Senior Software Engineer; Retirement Strategies

Senior Software Engineer (Retirement Strategies)

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Job Classification:
Technology – Engineering & Cloud
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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.

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. 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.

• Build applications ensuring 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 to understand needs and define feature stories, with tech leads in defining technical design, and with other team members to understand the system end‑to‑end and deliver robust solutions that bring business impact.
• Write unit, integration tests and functional automation, and research problems discovered by quality assurance or product support, developing solutions to address the problems.
• Apply an understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, 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 where analysis of situations or data requires an in‑depth evaluation of various factors.
• Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, Java, JavaScript, React, Spring Boot, Node.js frameworks.

• 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 Dev Ops practices.
• Solid understanding of software security principles and secure coding practices.

• UI/UX design principles, CIAM experience.
• JavaScript, Type Script, Python, React, Node, Angular.
• REST API development and Dev Ops.
• Experience with both React and Angular; transitioning from Angular to React is a plus.
• Databases:
  Dynamo
  
  DB, Document
  
  DB, DB2, Oracle, Postgres, Redshift.

• API management and security.
• Java,…