Consultant, Software Engineer; Apigee, ACE IBM

If you’re passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwide’s Information 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.

This role will work a hybrid schedule coming into the Columbus, Ohio office 2 days per week on Wednesdays & Thursdays.

You will be working in Nationwide Financial Technology - Life Technology as a hands‑on technical leader for API and web services delivery, with significant responsibility for ACE (IBM App Connect Enterprise) integration design. You’ll shape patterns and guardrails, define reusable message flows and subflows, codify error handling, retries, and observability, and guide teams on versioning and deployment across environments. You will partner with vendor teams and platform owners to evolve our integration roadmap (synchronous and event‑driven), improve resiliency and performance, and elevate engineering practices across the enterprise.

This role blends architecture, enablement, and delivery — ideal for a builder‑coach who thrives at the intersection of technical depth and cross‑team influence.

• Lead enterprise API design, development, and governance using Apigee
  , championing standards for security, performance, and reusability.
• Define and enforce REST conventions,
  JSON
  /
  XML models, and OpenAPI (OAS 2/3) specifications, ensuring consistency with Nationwide engineering guidelines.
• Drive integration patterns and best practices in ACE (IBM App Connect Enterprise) for robust, maintainable services and event flows.
• Implement and harden edge policies on IBM Data Power
  , including routing, threat protection, and service‑level controls.
• Own SSL/TLS and certificate lifecycle management (mTLS, keystores/trust stores, rotation processes) across API gateways and services.
• Provide vendor partner management & guidance
  : set expectations, review designs, and ensure on‑time, high‑quality delivery.
• Advance web services interoperability, including WSDL
  /
  XSD structures, name spaces, and schema conventions.
• Apply industry insurance data models & standards and bring practical insurance & financial domain knowledge to design decisions.
• Contribute to application design & architecture
  : reference designs, decision records, and non‑functional requirements (reliability, performance, observability).
• Communicate complex technical topics clearly to business partners and leaders; translate business needs into actionable technical plans.
• Coach and upskill engineers within and beyond your team; lead design reviews, brown‑bags, and hands‑on pairing.
• Elevate testing & debugging practices (unit, integration, contract tests); instrument services and build actionable telemetry.
• Use Splunk to investigate production issues, create dashboards/alerts, and drive data‑informed reliability improvements.

• Extensive experience with enterprise API platforms and Apigee policy development (JWT/OAuth, quota/rate limiting, transformation, mediation).
• Deep knowledge of REST standards; strong hands‑on with JSON
  , XML
  , and OpenAPI (OAS 2/3) design‑first workflows.
• Expertise in ACE (IBM App Connect Enterprise): message flows, error handling, observability, and deployment best practices.
• Proficiency with IBM Data Power gateway administration and policy hardening.
• Strong SSL/TLS and certificate management fundamentals, including mTLS across distributed systems.
• Proven web services experience with WSDL
  /
  XSD conventions and schema design.
• Familiarity with insurance data models and standards and practical insurance & financial systems knowledge.
• Demonstrated application design & architecture skills (patterns, scalability, resiliency, security‑by‑design).
• Excellent communication skills: partner with business stakeholders, guide vendor teams, and explain technical concepts to non‑technical audiences.
• Hands‑on coaching and mentorship experience across multiple teams.
• Strong testing & debugging skills;…