Consultant, Software Engineer (Apigee, APIs, Kong)

OhioX; Columbus, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

Paid time off & holidays

Pension plan

Casual attire

Job summary

Nationwide is seeking a Technology Lead to support the Integration Governance Team in the Technology Integration Platforms organization. The role prioritizes secure, resilient integrations, API design, and event streaming while collaborating across cross-functional teams in a hybrid Columbus, OH environment.

You will mentor others, drive DevSecOps adoption, and guide architecture and best practices for Java/Spring, Angular, microservices, and cloud-native apps within a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field preferred.
• Six+ years in programming/software engineering; PM experience a plus.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, ability to guide teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver secure, scalable integration solutions.
• Mentor engineers and drive DevSecOps practices across teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align tech strategy with business goals.
• Lead API and event-driven design across microservices and data pipelines.

Skills

Full stack

Java/Spring

Angular

APIs

Kafka

Cloud AWS/Azure

Docker/Kubernetes

CI/CD

Education

BS in CS/IS

Tools

Apigee

Kong

Amazon API Gateway

Job description

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.

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.

The ideal candidate will have the following characteristics:

• 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

Technical skills:

• 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

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Job Description Summary

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’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.

Job Description

Key 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.

Reporting Relationships

Reports to a Technology Manager/Director.

Typical Skills and Experiences

Education

Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, mathematics, or related field are strongly preferred.

Experience

Six or more years of programming, software engineering or systems analysis experience. Three years of experience in project management is preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills

Hands‑on technical leadership experience leading project teams and setting technical direction. 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. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and Human Resources Business Partner.

Values

Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Overtime Eligibility

Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions

Hybrid to normal office environment. Associates may have on-call responsibility after normal working hours and/or on weekends.

ADA

The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

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
• and more

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Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.The national salary range for Consultant, Software Engineer : $118,000.00-$222,000.00The expected starting salary range for Consultant, Software Engineer : $118,000.00 - $178,000.00