Specialist, Software Engineer

If you’re passionate about being part of a dynamic organization that enables a Fortune 100 company with nearly $70 billion in annual sales to drive innovation and adopt new technologies that deliver business results, then Nationwide’s 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.

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• 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.

Required Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

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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 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:

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:
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

Soft Skills & Attributes:

• 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.

Additional Information:

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.

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