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Company

Prudential Financial · 5 hours ago

Lead, Software Engineer - API Development & MDM

Newark, NJ

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$135K/yr - $201K/yr

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Responsibilities

Build applications ensuring that the code follows latest coding practices and industry standards, using modern design patterns and architectural principles

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 day-to-day activities

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.

Qualification

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PythonJavaJavaScriptAPI DevelopmentAgile DevelopmentTest-Driven DevelopmentMicroservicesNoSQLRelational Data StructuresDockerKubernetesAWS ServicesSecure CodingDevOpsSoftware Development Life CycleMaster Data ManagementFinancial Services ExperienceCollaboration Skills

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

Programming Languages: Python, Java or Java Script; working in distributed systems, object-oriented programming, design patterns and design methodology; JAVA services using Spring CLI, Maven, Microservice, multi-threading, Concurrency and parallel processing

Data Store: NoSQL or Relational Data structures; MongoDB BPM tools

Data Streaming: SQS, Kinesis

Application Programming Interfaces (API): Consumption & Development; implementing service oriented architecture (SOA) patterns; Web service technologies such as APIs, REST, JSON, SOAP, XML, JDBC, MySQL

API Management systems like Apigee, as well as REST API design and implementation.

Container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

Familiarity with Client and AppDynamics

Unit, interface and end user testing concepts and tooling (functional & non-functional)

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

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Monitoring and logging techniques

AWS Core Services: AWS Services such as CloudWatch, Code-Deploy

Preferred

AWS Development

Architecture Patterns

Design Thinking

Knowledge of Master Data Management tools like Ataccama or Informatica

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

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 to help you achieve your wellbeing goals, including up to $1,000 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.

Tuition Assistance to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree, many accredited certificate programs, and industry designations.

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 Financial

Prudential Financial specializes in the fields of investment management, life insurance, and retirement benefits. It is a sub-organization of Prudential Financial.

Founded in 1875