Senior Software Engineer

Northwestern Mutual•Milwaukee, WI

4d•$120,494 - $222,300•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Milwaukee, WI will design, develop, and maintain high-quality software applications that meet business requirements and technical specifications. Conduct comprehensive code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, performance optimization, and security best practices. Demonstrate technical leadership, providing guidance and mentorship to junior software engineers, and fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. Collaborate with software architects and other engineering teams to design scalable and efficient system architectures and assess and provide solutions to system-wide architectural problems. Analyze and translate business requirements into technical specifications, ensuring clear understanding and feasibility. Maintain detailed documentation for software designs, code, and system configurations. Develop and execute unit tests, integration tests, and perform debugging to ensure software reliability and performance. Participate in Agile and Scrum teams, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospective meetings. Advocate for and implement continuous improvement practices, including code refactoring, automated testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. Establish, aggregate, and share team standards and best practices within the department to ensure consistency and quality across projects. Utilize working relationships across teams within the division to ensure alignment and effective communication on projects. Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, UX designers, and QA engineers, to deliver high-quality products on time. Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry trends, recommending and implementing new tools and practices to enhance development processes. Provide technical support and troubleshooting assistance to internal and external customers, resolving complex software issues in a timely manner. Telecommuting permitted.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or a related field
Four years of experience as a software engineer or related occupation
Four years of experience with Java-related micro services
Four years of experience with JavaScript technologies
Four years of experience developing solutions using agile methods
Four years of experience writing unit test cases for code developed
Four years of experience with CI/CD pipelines

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software applications that meet business requirements and technical specifications.
Conduct comprehensive code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, performance optimization, and security best practices.
Demonstrate technical leadership, providing guidance and mentorship to junior software engineers, and fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
Collaborate with software architects and other engineering teams to design scalable and efficient system architectures and assess and provide solutions to system-wide architectural problems.
Analyze and translate business requirements into technical specifications, ensuring clear understanding and feasibility.
Maintain detailed documentation for software designs, code, and system configurations.
Develop and execute unit tests, integration tests, and perform debugging to ensure software reliability and performance.
Participate in Agile and Scrum teams, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospective meetings.
Advocate for and implement continuous improvement practices, including code refactoring, automated testing, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Establish, aggregate, and share team standards and best practices within the department to ensure consistency and quality across projects.
Utilize working relationships across teams within the division to ensure alignment and effective communication on projects.
Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, UX designers, and QA engineers, to deliver high-quality products on time.
Stay updated on emerging technologies and industry trends, recommending and implementing new tools and practices to enhance development processes.
Provide technical support and troubleshooting assistance to internal and external customers, resolving complex software issues in a timely manner.