Manager Software Engineering

Northwestern Mutual; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Mutual seeks a Manager Software Engineering to lead a scrum team delivering data assets and services for the Wealth organization. You will drive design, estimation, backlogs, and cross-team collaboration while mentoring engineers and recruiting top talent.

The role emphasizes production stability, on-call support, and career development for engineers within Wealth Data. Telecommuting is allowed two days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or related field required.
• 4+ years as a software developer; 2+ years of technical leadership required.
• Experience must include Hadoop, Cloudera Data Platform, AWS S3, Azure Storage, Informatica PowerCenter/PowerExchange, SSIS, Apache NiFi, BI tools, DB2/Oracle/MS SQL/MySQL, and Python/SQL/UNIX/Linux Shell/HQL.

Responsibilities

• Lead a scrum team, providing technical design and solution delivery for Wealth Data Application.
• Mentor engineers, groom backlog, manage cross-team interactions, and drive team metrics.
• Ensure production stability, monitoring, and root cause analysis for Wealth Data assets.
• Collaborate with product team to shape feature requirements and review code.

Skills

Hadoop stack (HDFS, ABFS, PySpark,Hive

Cloudera Data Platform

AWS S3 & Azure Storage

Informatica PowerCenter, PowerExchange

SSIS & Apache NiFi

Business Objects, SSRS, Power BI

DB2, Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL

Python, SQL, UNIX/Linux Shell SCript

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or related

Job description

Job Description

The Manager Software Engineering at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Milwaukee, WI will lead a scrum team, providing technical design and solution delivery for Wealth Data Application. Act as a technical and people leader for a group of talented software engineers who are evolving and delivering Data assets and services for the Wealth organization. Prioritize work, estimate complex deliverables, manage projects, groom backlog, drive, and define team-level metrics, remove impediments, advance urgent issues, review code, and manage interactions with other development teams within Wealth space. Mentor, guide, and coach engineers within division for technical and leadership growth. Spend time recruiting, and onboarding talent within respective department, ensuring right mix of talent within team. Provide resources with feedback and career coaching. Work with direct reports on development and career planning. Support of existing wealth data systems within Northwestern Mutual through on-call support. Ensure production stability, monitoring, and root cause analysis for Wealth Data assets. Work with product team, to troubleshoot usage problems, or shape feature requirements. Participate and assist with design discussions. Assess technical solutions being provided by engineers. Ensure best practices and standards are followed. Participate in code reviews as needed. Design and develop integrated data solutions, modernizing, consolidating, and coordinating business needs across several wealth applications.

Salary $168,792- $234,000 per year.

Telecommuting permitted 2 days per week.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering or a related field and 4 years of experience as a software developer or related occupation.
• Experience must include 3 years of experience with each of the following: (1) Hadoop including HDFS, ABFS, PySpark, Hive, and Yarn; (2) Cloudera Data Platform, AWS S3, and Azure Storage; (3) Informatica PowerCenter, Power Exchange, SSIS, and Apache NiFi; (4) Business Objects, SSRS, and Power BI; (5) DB2, Oracle, MS SQL Server, Sybase, and MySQL; and (6) Python, SQL, UNIX/Linux Shell Scripting, and HQL.
• Must also have two years of technical leadership experience.

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Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do.

Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.

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At Northwestern Mutual, we believe relationships are built on trust. That our lives and our work matter. These beliefs launched our company over 160 years ago. Today, they're just a few of the reasons why people choose to build careers at Northwestern Mutual.

What started in Milwaukee, WI has grown into 7,000+ home office professionals split across 3 campuses: New York City, Franklin and downtown Milwaukee (HQ) - each one bringing with it its own unique talent and culture.

In a company with such a long and storied history, this may be the most exciting and important time to be a part of Northwestern Mutual as we are growing our digital and tech capabilities and are always on the lookout for bright, tech-savvy candidates.

Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.