Specialist, Software Engineer - Java/Angular

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.

Nationwide Retirement Solutions is looking for a software engineer to help support the Paradox line. This will be a hybrid role based out of the Columbus, OH office. The team comes into the office on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Full-stack web development in the Paradox stack

• Strong Angular experience (RSC front end, Angular upgrades, Bolt UI components).
• Solid Java backend skills with REST APIs (RPLink / DCdirect services, RSC Java services), including defensive coding and null-safety in complex flows.

Test automation & quality ownership

• Hands-on experience building and maintaining UI test automation (Cypress required; familiarity with Playwright or similar preferred).
• Comfort owning regression suites and Jenkins-backed pipelines (Paradox regression jobs, monthly regression epics).
• Ability to design tests that cover edge-case plan scenarios, data issues, and complex tax/withdrawal rules (online withdrawals, enrollment, MIRP/OLE, ProAccount flows).

Production debugging & SRE-aligned skills

• Strong defect analysis and troubleshooting using Splunk, New Relic, and FullStory, including reproducing issues in lower envs and validating fixes in prod.
• Experience working on SLO/SRE-tagged incidents and batch failures (New Retirement batches, enrollment failures, RSC calling retired services, etc.).
• Comfort owning high-severity production defects end-to-end: impact analysis, root cause write-ups, mitigation, and permanent fix.

Security & risk remediation

• Experience fixing Contrast / Archer security findings in Java services (e.g., rplink-rest) and navigating security epics and risk cards.

Domain & systems knowledge

• Ability to learn and work across RSC participant & plan sponsor experiences (online enrollment, onboarding, withdrawals, MIP/MIRP/OLE, ProAccount, MyIRP) and underlying DCdirect (RPLink) services.
• Strong understanding of API interaction patterns (Apigee proxies, retirement-plans / retirement-accounts services, document-access APIs) and how UI, middleware, and mainframe data interact.

Ways of working

• Comfortable operating as a developer who owns testing (no dedicated testers): writing detailed defect cards, reproduction steps, and impact statements in Jira.
• Proven experience in Agile/Jira delivery, working through feature epics (Next Best Action, MIRP/OLE Continuous Improvement, Online Withdrawals) and strategic defect work.
• Strong collaboration with PO, UX, BAOs, SRE, data teams and comfort joining cross-line initiatives and strategic defect/OPS conversations.

Other nice to have skills

• Bolt design system experience (Nationwide Bolt components and styling) and how Bolt changes impact both UI and Cypress tests.
• Prior work on RSC / Paradox or adjacent RS lines (Groundskeepers, Essentials, Vitamix, etc.), especially around participant digital experience.
• Experience with Safari / iOS test automation (WebKit plugin for Cypress, Playwright Safari runs) to close known browser coverage gaps.
• Familiarity with GitHub / repo migrations and CI for RSC repos (RSC GitHub migration waves, Jenkins → GitHub workflows).
• Comfort working with ServiceNow incidents, RS Weekly Defect flows, and strategic defect round-robin into Paradox.
• Background in retirement plan domain (RMD, DIA/QDIA, ProAccount, hardship/UE withdrawals, loan rules, tax/withholding rules) to shorten ramp time.

This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization.  Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.

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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 re