Senior Software Engineer

Prudential Financial • Newark, NJ

2d • $104,000 - $171,600 • 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 Senior Software Engineer in Global Technology, you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers and delivery professionals to improve our financial management platforms. You will code, test and debug new and existing applications as you implement capabilities to solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to advanced technical expertise and experience, you will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do. Location: Newark, NJ hybrid (Minimum 3 days/week in office)

Requirements

• Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields
• Ability to coach others with minimal guidance and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts and perspectives to the benefit of the organization
• Extensive experience in Application Development, Engineering, Analytics, or similar fields.
• Strong technical skills in: Development, Automation, Infrastructure as Code
• Java, Python, or similar programming languages
• Must have hands-on experience in development Frameworks/Libraries like React, FAST, Springboot, Boto3, pandas, urllib3, Docker
• Terraform/CloudFormation or similar technologies
• Must have hands-on experience in DynamoDB, Bedrock, Textract, ECS, Lambda functions, S3, RDS
• Must have hands-on experience in Web development technologies (e.g., React, Node.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Containerization (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker)
• Observability, including metrics, logs, and end-to-end tracing
• Cloud architecture and implementation (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Serverless-first design patterns
• ML and Generative AI models
• Information Security (e.g., Authz, Authn, encryption)
• APIs, both external and internal (e.g., Kong, Apigee, API Gateway)
• Modular and reusable code
• Agile methodology
• Must have hands-on experience in DevOps and CI/CD Tools: Github, Bitbucket, Jenkins
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, and perspectives for organizational benefit.
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

Nice To Haves

• Financial/Insurance industry experience is a plus, not a must

Responsibilities

• Build applications ensuring that the code follows latest coding practices and industry standards, using modern design patterns and architectural principles
• Develop high quality, well documented and efficient code adhering to all applicable Prudential standards
• Collaborate with product owners in understanding needs and defining feature stories, tech leads in defining technical design and other team members to understand the system end-to-end and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact
• Write unit, integration tests and functional automation, researching problems discovered by quality assurance or product support, developing solutions to address the problems
• Bring an applied understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, provide input and coach team members and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day
• Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables.

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.

What This Job Offers

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