Fullstack Engineer

About the Role

At Northwestern Mutual, our Digital Platform organization is investing in the Business Event Hub, an internal, near-real-time messaging platform built on a Business Domain Driven Architecture. The Hub enables the governed production, short-term storage, and consumption of business events across the enterprise and is continuing to expand into adjacent capabilities.

As a Fullstack Engineer, you'll help build, support, and enhance the platform capabilities that power event-driven communication across Northwestern Mutual. You'll work on highly available integration services, APIs, messaging technologies, and cloud-enabled solutions while collaborating closely with engineers, product managers, and designers. Our engineering environment is diverse, providing opportunities to contribute across web development, backend services, automation, CI/CD, cloud technologies, and platform engineering initiatives.

This role is ideal for a technically curious engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, taking ownership of outcomes, and contributing to a platform with enterprise-wide impact. We're looking for someone who is eager to learn new skills and technologies, embraces challenges beyond their primary area of expertise, and thrives in a collaborative environment. You'll work across a diverse technology stack spanning web development, backend services, automation, and CI/CD, making adaptability and a continuous learning mindset essential to success.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, test, maintain, and support software applications and platform services.

• Build and enhance solutions using Java, Node.js and/or Kotlin.

• Develop and support secure REST services, web-sockets, and client applications.

• Work with highly available data-integration services and message queue technologies.

• Design and support solutions utilizing relational and NoSQL databases.

• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers in an agile environment.

• Participate in platform enhancements that improve reliability, scalability, and usability.

• Troubleshoot technical issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions.

• Contribute new ideas and innovative approaches to technical challenges.

• Take ownership of deliverables and help drive outcomes with minimal direction.

What You Will Bring To the Role

Technical Experience

• 2+ years of professional experience with Java, Node.js and/or Kotlin.

• Experience building and operating highly available data-integration services and message queues.

• Experience developing secure REST services, web-sockets, and client applications.

• 2+ years of experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases.

• Familiarity with front-end technologies including React, Webpack, and OpenAPI.

• Familiarity with public cloud technologies and platforms including AWS and Azure.

• Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment concepts and practices.

Professional Strengths

• Fast learner with a strong desire to continuously grow and expand technical expertise.

• Self-starter who can take initiative and work effectively with minimal direction.

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.

• Comfortable working beyond primary technologies to understand broader platform needs.

• Effective communicator who can explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Collaborative team member who enjoys partnering across disciplines to solve problems.

• Curious mindset with a passion for improving systems and finding new ways to solve challenges.

Skills You Have

• Adaptive Communication: Communicates complex technical information effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Analytical Thinking: Uses data, analysis, and critical thinking to identify root causes, solve problems, and improve processes.

• Customer Centricity: Applies a customer-first mindset when designing and improving products, systems, and services.

• Learning Agility & Critical Thinking: Quickly learns new technologies and approaches while applying critical thinking to solve problems.

• Software Development: Designs, develops, tests, maintains, and supports software applications throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Software Problem Solving: Troubleshoots technical issues, identifies root causes, and develops effective solutions.