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Prudential plc · 1 day ago

Senior Infrastructure Developer - API Platform

Newark, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$104K/yr - $172K/yr

Prudential is a leading financial services institution seeking a Senior Infrastructure Developer for their API Platform team. In this role, you will design and develop solutions to enhance the Kong API platform while collaborating with various stakeholders to support business needs and improve infrastructure services.

Asset ManagementConsultingFinancial ServicesHealth CareInsurance

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain Kong custom plugins using Lua to meet Prudential API standards

Implementing infrastructure as code using Terraform for scalable and reliable environments

Creating Backstage templates to enhance developer experience and streamline development

Promoting Prudential API standards across the organization

Collaborate with developers across the organization to understand their API requirements and assist in designing solutions

Supporting Kong running on AWS services ECS and EKS

Building linting utilities using python or node to validate configuration prior to a deployment

Creating Kong custom plugins and backends to support Oauth 2.0 authentication protocol

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 and support the goals

Automate unit and integration test cases, solve problems and add new value with automation

Bring a strong understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, begin to find 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

Qualification

API management strategiesInfrastructure as CodeProgramming LanguagesCloud ComputingAgile development methodologiesTest-Driven DevelopmentDevOps Tools & PracticesInfrastructure & Cloud SecurityProblem solvingCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsContinuous learning focus

Required

Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields

Ability to coach others with minimal guidance effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts and perspectives to the benefit of the organization

Experience with API management strategies and API gateway technologies (Kong, Apigee)

Experience in API design & tools; swaggerhub, REST, GraphQL, GRPC

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: Programming Languages: Python, Lua, Java, NodeJs

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible

Infrastructure fundamentals: Linux / UNIX Operating Systems: File Permissions, Network Configuration, Services, Process Manipulation

Database Fundamentals: Schemas, Tables, Permissions, SQL

Networking, TCP/IP and other common Communication Protocols: OSI Model, 3 Way Handshake, Stateful vs Stateless, Proxy Firewall

Containers: Docker, Kubernetes

Application Programming Interfaces (API): Consumption & Development

Test/Quality capabilities & methodologies (functional & nonfunctional) and associated tooling including quality automation

Infrastructure & Cloud Security best practices including DevSecOps

Dev Ops Tools & Practices: awareness, understanding of DevOps automation tools, practices & capabilities (continuous integration & continuous delivery)

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Development and Design Fundamentals including SDLC and coding standards

Cloud Computing: Understanding and knowledge (of 1 or more): AWS, Azure or GCP

Cloud service consumption

Disaster Recovery and High Availability

Preferred

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

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.