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Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

Northwestern Mutual
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee
720 E Wisconsin Ave (Show on map)
Aug 04, 2025
Northwestern Mutual's Wealth Department is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer with strong leadership skills to join our dynamic team. This role involves designing and developing scalable software solutions while mentoring junior engineers to foster their growth. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in full stack development, excellent problem-solving abilities, and a collaborative spirit. If you're passionate about leading teams and driving innovation in wealth management, we'd love to hear from you! Primary Duties & Responsibilities: Demonstrates technical leadership to team. Establishes, aggregates, and shares team standards and best practices within department. Engaged in software design and hands on development. Utilizes working relationships across teams within their division. Assesses and provides solutions to system-wide architectural problems. Be a mentor to junior developers. Qualifications: 5 - 7+ years of professional development experience required. 5+ years of experience working with modern engineering tools, languages and practices. Bachelor's Degree or equivalent education and experience. Expertise in full stack development. 5+ years of experience with front end development in modern technologies like REACT, JavaScript, Node JS, required. Expertise in backend development (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes, Docker). Expertise in CI/CD skills. Demonstrated critical thinking, ownership mindset and continuous learning. Experience developing solutions using agile methods. Previous experience mentoring and/or coaching engineers. Advanced skillset in one or more technical platforms. 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. Demonstrating capability and proficiency in the below skills: Adaptive Communication Analytical Thinking Application Performance Management Application Security Software Development Software development design and implementation. #LI-Hybrid Compensation Range: Pay Range - Start: $102,060.00 Pay Range - End: $189,540.00 Geographic Specific Pay Structure: 210 - Structure 110: 112,280.00 USD - 208,520.00 USD 210 - Structure 115: 117,390.00 USD - 218,010.00 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. 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