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. To help guide the collaborative effort, we are seeking a Senior Software Engineer.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

* Demonstrates technical leadership to team.

* Establishes, aggregates, and shares team standards and best practices within department.

* Utilizes working relationships across teams within their division.

* Assesses and provides solutions to system-wide architectural problems.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

* Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

* 4-5 years professional experience required

* 3-5+ years of experience working with mainframe related technologies and tools. Exposure to modern engineering tools, languages and practices

* Proven critical thinking, ownership approach and continuous learning

* Experience developing solutions using agile methods

* Mentor for the team and department

* Advanced skillset in one or more technical platforms

* Capable of presenting 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

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

Grow your career with an outstanding 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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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.