Consultant, Software Engineer (Product Owner)

Nationwide Mutual Insurance•Columbus, OH

15h•$118,000 - $222,000•Hybrid

About The Position

If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide’s Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care. This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio office 2 days per week on Tuesdays & Thursdays. We are looking for a Digital Product Owner to support DevXP products. This role will help translate problems and opportunities from engineering teams into clear, actionable work for delivery teams, with a focus on improving software engineer productivity, satisfaction, and platform adoption. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about developer tooling, platform thinking, and incremental delivery. If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you! As a Software Engineer, you will focus on mentoring and leading others to deliver high quality, cost-effective technology solutions to business partners by crafting new software applications or modifying and/or supporting existing packaged or custom-built applications.

Requirements

1–3 years of experience in product , business analysis , project , or delivery roles in a technology environment.
Deep understanding of modern software delivery (Agile, CI/CD, Git, Cloud) and particular willingness to grow in developer experience and platform concepts.
Demonstrated ability to: Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
Facilitate or actively participate in backlog refinement and sprint ceremonies.
Work with multiple stakeholders and balance competing priorities.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable tailoring messages to engineers and non‑technical partners.
Curiosity and growth mindset: eager to learn from data and feedback.
Six years of experience in programming and systems analysis.
Three years of experience in project management is preferred.
Hands-on technical leadership experience leading project teams and setting technical direction.
Proficiency in one programming language such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript.
Knowledge of software development lifecycle.
Proven ability to tackle sophisticated business and development problems.
Ability to thrive in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with or around: Internal developer platforms or golden paths (e.g., templates, pipelines, shared services).
Developer tooling (GitHub, CI/CD tools, artifact repositories, feature flags, observability tooling).
Knowledge and exposure to platform or infrastructure product teams.
Familiarity with experience/feedback tooling (e.g., surveys, telemetry dashboards) and using data to inform prioritization.
Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

Backlog management & refinement Maintain, refine, and prioritize backlogs for DevXP products aligned to products including GitHub, Artifactory, Software Engineering Environments, and LaunchDarkly.
Break high-level outcomes into clear epics and well‑formed user stories with acceptance criteria.
Participate in product planning meetings for the assets.
Discovery & stakeholder collaboration Partner with engineering leaders, Tech Leads, SREs, and security/platform partners to understand problems, pain points, and desired outcomes.
Direct outreach campaigns to developers and SEPMs for targeted product opportunities, surveys, and interviews.
Participate in and occasionally facilitate discovery sessions, workshops, and office hours to gather input and validate direction.
Delivery support Work with agile teams to ensure stories are clear, sized, and ready for sprint planning.
Clarify requirements, answer questions, and remove day‑to-day blockers with guidance from senior product and architecture partners.
Measurement & feedback Use Developer Experience (DX) metrics, adoption data, and qualitative feedback to refine priorities and demonstrate value.
Partner with data teams to plan and facilitate ingestion of data to show product adoption, ROI, and friction reduction.
Communication Draft press releases, announcements, SharePoint sites, newsletters, and visuals that explain what changed, why it matters, and how engineers can get started.
Plan and facilitate training sessions for technical and non-technical audiences.
Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
Mentors and trains other team members on design techniques, tools and coding standards.
Provides strategic advice on using technology to achieve goals.
Drives cross-collaboration and execution of projects across multiple teams.
Analyzes, solutions, develops, tests, debugs, documents and deploys software according to standards and optimal practices.
Champions the use of DevSecOps practices, tooling and techniques.
Ensures continuous learning and improvement through ongoing training, practice and innovation.
Manages individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Benefits

medical/dental/vision
life insurance
short and long term disability coverage
paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
nine paid holidays
8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
401(k) with company match
company-paid pension plan
business casual attire