Principal Engineer

At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.

Northwestern Mutual is disrupting the financial security industry by setting the new standard for client experience. We deliver distinctive and dynamically interactive innovative capabilities that can only be accessed through our exclusive digital platform which transforms the client-advisor partnership and elevates client engagement.

As Principal Engineer, you'll have a great opportunity to help Northwestern Mutual continue to develop, refine, and implement the strategy for our Sales Enablement tools, which includes policy Illustration Systems and Financial Planning solutions. We are looking for a capable engineer who has a proven track record of solutioning, implementing and delivering on business strategy, being a leader with vision and helping to build an extraordinary engineering culture. The ideal person will be someone who can operate in pivotal initiatives and deliver tactically while demonstrating strong analytical and leadership skills. This person will have a deep understanding of technology solutions and hasdemonstratedout of the box problem solving skills and innovative approach. The candidate would also be responsible for system design, solution architecture and implementation.

Job Responsibilities:

• Applies industry leading and ground-breaking best practices in analyzing and developing software solutions.

• Designs, coordinates, and performs high impact solutions across the organization.

• Mentors, guides and coaches engineers within division for technical and leadership growth.

• Develops strategies, writes proposals, and pitches them across the enterprise for new architectures, systems, and approaches.

• Influences technical, business and product leadership to overcome cultural, product or technical challenges.

• Represents Northwestern Mutual’s technology organization in community and technology events.

• Recommends product, process or service improvements; Leads technology solutions with notable risk and complexity; develops the strategy for solution execution.

• Acts as a practitioner, mentor, advisor, or influencer based on the need and the situation.

• Nurtures network and talent pipeline by attending and presenting at meetups, conferences, and tech events.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

• 9-14 years of professional experience required

• 8-10+ years of experience leading teams using modern engineering tools, languages, and practices.

• Proven track record of optimally developing strategy, establishing design and completing the delivery of large and sophisticated enterprise systems.

• Success working in a matrix environment.

• Mentor for the team and department positive relationships with multiple business and technology partners.

• Recognized specialist in the regional area in one or more technologies OR specialist in most core systems of the enterprise

• Thrives in ambiguity

• Requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions

• Ability to optimally communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences in varying forms and all levels of detail.

• Strong understanding of design patterns and architecture.

• Ability to influence teams, technology or business leaders on impactful issues and decisions.

• Well-rounded skills across front end and server-side programming including DevOps automation and experience with Cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS.

Technologies/Skills:

• Core Programming Skills – Java / Springboot / Spring Batch, React / Redux, Nodejs, Javascript

• DevOps and Build Automation – GitLab CI / Jenkins, Maven, Gradle, Terraform

• Cloud – AWS (S3, Lambda, RDS, EC2, KMS, IAM, MSK)

Concepts:

• Object oriented design patterns, Microservices Architecture, Event Driven Frameworks and Service Oriented Architecture

• Experience with API Management Frameworks

• Familiarity with both Batch and Real-time application patterns

• Familiarity with Security Patterns/Frameworks like Secure SDLC, TLS and Secrets Management

• Familiarity with Containers and Container Management (Kubernetes)

• Familiarity with Business Rules Management and Document Management systems

• Familiarity with cloud deployment patterns

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

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Compensation Range:

Pay Range - Start:

$149,380.00

Pay Range - End:

$277,420.00

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