About this opportunity
Northwestern Mutual lists this Actuarial Senior Software Engineer, Mainframe opportunity in milwaukee, Wisconsin. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
About the Role
The Actuarial Software Engineering team at Northwestern Mutual is responsible for creating and improving systems that ensure the company can meet its financial obligations to its customers, employees, and field representatives. These systems are financial in nature, centered on risk products and benefit plans, and based on the professional knowledge of the actuary. The applications are varied, generally are mathematical in nature, and involve working in close partnerships with technical peers and actuarial business experts.
As an Actuarial Senior Software Engineer, you will contribute to our mainframe team, with a focus on the financial reporting systems. Working with calculations related to customer premiums, claim payments and reserve calculations requires a comfort level with math, eye for details, and a strong sense of prioritization. Your NM product knowledge and ability to translate technical and business terms will provide you with a strong foundation for your direct client interactions.
This is an excellent place to start within this group, will help you build a foundation of knowledge about our risk products, and from there you can either stay mainframe focused or grow into other business application areas and other technologies. Regardless, you'll be part of a team that plays a crucial role in ensuring this great company continues to do great things for its customers.
What You'll Do in the Role
Work with subject matter experts and technical peers to translate business needs into software engineering projects.
Leverage technical experience to develop, create, and implement software changes that meet business needs.
Provide guidance and leadership to less experienced software engineers.
Strive to continually improve our core systems, with a focus on delivering excellence to the business experts who rely on your work.
Multiply the talent of your teammates by sharing your experiences and learnings and fostering a positive team focused atmosphere.
Establishes, aggregates, and shares team standards and best practices within department.
Utilizes working relationships across teams within their division.
What You'll Bring to the Role
Bachelor's Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
4-5 years professional experience required.
Experience developing and supporting mainframe-based applications preferred.
Experience with JCL, PL/I, SAS or similar 4th generation tool ideal
Experience with SQL desired.
Experience with professional change management concepts and tools (e.g. ChangeMan, ServiceNow, Control-M)
Strong problem-solving skills.
Capable of communicating between product, engineering, and the business.
Manages own time to meet objectives.
Ability to perform peer reviews on code and design.
Solid understanding of design patterns and architecture.
Skills You Have
Accountability
Analytical Thinking
Business Application
Learning Agility & Critical Thinking
Software Development
Software Problem Solving
Technical Problem Solving
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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,
Grow your career with a best-in-class company that puts our clients' interests at the center of all we do.
Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds. 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
Analytical Thinking (NM) - Advanced, Customer Centricity (NM) - Advanced, Strategic Thinking (NM) - Advanced, Root Cause Analysis & Decision Quality (NM) - Advanced, Talent Development & Planning (NM) - Beginner, Application Security (NM) - Advanced, Release Management (NM) - Advanced, DevOps (NM) - Advanced, Cloud Technology (NM) - Intermediate, Cross Functional Partnering & Planning (NM) - Intermediate, Software Problem Solving (NM) - Advanced, Accountability (NM) - Beginner, Professional Curiosity (NM) - Advanced (Inactive), Business Application (NM) - Intermediate, Coaching & Mentoring (NM) - Intermediate, IT Strategy (NM) - Intermediate, Adaptive Communication (NM) - Advanced, Technical Solution Development (NM) - Advanced (Inactive), Data Literacy (NM) - Advanced, Software Development (NM) - Advanced, Application Performance Management (NM) - Intermediate
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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Worksite address
milwaukee, WI, 53244, US
Who can apply
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