Senior Software Engineer

You're Excited About This Opportunity Because You Will...

• Assist in defining the technical strategy for a high priority, one of a kind project.

• Take full ownership and autonomy of building features end-to-end

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative, high-impact solutions

• Mentor and coach engineers across the team to foster technical growth

• Optimize application performance, scalability, and availability to meet business needs

• Inform stakeholders of tradeoff options to achieve business outcomes

We're Excited About You Because You Have...

• 4+ years of professional experience in software development

• A proven track record of delivering high-quality software systems

• Deep expertise in 1 or more programming languages and frameworks (Preferably Java, Kotlin, Javascript/Typescript, React, Node,)

• Strong architectural understanding of systems

• Experience building both visually-rich frontend presentations and backend APIs

• Experience with Unit, Regression, and Integration testing

• Experience with version control using Git

• A leadership mindset, with the ability to influence technical decisions and mentor others

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills

Nice To Haves:

• Advanced knowledge of testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and performance monitoring

• Exposure to analyzing and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of various systems

• Experience working with databases (e.g. SQL, Postgres, Mongo)

• Experience building cloud-native applications in AWS or other cloud providers

Northwestern Mutual pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement in the salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. At Northwestern Mutual, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Please note that the salary range listed in the posting is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Please c lick here for additional information relating to location-based pay structures.

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.

If you work or would be working in California, Colorado, New York City, Washington or outside of a Corporate location, please click here for information pertaining to compensation and benefits.

We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and commitment to diversity and inclusion.

• Flexible work schedules
• Concierge service
• Comprehensive benefits
• Employee resource groups