Overview

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!

Responsibilities

• Provides technical direction and leadership for product development and oversees architecture and design decisions to support scalability, performance and long-term product health.
• Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
• Mentors and trains team members on design techniques, tools, coding standards and engineering best practices.
• Provides strategic advice on using technology to achieve business and product goals and helps align product development with customer needs and desired outcomes.
• Translates product and business priorities into technical strategy, solution direction and execution guardrails for the team.
• Maintains end-to-end technical ownership for assigned products or applications and drives accountability for architecture, engineering execution, operational health and long-term sustainability.
• Applies a product mindset by aligning technical strategy, sequencing and tradeoff decisions to long-term product roadmaps, customer needs and business outcomes.
• Strengthens knowledge continuity by building institutional knowledge, promoting documentation and developing technical backup depth to reduce key-person dependency.
• Establishes accountability for application quality and technical health by driving visibility and action around code quality, testing, technical debt, vulnerabilities, currency and release readiness.
• Drives cross-collaboration and execution across multiple teams, including coordination with architects, Tech Consultants, Distinguished Engineers, product owners and the broader developer community.
• Partners with product, delivery and agile leaders to plan timelines, manage resource needs, track quarterly commitments and mitigate risks throughout the product lifecycle.
• Leads the team in implementing new features and enhancements and ensures timely delivery of high-quality software products.
• Establishes and reinforces robust software engineering practices, including code reviews, automated testing, consistent sprint execution and prompt resolution of technical issues and defects.
• Champions the use of DevSecOps practices, tooling and techniques and ensures continuous learning and improvement through ongoing training, practice and innovation.
• Establishes and reinforces engineering guardrails by ensuring design decisions, code changes, test approaches and production readiness align with security, quality, resiliency and supportability expectations.
• Evaluates and guides the practical use of emerging technologies, automation patterns and modern engineering approaches to improve delivery outcomes without weakening accountability or engineering discipline.
• Helps create clear technical ownership for applications, strengthens knowledge continuity and supports better management of technical debt, vulnerabilities, currency and release readiness, including empowered go/no-go input when appropriate.

Qualifications

• May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
• CI/CD
• Cloud Computing
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Software Security
• Software Testing
• Systems Integration
• Technology Roadmap
• Vendor Management
• Persuasive communication and collaboration skills
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to work in agile and global environments
• Time management and prioritization

Education

• Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, mathematics, or related field are strongly preferred.