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Senior Software Engineer

Northwestern Mutual
$118,960.00

-$178,440.00

life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, 401(k)
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee
720 E Wisconsin Ave (Show on map)
Apr 01, 2026

About the Job:

At Northwestern Mutual, we embrace cutting-edge technologies to enable our business to grow at an unprecedented rate and are looking for great people to help drive this transformation.

We are seeking experienced, agile developers with a desire to build Northwestern Mutual's future through modern software applications. You're the right fit if you're a great team player and there isn't a problem you can't solve.

You will be working on a team building new features and maintaining an application that our Financial Representatives will use for showing Life Insurance illustrations to clients. This team is located in Downtown Milwaukee.

What You'll Do:

  • Provides technical leadership within a software engineering Scrum team, leading by example and coordinating the activities of others on the team as well as dependencies with other teams.
  • Contributes to ensuring a high standard of reliability, performance and production stability in applications and services owned and supported by the team.
  • Contributes as assigned to refinement of features allocated to the team, as well as solution definition and decomposition into stories.
  • Leads engineering efforts as assigned, ensuring features are completed and deployed by dates committed to in quarterly Program Increment (PI) planning, and overcoming challenges as needed.
  • Takes initiative to identify and advocate opportunities for continuous improvement.
  • Partners with peer engineers across Illustrations to avoid silos and achieve outcomes optimized for the larger engineering team and the needs of the business.
  • Contribute to an inclusive culture within the team, models company values and behaviors, and encourages collaboration and respect for diverse perspectives.
  • Establishes and promotes standards and best practices within the team.
  • Maintains and exercises influence across all of Illustrations and with partner teams outside of Illustrations

What You'll Bring to the Role:

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
  • 5-8+ years professional software development experience required
  • Advanced skill and understanding of web development using JavaScript, Typescript, Node.js, and Webpack
  • Demonstrated critical thinking, ownership mindset and continuous learning ability
  • Capable of effectively communicating with product, engineering, and business stakeholders.
  • Manages own time to meet objectives.
  • Ability to perform peer reviews on code and designs.
  • Shown understanding of design patterns and software architecture principles.

Further impress us with:

  • Experience working with micro-front-end development
  • Experience working with AWS SQS, DynamoDB, or S3 Buckets
  • Experience working with Linux

Our Culture:

  • Empowered Engineers
  • Technical Curiosity
  • Casual, Challenging, and Collaborative Environment
  • Outstanding Products
  • Hackathons / Dedication to Innovation
  • Conferences and Meetups
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Free Lunch

Benefits:

  • Tuition reimbursement, commuter plans, and paid time off.
  • Highly competitive compensation that includes base salary plus bonus.
  • Medical/Dental/Vision plans, 401(k), pension program, and more!

#LI-Hybrid

Compensation Range:

Pay Range - Start:

$118,960.00

Pay Range - End:

$178,440.00

Geographic Specific Pay Structure:

Structure 110:

$130,880.00 USD - $196,320.00 USD

Structure 115:

$136,800.00 USD - $205,200.00 USD

We believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. The standard pay structure is listed but if you're living in California, New York City or other eligible location, geographic specific pay structures, compensation and benefits could be applicable, click here to learn more.

Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do. Get started now!

Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.

Skills

React.js, AWS DynamoDB, Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, Linux, JavaScript, Node.js

FIND YOUR FUTURE

We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging.


  • Flexible work schedules
  • Concierge service
  • Comprehensive benefits
  • Employee resource groups
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