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Assistant Director Systems Software Engineering

Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC
Colorado, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 3/19/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/18/2025

At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.

Looking for an innovative leader with a proven track record in the Integrations space [APIs, Events and Messaging]. This role is critical in shaping the strategic direction of our Integrations platforms & services and will involve hands-on leadership.

Make your application after reading the following skill and qualification requirements for this position.

As the Asst. Director of Middleware Integrations team, you will guide a talented team of engineers crucial in supporting the business. You will leverage your expertise in emerging technologies and your strategic partnerships within the organization to drive the organization closer to Cloud.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Set a compelling vision for the team, measure and adapt to results through quantitative and qualitative measures of value, outcome, velocity, engagement, and satisfaction
  • Develop and grow the team through training, mentoring, and coaching in your team and across the technology organization
  • Clarify objectives and remove obstacles and barriers that prevent the team and organization from achieving results
  • Guide the team towards operational resiliency and standards by developing and implementing governance through thoughtful automation
  • Active participant in setting Standards and engineering best practices for an engineering domain
  • Active participant in setting technical roadmap and technical vision for a broad set of technology disciplines

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, MIS or related field; or related work experience beyond the minimum required
  • Experience with :
  • APIs, Events and Messaging platforms is a must

  • Deep understanding of API gateways and stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies
  • Fundamental understanding of Networking and Linux based platforms
  • Modern programming and scripting languages (Python, Go, JavaScript)
  • AWS Cloud Services (AWS Certified Preferred) and containerized applications and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience planning, organizing and managing activities of others as direct reports or project teams
  • Experience with engineering full software development lifecycle best practices including requirement gathering, design, testing, architecture, security, compliance, implementation and support
  • Minimum 3 years' experience planning, organizing and managing activities of others as direct reports or lead of specific project tracks, product teams
  • Ability to bring together the work of many teams and individuals into a cohesive, achievable plan that aligns with goals and deadlines
  • Ability to break down complex problems into smaller, more manageable ones, and help others to do the same
  • Ability to coach and mentor less experienced engineers, along with assigning stretch assignments, and develop development plans with reports
  • Compensation Range :

    Pay Range - Start : $133,140.00

    Pay Range - End : $247,260.00

    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; the scope, complexity as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. At Northwestern Mutual, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Please note that the salary range listed in the posting is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Please click here for additional information relating to location-based pay structures.

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    We are an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

    If you work or would be working in California, Colorado, New York City, Washington or outside of a Corporate location, please click here for information pertaining to compensation and benefits.

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