Northwestern Mutual
Assistant Director, Software Engineering-Real Estate
Milwaukee, WI Corporate · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
ReactNode.jsBackend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentSnowflakeCI/CDRESTdbtData EngineeringIncident ResponseProduct ManagementProduct StrategyPerformance ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- This role is accountable for technical direction, delivery excellence, and people leadership for the Real Estate engineering teams.
- Define and communicate technical direction for Real Estate team, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and delivery standards.
- 8+ years of software and data engineering experience, with strong full-stack and data platform expertise.
Responsibilities
- In this role, you will lead engineers directly while partnering closely with Product Managers, Architects, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and supportable solutions aligned with team's objectives.
- Lead solution design across front‑end (React), backend services (Node.js, REST APIs), and data platforms (dbt, Snowflake) with clear interface contracts and data lineage.
- Drive technical decomposition and sequencing for initiatives spanning applications, APIs, pipelines, and warehouse models.
- Own technical risk management, including early identification of architecture, integration, performance, and security risks.
- Improve data reliability and trust by guiding data warehouse model quality, transformation design, and warehouse performance optimization.
- Support production stability by guiding incident response, root-cause analysis, and preventive engineering improvements.
Requirements
- Strong experience with data warehousing best practices.
- Experience with database performance tuning, cost-aware design, and data governance controls.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and elevate engineering maturity.
Skills
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- Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds.
- Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Compensation
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Benefits
- Build a strong engineering culture centered on ownership, quality, learning, and constructive feedback.
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