Job Classification:
Technology - Engineering & Cloud
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, youll unlock an exciting and impactful career all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the worlds leading financial services institutions.
Your Team & Role
As a Lead, Platform Engineer on the Retirement Strategies Individual Product journey, you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers and delivery professionals to enable the solutioning, implementation, delivery, and maintenance of the annuity insurance products on the platform. 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.
Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day
Configure and build applications ensuring that the solution follows latest practices and industry standards using modern design patterns and architectural principles; remove technical impediments
Develop high quality, well documented and efficient code adhering to all applicable Prudential standardsthat stay aligned with platform vendor roadmap and direction
Design the business logic and integration patterns with Prudential Ecosystem, using modern integration, data, and security patterns
Write unit, integration tests and functional automation, researching problems discovered by quality assurance or product support, developing solutions to address the problems
Bring a strong 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.
Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, Java, or JavaScript and React, Springboot, Node.js frameworks
The Skills & Expertise You Bring
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
Experience with agile development methodologies and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Knowledge of business concepts tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business
Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges
Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills
Advanced experience and/or expertise with several of the following:
Core Platforms & Languages: Python, Java, Java Script; working in distributed systems
Application Programming Interfaces (API): Consumption and development
Unit, interface and end user testingconcepts and tooling (functional & non-functional)
Configuration and administration of core capabilities, data model, integrations, security, access control
Experience with SQL, Excel, XML, and XSLT
Demonstrated ability with configuration on the FAST Platform
Strong experience with FAST events
Understanding of REST services/JSON
Preferred qualifications:
Collaboration skills to work with business partners and agile teams
Knowledge of Bitbucket, DevOps automation tools & practices
Experience with agile development methodologies and Test Driven Development (TDD)
Testing tools such as SOAPUI, Postman, Selenium
Annuity Domain knowledge and experience with agile development methodology is a must
Youll Love Working Here Because You Can
Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day, your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use, well help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. Youll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you.
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Note: Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $125,000.00 to $186,100.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. 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. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.
Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The...

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