Consultant, Software Engineer (Apigee, APIs, Kong)

Nationwide•Columbus, OH

1d•$118,000 - $222,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio office 2 days per week. We are seeking a Technology Lead to support the Integration Governance Team within the Technology Integration Platforms organization. The team owns the tools, standards, and accelerators that ensure integration solutions across Nationwide are secure, resilient, and consistently delivered. In this pivotal role, you will be at the forefront of ensuring the security and integrity of our AI, APIs, and Event Streams, playing a crucial part in safeguarding our organization’s digital infrastructure. APIs are the number one threat vector for malicious actors to Nationwide Technology and the Financial Services industry at large, therefore ensuring that Nationwide's integrations are secure, resilient, and operational is paramount. As a Software Engineer, you’ll focus on mentoring and guiding 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

Ability to work in a fast paced team environment
Strong communication, people interaction, and self-leadership skills
Thought leadership with strong ability to influence and lead continuous improvement
Experience developing software via Agile software development methodologies
Proven ability to document and share knowledge effectively
Technology depth and experience with designing, building and supporting APIs and Event Streams
Full stack development experience
Java / Springboot and Angular development
Microservices / REST APIs
Experience with Apigee, Kong, or Amazon API Gateway
Experience building applications that interact with Kafka
Cloud Native applications in AWS or Azure
Docker container architecture managed by Kubernetes
CI/CD pipeline enablement
Six or more years of programming, software engineering or systems analysis experience.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, C++, Python, and 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

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.
Mentor and train other team members on design techniques, tools, and coding standards.
Provide strategic technical advice on using technology to achieve business and technology goals/strategy.
Drive cross-collaboration and execution of projects across multiple teams.
Analyze solutions, develop, test, debug, document, and deploy moderately complex software according to standards and best practices.
Champion the adoption and effective use of DevSecOps practices, tooling, and techniques to improve software quality, security, automation, and delivery efficiency across teams.
Manages multiple medium to large project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables proactively.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.