Prudential plc · 12 hours ago
Lead, Software Engineer - Retirement Strategies
Newark, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$134K/yr - $220K/yrPrudential is a leading financial services institution focused on digital transformation and enhancing retirement security. The Lead Software Engineer will modernize applications, collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams, and develop innovative solutions to improve customer experience and operational efficiency.
Asset ManagementConsultingFinancial ServicesHealth CareInsurance
Responsibilities
Build applications ensuring that the code follows latest coding 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 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 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
Qualification
Required
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: Programming Languages: Strong expertise in React JS & Java services using Spring Boot (including Spring CLI, Maven, Microservices, multi-threading, concurrency and parallel processing); JavaScript; working in distributed systems, object-oriented programming, design patterns and design methodology
Frameworks: Spring Boot (must-have), React (must-have), Node.js, such as Full / MEAN / MERN stack
Data Store: NoSQL or Relational Data structures; MongoDB BPM tools, Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB
Data Streaming: SQS, Kinesis
Application Programming Interfaces (API): Consumption & Development; implementing service oriented architecture (SOA) patterns; Web service technologies such as APIs, REST, Kong API gateway
Unit, interface and end user testing concepts and tooling (functional & non-functional)
Automated testing such as RAFT
Accessibility awareness
Software security skills including secure coding, web application security and DevSecOps; 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 techniques and usage of GitHub, Bitbucket or Subversion; DevOps, Jenkins, CI/CD
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Monitoring and logging techniques
AWS Core Services: AWS Services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, KMS, Secrets Manager, SNS, CloudWatch, S3, IAM, Aurora
Solid grasp of AWS IaaC Code Development, Batch processing mechanisms in AWS Cloud
Preferred
AWS Development
Architecture Patterns
Design Thinking
Financial/Insurance industry experience is a plus, not a must
Awareness of Agentic AI Platforms is a plus
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
Prudential plc
We are Prudential. For Every Life, For Every Future.
Founded in 1848Central, Hong Kong Island, HKG
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Thomas W Myers, CLU, ChFC
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
2025-12-04
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