Software Engineer
Primary Responsibilities:* Work closely with business partners to understand needs and transform them into testable components* Employ industry best practices to deliver world-class solutions. Ensure developed solutions remain compliant with all applicable Prudential standards* Drive software development activities to meet schedules and timelines* Thrives to ensure code quality is high with supporting unit test and automation, and timely delivery* Research problems discovered by quality assurance or product support with a strong sense of ownership and develop solutions to address the problems* Stay abreast of emerging technologies and how they can be applied to Prudential* Enable change, help accelerate innovation* Demonstrating experience with taking intelligent risks and leveraging a "test and learn' mentality* Committed to a spirit of authentic partnership - to colleagues both internal and external to the organization* Conduct unit testing and integration testing for functionality* Ensure that software standards, non-functional requirements and quality targets are met Preferred QualificationsBachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fieldsExperience with agile development methodologies and Test-Driven Development (TDD)Excellent problem-solving techniquesAbility to work independently with minimal guidance Clear, professional communications (listening, oral and written communications) Strong relationship building and collaboration skillsDemonstrated track record as a team playerExperience working on agile scrum teams
Desired Skills:Working knowledge of branching techniques and usage of Github, Bitbucket or Subversion required.Experience in distributed systems, object oriented programming, design patterns and design methodologyExperience deploying applications to AWS, ECS, EC2 instances.Working knowledge of AWS Services such as Cloudwatch, CodeDeploy. Experience with FULL/MEAN STACK a strong plusExperience implementing service oriented architecture (SOA) patternsExperience with Web service technologies such as REST, JSON, SOAP, XML, JDBC, MySQLExperience in JAVA/J2EE services using Spring Boot, Spring CLI, Node.JS, Maven, Microservice, multi-threading, Concurrency and parallel processingExposure to monitoring and logging techniquesKnowledge working with MongoDB or similar NoSQL database and BPM tools is desired but not required.Experience in Product or Business configuration on the FAST platform desired but not requiredUnderstanding of Life or Annuities insurance products a plus.