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, 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 & Role
As a Senior Software Engineer in Prudential Group Insurance, you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers and delivery professionals to improve related services and infrastructure. 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 applied 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.
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Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day
- Build applications ensuring that the code follows latest coding practices and industry standards, using modern design patterns and architectural principles; actively code against the roadmap
- 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, begin to identify opportunities to provide input to the team and coach others, and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day
- Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors
- Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, Java, or JavaScript and a range of Cloud Provider Services and Open-Source Frameworks (Apache and CNCF)
- Leverage Common Data serialization formats like JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), YAML, and XML
The Skills & Expertise You Bring
- Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields
- 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
Proficient Across the following Technology Stack:
- Programming Languages: At least one object-oriented language and one scripting Language: Java, Python, and/or JavaScript
- Advanced Core Programming Concepts: Synchronous/Asynchronous Programming, Concurrent/Parallel Programming and Multi-Threading
- Frameworks: Java Spring Boot, Apache Freemarker, Apache Camel, and at least one Web UI Framework (Preferred - React)
- Database: High Proficiency in SQL, Relational Databases (Postgres, DB2, and Oracle), and experience in NoSQL is a plus
- Data ETL: Proficient in performing Automated Data Validation, Extraction, and Ingestion - Preferred Experience in at least one Data ETL/Validation tool (Glue, Informatica, etc)
- Event/Message Streaming Services: SQS, Kinesis, MSK (Apache Kafka), SNS, JMS (Java Messaging Service)
- AWS Core Services: Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation, S3, SQS, EFS, Kinesis, CloudWatch, ECS
- Application Programming Interfaces: OpenAPI specification, Microservice & Service oriented architecture (SOA) patterns, REST API key design principles, Data Serialization Formats (JSON and XML)
- Infrastructure: Experience in utilizing IAC - Infrastructure-As-Code approach (CloudFormation and Terraform)
- Unit, integration, and automation testing: Proficient in at least one testing framework (Preferred: Junit, Cucumber/Gherkin & REST Assured)
- Security: Solid grasp of security concepts (authentication, authorization, encryption, digital signature, JWT), SSL, web service proxies, firewall, SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0
- Dev Ops Tools & Practices: Branching and GitFlow techniques and usage of GitHub, Bitbucket or Subversion; DevOps, Jenkins, and Docker Containerization
- Monitoring & Observability: Monitoring and logging techniques (Splunk, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, and OpenTelemetry)
- API Management Tooling: Apigee, Kong, and/or API Gateway
- Business Intelligence Reporting: Tableau/PowerBI is a plus
- Accessibility awareness
Highly Preferred Qualities & Working Experience:
- Experience with of following Design Concepts:
- Event/Message Driven Architectures
- High Volume REST APIs w/ service decoupling
- Robust Data Validation, Tracking, and Ingestion (or ETL) Solutions
- Transactional, Atomic, and Idempotent Operations
- First Principles Design Thinking
- Financial/Insurance Industry Knowledge (bonus)
- Deep Understanding of how technical solutions impact business success
Highly Preferred Certifications:
- At least one of the following
- AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate
- AWS Certified Developer - Associate
You'll 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, we'll help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. You'll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you.
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What we offer you:
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 $107,700.00 to $160,500.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills.
- 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 Programsincluding 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. To find out more about our Total Rewards package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.
Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.
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