Specialist, Software Engineer (Full Stack)

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.

We are looking to hire a Specialist, Software Engineer to join the Technology Integration Platforms BSA team. This role will serve as a key liaison between internal technology teams, business units, and external partners, supporting the seamless onboarding of partners into Nationwide’s digital ecosystem.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in API development, event streams, and data integration. They will be responsible for designing, building, and delivering high-quality solutions that enable smooth integrations between external partners and Nationwide’s systems. Additionally, they will troubleshoot and resolve technical issues reported by partners and internal teams, ensuring a seamless experience.

I am looking for a collaborative, adaptable engineer with excellent communication skills and a passion for continuous learning and growth. This role offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, contribute to innovation, and support the team’s mission of enhancing Nationwide’s digital integration capabilities.

The ideal candidate will have the following characteristics:

• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment

•  Strong communication, people interaction, and self-leadership skills

• Strong written and verbal skills to convey technical and data analysis effectively to stakeholders across all business areas

• Thought leadership with strong ability to influence and lead continuous improvement

• Proven ability to document and share knowledge effectively with others

• Provide technical insights and support to teams developing digital products that include APIs, Web components and data streams

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across the enterprise

• Work closely with architecture team to understand and influence technical requirements and constraints

• Conduct thorough reviews of partner/vendor contracts to ensure technical standards are represented

• Provide technical guidance to team members 

• Familiar with NW tools (example; Splunk) to generate data to troubleshoot issues and guide business decisions

• Ability to focus on multiple enterprise initiatives at once.  We are a Enterprise team that provides consultation and support to all business units (NF, P&C, Pet, etc.)

Technical skills:

• Full stack development experience

• Java / Springboot and Angular development

• Microservices / REST APIs

• Cloud Native applications in AWS or Azure

• Docker container architecture managed by Kubernetes

• CI/CD pipeline enablement

• Experience with Apigee is a plus

Compensation Grade: F5

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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 results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!

As a Software Engineer, you will focus primarily on providing high quality, efficient technology solutions to business partners by crafting new software applications or modifying and/or supporting existing packaged or custom-built applications. In this capacity, you’ll analyze, code, configure, test, debug, document and maintain applications.

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