Sr. Software Engineer

Software Engineer Opportunity

We\'re strong and growing. In a company with such a long and storied history, this may be the most exciting and important time to be a part of Northwestern Mutual. We invest in our people. We provide opportunities for employees to grow themselves, their career and in turn, our business. We care. We make a positive difference in our communities. Nationally, thousands have benefitted from our support of research and programs to fight childhood cancer. Each year, our Foundation, employees and financial representatives donate time, talent and financial support to causes they\'re passionate about. At Northwestern Mutual, we believe relationships are built on trust. That our lives and our work matter. These beliefs launched our company over 160 years ago. Today, they\'re just a few of the reasons why people choose to build careers at Northwestern Mutual.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Demonstrate technical leadership by mentoring junior engineers. Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC). Develop flowcharts, layouts and documentation to identify requirements and solutions. Write well-designed, testable code. Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility. Proficiency in DevOps and Agile principles. Apply engineering standard methodologies to analyze and develop software solutions. Leverages established coding standards, best practices, and automation capabilities to develop solutions to support our users. Identify technical problems and develop software solutions and automation capabilities. Have the technical skill to review, verify, and validate the software code developed in the project. Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration and continuous development pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline).

Qualifications

Bachelor\'s Degree or equivalent experience. Proven work experience as a Software Engineer or Software Developer. AWS or Docker or Kubernetes Certification Preferred. At least 4 years of working experience. 5+ years of professional IT experience. 3+ years experience with AWS Cloud Services (AWS Certified Preferred), and containerized applications and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes - CKA Preferred). 5+ years experience with monitoring and performance management/tuning of systems. 5+ years experience with networking and Linux based platforms. Solid understanding of Modern front-end development Practices (Javascript, Typescript, React). Preferred. Excellent knowledge of relational databases, SQL and ORM technologies. Experience with test-driven development. Proficiency in software engineering tools. Ability to document requirements and specifications. Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks (Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience working with DevOps, CICD, GitOps, Agile methodologies. Experience with CI/CD pipelines.