Job Description
About the Job
CLR software engineering team at Northwestern Mutual under Field Career area of Career Distribution is responsible building high-quality modern applications used to help our clients service their products. We are seeking a strong senior full-stack software engineer skilled in Java Node and ReactJS.
What You'll Do
- Translating business and technical requirements into solutions
- Design develop and maintain full-stack applications using Java NodeJS and ReactJS.
- Monitoring and troubleshooting applications services and systems for performance and issues.
- Demonstrated critical thinking ownership mentality and continuous learning.
- Design and build out solutions for systems via enterprise AWS platform.
- Providing technical leadership mentorship and documentation to other members of the team.
- Partners with business functions and product management to define determine analyze document and communicate the business requirements and priorities for our solutions.
- Works with application and technical experts on the solution design implementation support maintenance and enhancement of the information systems utilizing agile methods.
- Identifying establishing and sharing standards and best practices for team.
- Utilizes working relationships across teams within their division.
What You'll Bring to the Role
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- 3-4 years of extensive REST API development experience using Java with Sprint Boot.
- 3-4 years of strong experience with NodeJS and ReactJS in a full-stack environment.
- 3+ years of experience working with modern engineering tools languages and practices.
- Modern cloud environment experience. Preferably with AWS Cloud platform Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience creating unit and integration tests using Java NodeJs and JavaScript testing tools.
- Experience in
- Demonstrated critical thinking ownership mindset and continuous learning.
- Advanced skillset in one or more technical platforms (Java NodeJs ReactJs).
- Ability to perform peer reviews on code and design.
- Solid understanding of design patterns and architecture
- Experience with AWS technologies and services
- Experience with Dev Ops specifically with the AWS tech stack and GitLab CI pipelines.
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or providing technical mentorship to group of engineers.
- Experience in BPM product development is (Like Flowable Camunda Activiti Unqork or Pega)is bonus.
- Experience in financial services or similar regulated industries is plus.
Compensation Range:
Pay Range - Start:
$108160.00
Pay Range - End:
$162240.00
Geographic Specific Pay Structure:
Structure 110:
$118960.00 USD - $178440.00 USD
Structure 115:
$124400.00 USD - $186600.00 USD
We believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However final salaries are based on a number of factors including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. The standard pay structure is listed but if you're living in California New York City or other eligible location geographic specific pay structures compensation and benefits could be applicable click here to learn more.
Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do. Get started now!
Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas seek challenges assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.
Skills
Release Management (NM) - Intermediate Technical Problem Solving (NM) - Intermediate DevOps (NM) - Intermediate Application Security (NM) - Intermediate Cloud Technology (NM) - Intermediate Cross Functional Partnering & Planning (NM) - Intermediate IT Strategy (NM) - Beginner Data Literacy (NM) - Intermediate Customer Centricity (NM) - Intermediate Strategic Thinking (NM) - Intermediate Analytical Thinking (NM) - Intermediate Business Application (NM) - Intermediate Software Problem Solving (NM) - Intermediate Learning Agility & Critical Thinking (NM) - Intermediate Root Cause Analysis & Decision Quality (NM) - Intermediate Adaptive Communication (NM) - Advanced Software Development (NM) - Intermediate Coaching & Mentoring (NM) - Beginner Application Performance Management (NM) - Intermediate
FIND YOUR FUTURE
We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks benefits and our commitment to a culture of belonging.
- Flexible work schedules
- Concierge service
- Comprehensive benefits
- Employee resource groups
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- 3-4 years of REST API development experience using Java with Sprint Boot
- 3-4 years of experience with NodeJS and ReactJS
- 3+ years of experience with modern engineering tools and practices
- Experience with AWS Cloud platform Docker and Kubernetes
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
You’ll Like It Here At Northwestern Mutual we believe that our lives and our work matter. And that doing what’s right is good for everyone. We follow through by designing tech that improves the community and cultivating creative ways to make finance accessible anywhere. These guiding principles have allowed our company to grow for more than 160 years. Here you’ll be with a team who emphasizes integrity and prioritizes security to design experiences that better everyone. You’ll work in cross functional teams to create optimal solutions that are rooted in innovative strategy and thoughtful execution. And you’re provided development tools and opportunities to become a leader all with the support of a collaborative team. You’ll be surrounded in a culture that values innovation and works to always evolve to stay ahead of trends and client needs. We are intentional in seeking out team members who will challenge us. Our employees choose us for the career opportunities commitment to philanthropy and desire to have a meaningful impact in the lives of our clients. You have career passions and goals. We have ambition and opportunity for you to grow your future in tech. Discover today: https://careers.northwesternmutual.com/
Why Work With Us
We invest in our people. We know careers are about choices so we provide intentional opportunity. Here you can build creative ways to make finance accessible anywhere and revolutionize traditional processes. As a mutual company our focus is our people — whether professional development or investments in the community.
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