Remote Software Engineering Manager: API & Platform Lead

northwesternmutual; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 126,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telecommuting permissible

Job summary

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Milwaukee, WI seeks a Manager Software Engineering to translate business needs into groomed product backlog in Jira and design artifacts. You will lead API development, reviews, and architectural work, ensuring low-latency delivery and enterprise API standards.

Collaborate with DevOps, Risk, and scrum teams to improve uptime and performance on AWS, mentor engineers, and drive talent growth while recruiting top talent for the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field.
• At least five years as a software engineer in banking or enterprise tech.
• Experience leading engineering teams and technology delivery.
• Proficiency with Node.js, Typescript, cloud-native apps and data stores.

Responsibilities

• Estimate work effort with product owners and scrum masters.
• Lead development of low-latency APIs following best practices.
• Review code and enforce enterprise API standards.
• Mentor engineers and coach for technical growth.
• Collaborate with DevOps for capacity planning and AWS monitoring.
• Create reusable frameworks and performance optimizations.

Skills

Leading teams

Roadmap planning

Architectural design

Code review

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

Node.js

Typescript

Kafka

DynamoDB

Lambda

Kubernetes

Postman

PostgreSQL

Git

EC2

Job description

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Milwaukee, WI seeks a Manager Software Engineering to translate business needs into groomed product backlog in Jira and design artifacts. You will lead API development, reviews, and architectural work, ensuring low-latency delivery and enterprise API standards.

Collaborate with DevOps, Risk, and scrum teams to improve uptime and performance on AWS, mentor engineers, and drive talent growth while recruiting top talent for the team.