Specialist, Software Engineer
Nationwide
- Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services and applications using Java as part of the Life New Business Simplification effort.
- Collaborate with the Product Owner, Product Architect, Tech Lead, and fellow engineers on the Trailblazers team to translate business and functional requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Participate actively in agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, backlog refinement) led by the team's Agile Lead.
- Write clean, well-tested, maintainable code following Nationwide engineering standards and best practices, including unit and integration testing.
- Partner with Quality Engineering to support automated testing and ensure defect-free releases.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues in coordination with the team's designated production support owner.
- Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, and continuous improvement of team engineering practices.
- Work closely with the Product Architect to ensure solutions align with target-state architecture and integration patterns.
- Support onboarding and knowledge-sharing within the team as it scales.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Solid, hands-on experience developing backend applications and services in Java (Java full-stack experience is a plus).
- Experience working within an Agile/Scrum delivery model.
- Strong understanding of object-oriented design, RESTful APIs, and microservices architecture.
- Experience with relational databases and SQL.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a distributed (India/US) team.
- Good written and verbal communication skills for collaborating with US and India-based stakeholders.
- Experience in the life insurance or financial services domain.
- Familiarity with front-end frameworks such as Angular, in support of full-stack delivery.
- Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., Azure) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with automated testing tools/frameworks (e.g., Tosca) is a plus, given close collaboration with the team's Quality Engineering function.
- Prior experience in a large enterprise technology environment, ideally within insurance or financial services.
If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative 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 primarily on providing high quality, efficient technology solutions to business partners by crafting new software applications or modifying and/or supporting existing packaged or custom-built applications. In this capacity, you’ll analyze, code, configure, test, debug, document and maintain applications.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyses, solutions, develops, tests, debugs, documents and deploys software according to standards in an agile environment.
- Applies secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
- Uses DevSecOps practices, tooling and techniques.
- Drives continuous improvement and learning through ongoing training, practice and innovation.
- Manages medium to large project priorities, deadlines and deliverables proactively.
- Additional responsibilities may include collaboration across teams and adherence to company standards.
Qualifications & Experience:
Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, or other related degree. Technology experience or non-traditional technology certificates can be substituted for an undergraduate degree.
Experience
Four or more years of analysis and technology experience.
Technical Skills
- CI/CD
- Cloud Computing
- Programming Languages
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Software Engineering
- Software Security
- Software Testing
- Systems Integration
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Analytical and problem-solving mindset
- Ability to work in agile and global environments
- Time management and prioritization
- Proficiency in one or more programming language such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript.
- Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle.
- Proven ability to tackle complex business and development problems.
- Ability to thrive in a team environment. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.
Reporting Structure:
Reports to Manager or Director.
Location Flexibility:
Hybrid with periodic in-office collaboration
Equal Opportunity Statement
Nationwide is committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, gender, disability, religion, or other protected categories.