Job Classification:

Technology - Software Development/Quality Engineering

Prudentials Global Technology team is the spark that ignites the power of Prudential for our customers and employees worldwide. Our organization plays a critical and highly visible role in delivering customer-driven solutions across every area of the company. The Global Technology team is made up of diverse, agile-thinking, and highly-skilled professionals; we use our combined capabilities to 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 the Global Technology organization at Prudential, youll unlock a challenging and impactful career all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the worlds leading financial services institutions.

Assume a critical role with Retail Advice and Solutions (RAS) as a key member of the RAS technology extended leadership team. The candidate will be a high energy and passionate individual who inspires teammates to reach their maximum potential, they are excited to try new solutions and ideas, they embrace a culture of trust and transparency, they promote free thought and are brave and willing to challenge the status quo.

The Tech Lead owns the technical and architectural decisions for the team, valuing simplicity and willing to challenge technical constraints and procedures to achieve Agile design. The right candidate is keen to get their hands dirty, actively helping the team solve the biggest problems. This individual is an executor as well as the visionary force behind the technical solution for the team collaborating very closely with the RAS Solution Architect(s).

Key responsibilities include:

Design the overall technological architecture of the product with the help of the teams and Solution Architect Engineer

Guide Agile teams on technology strategy related to coding practices, continuous integration, and automated deployment

Responsible for technical design and infrastructure / environments strategy, including deployments, ensuring that these are kept in-line with an MVP mindset of emerging architecture

Work with the team to help empower and provide the right tools to deliver sprint goals

Mentor and coach the technical team, specifically with code reviews

Be hands on and engage in coding to help the team to develop a solution and solve all surfacing problems at hand

Identify and remove technical impediments

Work with Product Owners to align the roadmap with strengths and opportunities within the technical stack

Constantly look for better ways of solving technical problems and designing the solution, not afraid to challenge the status quo

Provide the team a roadmap for implementing software engineering practices for higher code quality

Share responsibility with Product Owner for building reusable and scalable components

Engage with key non-technology stakeholders to help drive a common vision of technology for the respective domain

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have the following domain expertise:

Seasoned technical lead with deep insight into newest technology trends

Significant experience with Agile infrastructure, environments, and deployment strategies / technologies to drive efficient working practices and DevOps

Hands on experience driving the engineering and execution of modern business platforms

Experience or knowledge of development tools and frameworks such as Java, Spring Boot, REST, Python, .Net

Experience in Microservices Architecture with Spring Boot and ORM Frameworks like Hibernate and JPA

Knowledge of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and DevOps concepts

Exposure to relational database like SQL Server, or PostgreSQL

Exposure to web development technologies like JavaScript, Angular

General knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies, in particular AWS

Knowledge of DevOps like Jenkins, Selenium , Bitbucket, Docker

Knowledge of Stored Procedures, SQL Server, PostgreSQL and Reporting Services is a plus

Hands on experience with CRM systems (Salesforce) is preferred

Experience with force.com Apex, Visualforce, Lightning UI and Salesforce mobile application is preferred, is preferred

Salesforce certification in salesforce administration, salesforce developer is preferred

Experience in rollouts of Salesforce solutions for Sales, Service & Marketing Clouds is preferred

Exposure to one or more related integrated technologies such as DataStage (ETL), Informatica cloud, CrmTableau is a plus

Demonstrable Agile experience, including:

Experience in Agile Development as a developer and Tech Lead

Understands relationship between Product Owner, Scrum Master, and rest of the team

Strong sense of design thinking

Experience managing technical priorities within the backlog

Proficient at Agile estimation, Epic/Feature/Story Writing, Sprint Ceremonies, release / PI planning.

Individual skills, include:

Strong communication skills with ability to align the organization on complex technical decisions

Active coach and mentor whose goals are to grow and maximize the teams potential

Adept at demonstrating soft skills such as collaboration, creative thinking, critical observation, decision making and problem solving.

Minimum of ten years information systems management experience with demonstrated success as technical leader.

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

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

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.

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

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