Software Engineer at Prudential Financial in Newark, NJ

Summary: Prudential Financial is a leading financial services institution focused on digital transformation and innovation. As a Software Engineer in Corporate Technology, you will improve financial reporting applications, code, test, and debug applications, and engineer data pipelines while collaborating with various stakeholders. Responsibilities: - Build front-end applications ensuring that the code follows latest coding practices and standards - Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, Java, or JavaScript and React, Springboot, Node.js frameworks - 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 - Write unit, integration tests and functional automation, researching problems discovered by quality assurance or product support, developing solutions to address the problems Required Qualifications: - Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields - 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 - Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills - Experience with the following: Programming Languages: Python, Java or Java Script; working in distributed systems, object oriented programming, design patterns and design methodology; JAVA services using Spring CLI - Frameworks: React, Springboot, Node.js, such as Full / MEAN / MERN stack - Database: Relational Data structures and SQL - Knowledge/understanding of the following: Application Programming Interfaces (API): Consumption & Development; implementing service oriented architecture (SOA) patterns; Web service technologies such as APIs, REST, JSON, SOAP, XML, JDBC, MySQL - Unit, interface and end user testing concepts and tooling (functional & non-functional) - Automated testing - Dev Ops Tools & Practices: Branching techniques and usage of GitHub, Bitbucket or Subversion; DevOps, Jenkins - AWS Core Services: AWS Services such as S3, glue, lambda, Athena, and ECS/Fargate Preferred Qualifications: - AWS Development - Architecture Patterns - Design Thinking - Financial/Insurance industry knowledge is a plus, not a must Required Skills: Python, Java, JavaScript, React, Springboot Important Skills: Node.js, SQL, AWS Services, Agile methodologies, Test-Driven Development, APIs, DevOps Nice-to-Have Skills: Collaboration skills, Problem solving skills, Communication skills Benefits: 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.