Assistant Director Software Engineering - CLR

Company: Northwestern Mutual
Location: Milwaukee
Posted on: October 5, 2024

Job Description:

Software Engineering Director Job Description
Lead a team of software engineers to build Field onboarding experiences for Northwestern Mutual, creating backbone systems for Field users to onboard and license field personnel.

About the Role
As a Software Engineering Director, you will provide technical leadership to teams working on user experiences, BPM, and APIs, ensuring high standards of reliability, performance, and production stability.

Key Responsibilities

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• Provide technical leadership to teams working on user experiences, BPM, and APIs.
  
• Ensure a high standard of reliability, performance, and production stability.
  
• Establish, aggregate, and share standards and best practices.
  
• Mentor and coach team members both technically and professionally, providing opportunities for continuous growth.
  
• Recruit, hire, and onboard talent, ensuring the right mix of skills within the team.
  
• Manage team size, design, and budget.
  
• Ensure production stability, monitoring, and perform root cause analysis for products.
  
  
  Qualifications
  
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  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
    
  • 6-8 years of professional experience required.
    
  • 3-5+ years of experience with modern engineering tools, languages, and practices.
    
  • 2-5+ years of experience leading engineering teams.
    
    
    Technical Skills
    
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    • Strong background in BPM tools, such as IBM BPM and Flowable.
      
    • Experience building APIs using Java or NodeJS.
      
    • Working knowledge of ReactJS is preferred.
      
      
      Leadership Skills
      
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      • Proven ability to grow engineering skill sets in others.
        
      • Experience developing future engineering leaders.
        
      • Capability in providing direct feedback and performance reviews.
        
      • Proven track record of successfully designing and delivering significant and impactful technology solutions.
        
        
        About Northwestern Mutual
        We are a best-in-class company that puts our client's interests at the center of all we do. We offer flexible work schedules, comprehensive benefits, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
        
        Perks and Benefits
        
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        • Flexible work schedules
          
        • Concierge service
          
        • Comprehensive benefits
          
        • Employee resource groups
          
          
          Compensation Range
          Pay Range - Start: $146,440.00
          Pay Range - End: $271,960.00
          Northwestern Mutual pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement in the salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate.

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