Senior Data Engineer

The Senior Data Engineer at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin will apply engineering best practices in order to analyze, design, develop, deploy and support software solutions. Develop software using continuous deployment and integration practices along with leverage vendor supplied solutions to fulfill organizational goals around large analytical and operational data platforms. Participate in Agile implementations and maintenance of source control and release procedures.

Participate in Code Reviews and provide feedback to team. Explain technical solutions to technical teams. Understand data platforms, data lake technology, and strategies to expand business use cases of such technology. Build and maintain a platform level observability framework. Work with large data platforms and solutions in support of an enterprise data lake solution. Incorporate enterprise observability platforms into frameworks for logging, alerting, and monitoring for scalability, reliability, and predictability.

Assist in the definition of platform SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs. Identify data quality issues and their root causes and propose fixes and design data audits. Telecommuting permissible. Salary $113,922- $222,300 per year.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field plus 4 years of experience as a data engineer or related occupation. Experience must include at least 4 years of experience with each of the following: (1) Python, JVM (Java, Scala), Apache Spark, SQL, Terraform, and YAML configuration as code; (2) Agile methodologies and Dev Ops environment; (3) Data Integration Patterns and Tooling including ELT/ETL, EII, Replication, Event Streaming, Virtualization to support batch and real-time data needs;

(4) Enterprise Data platforms in support of a data lake including Airflow, Starburst; and (5) Terraform.

We believe in fairness and transparency. It's why we share the salary range for most of our roles. However, final salaries are based on a number of factors, including the skills and experience of the candidate; the current market; location of the candidate; and other factors uncovered in the hiring process. If noted, this is standard pay structure for this position.

Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.

We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging.

• Flexible work schedules
• Concierge service
• Comprehensive benefits
• Employee resource groups