfully, and strong engineering skills. Join us at the forefront of FinTech innovation!

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

* Engineering solutions to a digital platform, supporting a growing fleet of micro-app architecture.
* Utilizing Kubernetes, AWS and Microservice architecture, along with test-driven-development to help implement solutions in a high availability environment.
* Work with and support external app teams to diagnose and resolve outages and issues.
* Work with your team to identify and develop new solutions to enhance the platform.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

* Experience with Nginx (Open Resty & Lua is a plus) / app servers
* Familiarity with OSI stack
* Experience with NodeJS, TypeScript
* Experience with Unit Testing and Integration Testing and Best Practices
* Experience with RDMS & KV stores
* Experience working in AWS (Azure a plus)
* 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
* Demonstrated critical thinking, ownership mindset and continuous learning
* Experience developing solutions using agile methods
* Capable of communicating between product, engineering, and the business
* Leads own time to meet objectives
* Ability to perform peer reviews on code and design
* Solid understanding of design patterns and architecture

Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients 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.

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 clients 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.