Lead, Tech Lead (Retirement Strategies)

Prudential Financial • Shelton, CT

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency? The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential, you’ll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions. Your Team As a Lead, Tech Lead on the Distribution team in Retirement Strategies, you will be a key driver of technical strategy and execution. You’ll lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product owners, designers, and delivery professionals to evolve our business. Your role will be pivotal in shaping cloud-native architectures and implementing scalable, resilient solutions that solve complex business challenges. You’ll bring a self-driven attitude, a passion for innovation, and a commitment to fostering a collaborative and inclusive team culture. Your leadership will inspire others to challenge the status quo and continuously improve.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and mentoring engineers, with a strong focus on people development and team dynamics.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture AWS, microservices, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong business acumen and ability to translate complex technical concepts into strategic business value.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with agile methodologies, TDD, and modern software development practices.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with a passion for driving change and delivering impactful solutions.
• Ability to foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in financial services or insurance is a plus.
• Familiarity with domain-driven design, event-driven architecture, and platform engineering.
• Exposure to enterprise transformation initiatives and change management.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and implementation of cloud-native solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and MVP principles.
• Drive team performance through coaching, mentoring, and fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to align technology strategy with business goals, influencing decisions with technical and domain expertise.
• Champion agile practices, DevOps principles, and modern engineering standards to accelerate delivery and improve quality.
• Be hands-on when needed, guiding the team through technical challenges and contributing to codebases to unblock progress.
• Promote architectural excellence, scalability, and security in all solutions, with a strong focus on cloud-native patterns and practices.
• Serve as a connector across teams, integrating systems and driving adoption of engineering best practices.

Benefits

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.
• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
• Company-funded pension plan.
• Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.
• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
• Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service.
• Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level