Senior software engineer

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, you’ll unlock an exciting and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions.

Retirement Strategies Technology is at the forefront of modernizing how we deliver retirement security. The team is driving multi-year investments in digital platforms, automation, and advanced data capabilities to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency. By blending human expertise with cutting-edge technology, Retirement Strategies Technology is shaping a future where retirement planning is more accessible, personalized, and secure.

Your Team & Role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Retirement Strategies Technology team, you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers and delivery professionals to modernize our platforms. In addition to an applied technical understanding and knowledge, 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.

We are hiring multiple Senior Software Engineers across several focus areas including Front-End Development, Back-End Development, Full Stack Engineering, Data Engineering, and Data/Cloud/API Engineering. These roles are based at our Newark, NJ corporate headquarters with a hybrid work arrangement requiring a minimum of three days per week onsite.

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
• Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, Java, or JavaScript and React, Springboot, Node.js frameworks 
  
  

The Skills & Expertise You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Typically, 4+ years of experience in software engineering
• Demonstrated emerging leadership capabilities, including initiating and driving projects with moderate guidance and support
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively represent the team and engage with cross-functional stakeholders
• Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an ongoing basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges
• Experience with AWS services and DevOps practices
• Solid understanding of software security principles and secure coding practices
  
  

Technical Focus Areas

Front-End Development

• UI/UX design principles, CIAM experience
• JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, React, Node, Angular
• REST API development and DevOps
• Experience with both React and Angular; transitioning from Angular to React is a plus
• Databases: DynamoDB, DocumentDB, DB2, Oracle, Postgres, Redshift
  
  

Back-End Development

• API management and security
• Java, JavaScript, Python, Node, Spring Boot, Spring Batch
• REST API development and DevOps
• Databases: DynamoDB, DocumentDB, DB2, Oracle, Postgres, Redshift
  
  

Full Stack Engineering

• Strong breadth across both front-end and back-end technologies
• Java, JavaScript, Python, React, Node, Angular, Spring Boot, Spring Batch
• Experience with both React and Angular; transitioning from Angular to React is a plus
• Databases: DynamoDB, DocumentDB, DB2, Oracle, Postgres, Redshift
  
  

Data Engineering

• Databases: DynamoDB, DocumentDB, DB2, Oracle, Postgres, Redshift
• Data modeling and visualization using Power BI
• Experience with Purview and Fabric
  
  

Data / Cloud / API Engineering

• Back end dev expertise/experience, API mgmt and security
• Java, Javascript, Python, Node, Spring boot, Spring batch
• REST API Dev & DevOps expertise/experience
• Dynamo, DocumentDB, DB2, Oracle, Postgres, Redshift
• Cloud technologies like Glue, Stepfunction, Event Bridge, Lambdas, SNS etc.
• Extract Transform Load using Python, Springboot and AWS Glue
• Use developer productivity AI tools such as Claude
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• AWS Development
• Architecture Patterns
• Design Thinking
• Financial/Insurance industry knowledge is a plus, not a must
  
  

You’ll 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, we’ll help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. You’ll 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. To find out more about our Total Rewards package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

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