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.
The Consultant, Software Engineering — Forward Deployed Engineering builds and continuously improves reusable enterprise capabilities that enable teams across the business to deliver and operate AI solutions more safely, quickly, consistently, responsibly, and economically.
Working within cross-functional product and platform teams, this role designs, develops, integrates, deploys, and supports capabilities such as the AI Portal and Model Catalog, LLM-as-a-Service, model access, AgentCore, MCP services, HoneyHive, evaluation and observability tooling, guardrails, and developer enablement.
The role consumes and extends shared capabilities provided by AI Platform Engineering, partners with that organization on reusable patterns and service interfaces and avoids duplicating platform capabilities in solution-specific implementations. The role extends shared AI Platform Engineering capabilities, and is accountable for the production readiness, reliability, security, privacy, observability, supportability, and cost effectiveness of the AI solutions and services it delivers.
The ideal candidate brings strong AI, software, cloud, and platform engineering skills; experience with model integration, agent development, DevSecOps, security and privacy, governance, reliability, and cost management; and the ability to independently deliver outcomes, influence technical decisions, and improve reuse, developer experience, cost visibility, and enterprise adoption.
Work Arrangement: This role follows a hybrid schedule and requires in-office presence in one of our office location two days per week. Candidates must be based within a commutable distance to Columbus, OH, Des Moines IA or Scottsdale AZ. Current internal associates working remotely may also be considered for this position.
Work Authorization: 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 results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!
As a Software Engineer, you’ll focus on mentoring and guiding others to deliver high-quality, cost-effective technology solutions to business partners by crafting new software applications or modifying and/or supporting existing packaged or custom-built applications.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.
Mentor and train other team members on design techniques, tools, and coding standards.
Provide strategic technical advice on using technology to achieve business and technology goals/strategy.
Drive cross-collaboration and execution of projects across multiple teams.
Analyze solutions, develop, test, debug, document, and deploy moderately complex software according to standards and best practices.
Champion the adoption and effective use of DevSecOps practices, tooling, and techniques to improve software quality, security, automation, and delivery efficiency across teams.
Manages multiple medium to large…