JOB REQUIREMENTS: 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
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