Public Investments Tech Lead — Hands-On Delivery & Scale

Northwestern Mutual; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 176,000 - 304,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedules

Concierge service

Comprehensive benefits

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Northwestern Mutual is seeking an Assistant Director, Software Engineering (Tech Lead) to own end‑to‑end technical quality and delivery for UI, services, and data platforms in the Public Investments domain. You will lead engineers, set direction, and raise standards while delivering secure, scalable solutions aligned with business goals.

The role combines hands‑on coding with leadership across React front ends, Node.js services, and data warehousing practices, with emphasis on reliability,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software and data engineering experience.
• Strong full‑stack and data platform expertise.
• Hands‑on technical leadership and coaching ability.

Responsibilities

• Serve as hands‑on technical lead for IMS implementations from design to delivery.
• Define and communicate technical direction for the Public Investments team.
• Translate product outcomes into technical designs and implementation plans.
• Lead solution design across front end (React), backend services (Node.js, REST APIs), and data platforms (dbt, Snowflake).
• Review code and provide hands‑on guidance to engineers.

Skills

Leadership

React

REST APIs

Data Warehousing

Security

DevOps

Cloud Platform

Tools

React

Node.js

dbt

Snowflake

Job description

Northwestern Mutual is seeking an Assistant Director, Software Engineering (Tech Lead) to own end‑to‑end technical quality and delivery for UI, services, and data platforms in the Public Investments domain. You will lead engineers, set direction, and raise standards while delivering secure, scalable solutions aligned with business goals.

The role combines hands‑on coding with leadership across React front ends, Node.js services, and data warehousing practices, with emphasis on reliability,