Why this role matters

Join a team that is helping reshape how Marketing works at Nationwide. Pathfinders sits at the intersection of marketing, data, AI, and modern platform engineering, helping build the capabilities that power personalized experiences, operational efficiency, brand stewardship, and future-ready marketing workflows.

You will join a product-minded engineering environment where technology is expected to do more than keep systems running. Our team is working to modernize the marketing technology ecosystem, connect platforms more effectively, and advance AI-enabled workflows that are scalable, supportable, and aligned to enterprise standards.

This is a strong fit for someone who wants to help build the future of marketing technology while staying close to real business outcomes. Current work includes expanding customer data and personalization capabilities, improving the content and workflow ecosystem, and moving promising AI use cases from prototype to production.

• Design, build, and support full-stack solutions that strengthen Marketing Data Management and related user experiences.

• Engineer and enhance Databricks-enabled data solutions that support ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and downstream activation.

• Help connect data products and marketing platforms to AI-enabled workflows, agent-assisted experiences, and intelligent automation use cases.

• Partner with product, architecture, and enterprise engineering teams to implement solutions that are secure, supportable, and aligned with enterprise practices.

• Improve the maintainability, observability, and operational ownership of critical marketing data assets.

• Contribute to a team culture that values engineering craft, practical problem solving, cross-functional partnership, and continuous learning.

It is our intention to fill this role in Columbus, Ohio. However, on occasion, applications from candidates working remotely who bring critical industry skills and relevant experience may be considered.

This role does not qualify for employer sponsored work authorization Nationwide does notparticipatein the STEM OPT extension program.

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Job Description Summary

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.

• Mentors and trains other team members on design techniques, tools and coding standards.

• Provides strategic advice on using technology to achieve goals.

• Drives cross-collaboration and execution of projects across multiple teams.

• Analyzes, solutions, develops, tests, debugs, documents and deploys software according to standards and optimal practices.

• Champions the use of DevSecOps practices, tooling and techniques.

• Ensures continuous learning and improvement through ongoing training, practice and innovation.

• Manages individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables.

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Reporting Relationships: Reports to a Technology Manager/Director.

Typical Skills and Experiences:

Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, mathematics or related field is strongly preferred.

Experience: Six years of experience in programming and systems analysis. Three years of experience in project management is preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Hands-on technical leadership experience leading project teams and setting technical direction. Proficiency in one programming language such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript. Knowledge of software development lifecycle. Proven ability to tackle sophisticated business and development problems. Ability to thrive in a team environment. Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.

Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.

Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring managers leader and Human Resources Business Partner.

Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.

Job Conditions:

Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)

Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Associates may have on-call responsibility after normal working hours and/or on weekends.

ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.

Benefits

We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision,life insurance, short and long term disability coverage,paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer,click here.