Consultant, Software Engineer (Retirement Solutions)

Nationwide Mutual Insurance•Columbus, OH

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is with Nationwide's Technology team, focusing on critical Retirement Solutions capabilities. The team drives innovation and adopts new technologies to deliver business results for a Fortune 100 company. The engineer will be responsible for keeping platforms healthy, current, secure, and ready to evolve into a strategic advantage. Success in this role is centered on owning the platform, delivering for customers, and growing people. The position involves leading the design, development, enhancement, and support of software solutions, applying secure engineering practices, and contributing to both modernization and operational support. It also includes partnering with various teams, analyzing requirements, developing, testing, and debugging applications, and championing DevSecOps practices. Mentoring and guiding other engineers through technical leadership, knowledge sharing, and fostering strong engineering habits are also key aspects of the role.

Requirements

A strong AI mindset and a proven track record of using AI tools to improve productivity, accelerate delivery, strengthen engineering quality, and simplify day to day work.
Hands on technical leadership experience and the ability to influence direction without formal people leadership authority.
Deep hands-on experience in at least one modern programming language or framework, such as Java or Angular, with the ability to apply that expertise to complex engineering challenges.
Strong knowledge of the software development lifecycle and modern delivery practices.
A track record of solving sophisticated business and technology problems in a collaborative team environment.
Experience with enterprise integrations, operationally critical applications, cloud enabled components, or modernization work that balances new capabilities with support for existing platforms.
A genuine interest in mentoring others, sharing knowledge, and helping raise the technical capability of the team over time.
A positive, collaborative attitude and the ability to translate technical concepts into clear, easy to understand language.
Six years of experience in programming and systems analysis.
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

Three years of experience in project management is preferred.
Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development, enhancement, and support of software solutions that enable Retirement Solutions business outcomes.
Apply secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Contribute to both modernization work and ongoing operational support, including release activity, integrations, batch or event driven processing, and production stability work.
Partner with product, architecture, engineering, and support teams to move work forward across multiple teams and priorities.
Analyze requirements, develop solutions, test and debug applications, document changes, and support deployment using sound engineering practices.
Champion DevSecOps practices, tooling, and continuous improvement.
Mentor and guide other engineers through design reviews, coding standards, problem solving, and day to day technical leadership.
Share knowledge, encourage strong engineering habits, and help raise the technical capability of the team over time.
Lead through influence, collaboration, and a willingness to make others around you stronger.
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.