Job Description

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

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.

Data is a critical driver of this approach, and a cornerstone for how NM engages with its customers. To help guide the effort, we are seeking a Data Engineer.

Role and Responsibilities:

* Apply engineering best practices in order to analyze, design, develop, deploy, and support data and software solutions
* Develop software using continuous deployment and integration practices
* Participate in agile story authoring, sizing, and demo sessions for product features
* Participate in an agile implementation and maintenance of source control and release procedures
* Participate in code reviews and feedback to the team
* Contribute to a collaborative work environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

* 2+ years of experience in data engineering or related field
* Experience with agile methodologies/DevOps environment
* Familiar with database structures, theories, principles, and practices
* Familiar with data integration patterns and tooling including ELT/ETL, Replication, Event Streaming, Virtualization to support batch and real-time data needs
* Familiar with data lake design and implementation considerations such as columnar storage formats (Parquet) and partitioning
* Experience with languages such as Python, JVM (Java, Scala), SQL, Apache Spark, PySpark, Terraform
* Experience with AWS technologies, S3, EMR, Lambda, Redshift, RDS, Databricks, Docker, Kubernetes, GIT, CI/CD
* Proficient programming skills
* Ability to explain technical solutions to technical teams
* Self-motivated and able to work with minimal direction
* Excellent teamwork, coordination, influencing, and communication skills
* Understanding and awareness of regulations around the use of PII data
* B.S. degree in related field

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

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