PGIM · 1 month ago
Lead, Tech Lead
Newark, NJ, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$138K/yr - $206K/yrPrudential is a leading financial services institution that focuses on digital transformation and innovation. The role involves leading technical teams to deliver high-value solutions, guiding on microservices design, and coordinating with product owners and scrum masters to drive product development.
Asset Management
Responsibilities
Conceive the architecture and design for complex, ambiguous problems while delivering an elegant and simple solution
Build and deliver technical solutions via hands-on and agentic coding, acting as a technical subject matter expert and force multiplier for the team
Serve as a guide and mentor on microservices design, development practices, agile delivery, and continuous dev-ops integration
Coordinate the requirements and prioritization of product owners and project planning of scrum masters while engaging with your peer technical leads and extending your influence across the organization
Innovate and influence the journey’s roadmap with big ideas, strategic proposals and necessary technical investments
Learn the latest patterns and technologies, applying them to solve problems and deliver value across multiple lines of business at Prudential
Facilitate adoption of client teams into the domain, appropriately balancing platform functionality with the need for customization
Hold a high bar for quality and excellence in the entire SDLC (including design, coding, testing and planning)
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated success in leading technical teams to deliver innovative and high value solutions
Creative problem-solving skills and the ability to deal with ambiguity
Excellent collaboration and communication skills, working with both technical and business stakeholders
Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges
Mastery in at least one programming language with the ability to mentor junior to senior colleague engineers
Advanced technical experience with several of the following:
Microservices architectures and scaling distributed systems
Relational and NoSQL database design and development
Object-oriented design and development with a familiarity of functional programming and event-driven paradigms
Agile development methodologies
Preferred
Bachelor's in computer science or equivalent
Java
Spring Framework / Spring Boot
MongoDB and/or graph-database experience
Agentic patterns (MCP, RAG, LangChain, etc.)
Financial/Insurance industry background
Benefits
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.
Company
PGIM
PGIM is a money manager whose clients rely on their risk management expertise, intellectual capital, and innovative solutions. It is a sub-organization of Prudential Financial.
Founded in 1875
1001-5000 employees
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