Northwestern Mutual
Northwestern Mutual
Founded in 1869 and based in Milwaukee, Northwestern Mutual operates in financial services and insurance. Its offerings include life, disability, and long-term care insurance, financial planning, and investment strategies delivered through a network of financial advisors. The company also emphasizes technology and innovation in its financial services work. Its profile highlights employee development and a focus on flexible, supportive work; job seekers can explore its current opportunities to learn about available roles and their details.

Assistant Director of Software Engineering, Public Investments Lead

Lead engineering for Northwestern Mutual’s public investments systems, spanning React applications, backend services, and data platforms. Coach engineers and deliver secure, scalable investment management solutions.

विवरण

  • Lead large-scale Investment Management System implementations from design through delivery.
  • Set and communicate technical direction for the Public Investments team.
  • Turn product and business goals into technical designs and delivery plans.
  • Guide solution design across React, Node.js, REST APIs, dbt, Snowflake, and data platforms.
  • Review code and give engineers practical technical guidance.
  • Break down and sequence work across applications, APIs, pipelines, and warehouse models.
  • Set standards for code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, reliability, and operational readiness.
  • Address technical risks related to architecture, integration, performance, and security.
  • Ensure API and data integrations are resilient, documented, and reusable.
  • Raise the quality, reliability, and performance of warehouse models and data transformations.
  • Lead incident response and root-cause analysis, then drive preventive improvements.
  • Coach engineers and support their growth, performance, and career development.
  • Promote a team culture of ownership, quality, learning, and feedback.
  • Lead technical reviews, delivery reviews, and mentoring activities.
  • Work with Engineering Management on hiring, onboarding, and succession planning.
  • Partner with Product Managers, Enterprise Architecture, and other investment delivery teams.
  • Coordinate dependencies across teams and prepare releases for delivery.
  • Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

आवश्यकताएँ

  • Substantial experience in public investments or asset management.
  • Experience with at least one Public Investment Management System, such as Aladdin Enterprise, Calypso, Bloomberg, or Charles River.
  • At least eight years of software and data engineering experience.
  • Strong full-stack and data platform expertise.
  • Hands-on skill in solution design and code guidance.
  • Technical leadership experience, formal or informal, and interest in further leadership growth.
  • A record of technical leadership across multiple teams or complex cross-functional initiatives.
  • Strong experience building modern web applications with React.
  • Strong experience building backend services and designing REST APIs.
  • Strong knowledge of data warehousing best practices.
  • Experience with database performance tuning, cost-aware design, and data governance controls.
  • Experience designing secure, scalable, observable enterprise systems.
  • Ability to mentor engineers and improve engineering maturity.
  • Strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Preferred: hands-on experience implementing large-scale Investment Management Systems.
  • Preferred: experience modernizing legacy applications and data pipelines.
  • Preferred: experience with platform migration programs and phased cutovers.
  • Preferred: experience setting shared engineering standards across multiple teams.

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