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Nelnet

Nelnet is a Lincoln, Nebraska-based financial services company providing a range of student lending options to parents and students in K-12 schools and colleges

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Location

United States

Posted

7 days ago

Salary

$63K - $127K / year

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishAWSCyber SecurityJavaPython

Job Description

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Nelnet

• Coaches, motivates, and professionally develops direct reports and others. • Sets clear team objectives and measurements aligned with organizational goals. • Responsible for performance evaluations and recommending compensation changes. • Builds and strengthens teamwork and cooperation within and across teams. • Implements lean solutions to improve team efficiency while maintaining effectiveness. • Removes organizational impediments including hidden challenges. • Assesses and improves team health. • Creates a culture that makes room for failure and learning. • Leads the hiring process for team members. • Contributes to department staffing plans and budget processes. • Coordinate with Nelnet Cyber Security Group (CSG) to ensure that NBS is compliant with all Nelnet security policies. • Creates engineering standards in coding practices across teams. • Mentors Software Engineers in best practices. • Creates an environment of best practices in engineering through personal example, developing and engineering products, creating deployments, and leading system architecture design concepts across teams.

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in IT Team area with a demonstrated ability of successful team leadership.
  • 2+ years of experience in management role.
  • Proficiency in Python & Java required.
  • Experience with AWS deployments required.
  • Experience with auto scaling design.
  • Experience deploying AI models in Bedrock framework.
  • Experience using AI coding assistants (Claude, Cursor, etc...).
  • Experience in developing MCP and API custom connectors.

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • HSA and FSA
  • generous earned time off
  • 401K/student loan repayment
  • life insurance & AD&D insurance
  • employee assistance program
  • employee stock purchase program
  • tuition reimbursement
  • performance-based incentive pay
  • short- and long-term disability
  • robust wellness program

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