Lead Systems Software Engineer

Northwestern Mutual - Franklin, WI

Full-time - Senior

Franklin, WI

5,001-10,000 employees

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

The Lead Systems Software Engineer at Northwestern Mutual plays a crucial role in the API Management journey, focusing on engineering best practices and modernization efforts. This position offers an opportunity to develop technical expertise in a dynamic environment while leading a team in software solutions and infrastructure implementations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure engineering best practices by analyzing, designing, developing, and deploying software solutions and infrastructure upgrades.
• Maintain production stability, monitoring, and root cause analysis of the platform.
• Establish, aggregate, and share enterprise standards and best practices.
• Identify technical problems and develop software solutions and automation capabilities to ensure platform resiliency.
• Provide technical leadership through design and code reviews, mentoring junior engineers, and exploring new capabilities to enhance developer experience.
• Strive for continuous improvement and build CI/CD pipelines.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• AWS or Docker or Kubernetes Certification Preferred.
• 6+ years of hands-on development experience using modern programming and scripting languages (Python, Go, JavaScript).
• 3+ years' experience with AWS Cloud Services and containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes).
• 3+ years' experience in DevOps or SRE roles.
• Strong experience with monitoring and performance management/tuning of systems.
• Experience with integration of n-tier applications (REST, DNS, HTTP, SSL, Encryption, Authentication, Load Balancing).
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience working with DevOps, CI/CD, GitOps, Agile methodologies.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation using services like Gitlab CI, Jenkins, Code Pipeline, or Circle CI.
• Experience with Unit Testing.
• Experience leading engineering efforts by creating and leading multi-month roadmaps.
• Experience translating technical requirements into business requirements.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience mentoring and coaching junior engineers.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and conflicting priorities.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range from $110,040 to $204,360 based on experience and location.
• Opportunities for career growth and development.
• Hybrid work model with onsite requirements at least 3 days a week.