InvestTech, the technology team supporting the Nationwide Investments business function, is looking for a strong application developer to be a tech lead within our area.  This individual will be key to the delivery and uplift of critical technology solutions and will be expected to help drive the future technical direction of our organization.  The ideal candidate will have experience across multiple development languages and frameworks and will help lead the organization in transitioning from a data integration technology stack to an application development technology stack leveraging Java, APIs, data streaming, and cloud environments.

While this is an individual contributor position within the Investments Business Solution area, the successful candidate is expected to play a key leadership and delivery role in planning, developing, and deploying solutions across multiple lines and platforms/products for one of our most impactful business units.

If you are looking for an opportunity to lead the adoption and implementation of next-generation technologies and capabilities and help grow and further develop high-performing teams in the process - we want to talk to you!
 

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
• Solid communication, people interaction, and self-leadership skills
• Thought Leadership with a strong ability to influence and lead continuous improvement
• Experience developing software via Agile software development methodologies
• Proven ability to document and share knowledge effectively (knowledge management)
• Proven ability to develop and drive results with standard Software engineering processes such as TDD/ATDD, paired programming, etc.
• Technology depth and experience with systems integration / Batch Processing / APIs / EDI (or similar)

Technical skills: 

• Strong skills in programming languages and tools such as Java/JavaScript, Python, Angular, and .NET
• Experience with or ability to support and uplift capabilities with analytics tools such as Python, R, Matlab, Jupyter Notebook, Power BI, and Tableau
• Experience with or ability to support and uplift capabilities with technical tools such as Kinesis, Kafka, Rancher, Docker, Kubernetes, Lambda, and Message Queues
• Strong relational database / SQL experience
• Strong Unix/Linux O/S skills and PERL/Python (or similar) scripting ability
• Cloud (AWS, Snowflake) Products / Development / DevOps
• ETL Development and Implementation experience
• Data Storage, build, and maintenance experience

Open for 100% remote work.

Compensation Grade: G5

Colorado Residents: Email taproces@nationwide.com for salary information.

Job Description Summary

If you’re all about delivering technology solutions to support a company providing outstanding care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology may be the place for you! Our industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative and inclusive 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 will focus on mentoring and leading 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:

• Mentors and trains other team members on design techniques, tools and coding standards. 

• Provides strategic advice on using technology to achieve goals. 

• Drives cross-collaboration and execution of projects across multiple teams. 

• Analyzes, solutions, develops, tests, debugs, documents and deploys software according to standards and optimal practices. 

• Champions the use of DevSecOps practices, tooling and techniques. 

• Ensures continuous learning and improvement through ongoing training, practice and innovation. 

• Manages individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables. 

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

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 is strongly preferred. 

Experience: Six years of experience in programming and systems analysis. 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 programming language such as Java, C++, Python, 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.

Job Conditions: 

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: 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.