Engineer, Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)

If you’re passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwide’s Information Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

Enterprise Internet & Mobility (EI&M) is a team of technologists focused on creating Nationwide’s digital future. We digitally enable customer-centric products and services that deliver industry-leading experiences across many digital channels including web, mobile and conversational. If you’re passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, EI&M is the place for you!

Our operations team is dedicated to supporting all applications within these channels and the processes that govern them. We accomplish this by applying the discipline of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), popularized by Google, which incorporates principles of software engineering across the operations landscape. The primary goals of our team focus on developing solutions that improve upon established processes while maximizing the reliability of applications and services through proactive data analysis.

We are seeking a driven and passionate Software Engineer to join our unique and dynamic team. In this role, you will be a key player in developing complex software solutions designed to automate and eliminate work using a highly specific collection of technologies.

Technologies

Candidates are expected to possess working knowledge in at least three of the following technologies:

• Reactive Java Development - Reactive Programming with RxJava or similar, including developing asynchronous, non-blocking applications.

• Kafka Event Streaming - Apache Kafka for building and managing event-driven architectures.

• Redis Expertise - Redis data structures and experience in deploying and managing Redis instances.

• Redis Cluster - Redis Cluster, including setting up and managing distributed environments for scalability and high availability.

• Redis TimeSeries - Redis TimeSeries for handling high-volume time series data, including integration with monitoring tools.

• Containerization - Containerization technologies, including Kubernetes, Docker, and Rancher, for deploying and managing containerized applications.

Compensation grade D5

Job Description Summary

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 code, configure, test, debug, document and maintain applications.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities: 

• Develops, tests, debugs, documents and deploys software according to standards and best practices.

• 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.

• Adopts continuous improvement and learning.

• Handles project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables proactively.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to a Technology Manager/Director. 

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: 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: One or more years of technology experience.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Proficiency of at least one programming language such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, etc. Knowledge of software development lifecycle. Good problem-solving skills. Ability to thrive in a team environment. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus. 

Other criteria, such as competencies and experiences, may take precedence. 

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the Director and HR Officer. 

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions: 

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: Office environment may vary based on team and/or location. Associates may have on-call responsibility after normal working hours and/or on weekends. 

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties. 

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.

Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.

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