About the Job
Northwestern Mutual (NM) has been helping families and businesses achieve financial security for over 165+ years. Through a distinctive, whole-picture planning approach including both insurance and investments, we empower people to be financially confident. We combine the expertise of our financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and leading-edge technology to best serve our clients. To help guide the collaborative effort, we are in search of a Software Engineer III to join our team.
What You’ll Do
Northwestern Mutual’s Institutional Investments organization manages complex, long-term portfolios supporting the company’s insurance and financial obligations. We are seeking an engineer with exceptional SQL expertise to help drive high-quality, data-driven investment decisions.In this role, you will design and deliver high‑quality analytics solutions that support portfolio management, asset allocation, risk analysis, and strategic initiatives. You will work closely with investment professionals, risk teams, actuarial partners, and technology stakeholders, leveraging a modern analytics stack including Snowflake, dbt, Python, Streamlit, and AI‑driven methods.
What You’ll Bring to the Role
Act as a SQL subject-matter expert, writing and optimizing complex queries for large-scale analytical workloads
Design and maintain analytical data models in Snowflake using dbt
Build investments insights data product
Develop advanced SQL transformations using window functions, CTEs, and performance-aware patterns
Create Streamlit-based analytics applications
Apply AI/ML techniques to enhance investment insights
Ensure data quality, governance, and documentation
Assess and provide solutions to system-wide architectural problems.
Utilize working relationships across teams within their division.
Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, adhering to coding standards and guidelines.
Practice Agile methodologies, analyze project requirements, and establish relationships with data owners and experts.
Contributes to technical discussions and decision-making processes within the team.
Translate raw data into usable business information to achieve business value.
Required Qualifications
5+ years of experience in data analytics within finance or insurance
Expert-level SQL including complex joins, window functions, and query optimization
Strong experience with Snowflake, dbt, and Python
Deep understanding of data warehousing
Excellent communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
Institutional investment experience
Familiarity with market data, risk and performance systems
Experience with CI/CD and analytics engineering practices
Experience in AWS services and integrating Snowflake with cloud-native services.
Familiarity with data governance tools like Collibra, Axon, Alation.
Familiarity with Business Intelligence tools like Power BI and Tableau.
Skills You’ll Have
Analytical Thinking: Organizes and compares various aspects of a situation to comprehend and identify key or underlying complex issues through the use of quantitative data and analysis; leverages strong business acumen, problem solving, and interpersonal skills to think critically about situations from multiple perspectives and consistently seeks ways to improve processes.
Business Application: Utilizes both business acumen and technology expertise to translate business requirements/capabilities into technical solutions and applies technical knowledge of a product/platform/application to align it with a particular line of business (LOB) based on the organization's technology needs and business goals.
Data Literacy: Utilizes appropriate data for a particular purpose by thinking critically about information yielded by data analysis; applies data analytics tools/methods and their appropriate purposes and recognizes when data is being misrepresented to resolve issues or escalate to the appropriate party.
Software Problem Solving: Conducts in-depth analysis of technology needs, issues, and roadblocks within assigned scope, applies experience and expertise to apply best practices, explore the “art of possible”, and deliver blueprints for the most effective and efficient solutions. Detects and removes existing and potential errors in software code or a system that can cause it to behave unexpectedly or operate incorrectly. Leverages common software tools/debuggers and logical thinking for root causing issue.
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Compensation Range:
Pay Range - Start:
$108,160.00Pay Range - End:
$162,240.00Geographic Specific Pay Structure:
Structure 110:
$118,960.00 USD - $178,440.00 USDStructure 115:
$124,400.00 USD - $186,600.00 USDWe 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. The standard pay structure is listed but if you’re living in California, New York City or other eligible location, geographic specific pay structures, compensation and benefits could be applicable, click here to learn more.
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Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. 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.
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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.
We believe relationships are built on trust. That our lives and our work matter. And that doing what’s right is good for everyone — our clients, our employees, our financial representatives and our communities.
These beliefs launched our company nearly 160 years ago. Today, they’re just a few of the reasons why people choose to build careers at Northwestern Mutual.
That means we’ll be here for the millions of people who are counting on us—our clients, our employees, our financial representatives and our communities.
We care.We make a positive difference in our communities. Nationally, thousands have benefited from our support of research and programs to fight childhood cancer. Each year, our Foundation, employees and financial representatives donate time, talent and financial support to causes they’re passionate about.
In a company with such a long and storied history, this may be the most exciting and important time to be a part of Northwestern Mutual. We’re strong, innovative and growing. And we want you to grow with us.
We invest in our people.We provide opportunities for employees to grow themselves, their careers, and, in turn, our business. Movement around the company is encouraged and we help our people build meaningful, long-term careers.
Be part of building our future.We’re expanding our campus in downtown Milwaukee overlooking Lake Michigan. The Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons will include a state-of-the-art employee Learning Institute, and will feature a natural light-filled, 21st century work environment. This signature development reinforces our commitment to job growth, attracting top talent and drawing new business to Milwaukee.
Enjoy Milwaukee.Located on beautiful Lake Michigan, Milwaukee offers a perfect balance of big city and small town living. Home to Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival, Milwaukee has a thriving music scene, a celebrated annual film festival and vibrant performing arts community. Professional sports teams include the Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Bucks and other major teams. And outdoor family fun is easy here. An extensive urban bike path network links our lakefront parks, beaches and other recreational hotspots.
At Northwestern Mutual, our employees, and our business, are always evolving. We are agile and continuously learning and improving. We have a work environment that empowers problem solving and encourages innovation—you will make an impact here.
We do what’s right.Our “do-what’s-right” value is pervasive. We ask ourselves: “Is this in the best interest of our clients? Our employees? Our financial representatives?” Acting on this value improves our clients’ experience, and makes Northwestern Mutual a better place to work.
We recognize and develop possibilities in our people.Onsite training and leadership development programs help employees succeed and grow. We also sponsor learning opportunities outside the company to help employees stay current in their fields, network with peers and gain external perspective.
Diversity makes us better.We believe diversity and inclusion cultivate creativity, innovation and a better experience for our clients. That’s why we recruit and grow people who bring unique perspectives, ideas, beliefs and cultural backgrounds.