Job Information
Prudential Ins Co of America Senior Software Engineer in Newark, New Jersey
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 Senior Software Engineer in the Chief Investment Office, you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers, and delivery professionals to improve our investment and risk 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 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.
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
The Skills & Expertise You Bring
Bachelor of Computer Science/Software Engineering and/or experience in related fields
Leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts and perspectives to the benefit of the organization
Experience with agile development methodologies
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
General knowledge of common financial instruments and asset classes
Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills
Strong ability to troubleshoot production issues and research/analyze potential fixes
Applied experience with several of the following:
Programming Languages:Java, Typescript, HTML, CSS, SQL
Development Frameworks/Libraries:Angular/AngularJS, Node.js, Spring and Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, Maven, Ant
Databases: Writing SQL scripts for Relational Databases (specifically SQL Server, PostgreSQL), CRUD operations
Application Programming Interfaces (API): API development in a microservices architecture; Web service technologies such as REST APIs, JSON, XML
DevOps and CI/CD Tools: Git, Bitbucket; Docker/AWS/Jenkins highly preferred
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Agile/Scrum framework; proficient with Jira/Confluence platforms
Preferred qualifications:
AWS Development
Architecture Patterns
Financial/Insurance industry knowledge is a plus
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.
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 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....
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities