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.

We’re on a mission to build a best-in-class Developer Portal to be used by our own development and product communities as well as by external developers and product professionals. The Developer Portal will become the business user and developer friendly marketplace to learn about Prudential’s integration capabilities, learn how to integrate with us, and perform the necessary activities to use our technology.

Your Team

As the Director, Tech Lead of the Developer Portal within the Application Patterns Team under the CTO, you will be responsible for establishing a strategic technical roadmap to empower business product teams in delivering next-generation product-based integration capabilities.

You will lead a team of engineers and contribute hands-on to deliver a best-in-class, scalable, aesthetically pleasing, and user-friendly Developer Portal. Collaboration with key stakeholders such as Product Owners, Tech Leads, Solution Architects, and Engineers from business application and product teams will be crucial in designing and implementing the Prudential Developer Portal.

You will act as the central hub in the hub-and-spoke model, providing the platform for business teams to build upon. Your role will involve leading by example, simplifying designs, and challenging requirements to ensure optimal solutions are created.

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day

Lead a team of engineers in developing the UI/UX, API, automation, and other components of the Developer Portal.

Collaborate with the Application Patterns Product Owner to define the technical delivery roadmap for the Prudential Developer Portal.

Be in constant communication and sync with our businesses who will capitalize on the capabilities of the Developer Portal to build the best-in-class experiences to drive business growth and adoption of our integration capabilities

Provide expertise in front-end and API application development.

Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Information Security teams to establish best practices for delivering the Developer Portal in the public web space.

Drive the success of the product through metrics and customer satisfaction scores.

Maintain operational solutions to ensure production uptime.

Identify opportunities for simplifying the developer experience and supporting tools.

Cultivate an agile development mindset, promoting frequent small changes.

Ensure effective communication of changes and maintain a constant feedback loop with developers.

The Skills & Expertise You Bring

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent relevant experience

Extensive experience in Application Development, Engineering, Analytics, or similar fields.

Strong technical skills in:

Development, Automation, Infrastructure as Code

Java, Python, or similar programming languages

Terraform/CloudFormation or similar technologies

Web development technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js)

Containerization (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker)

Observability, including metrics, logs, and end-to-end tracing

Cloud architecture and implementation (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Serverless-first design patterns

Information Security (e.g., Authz, Authn, encryption, traffic flows)

APIs, both external and internal (e.g., Kong, Apigee, API Gateway)

Domain-driven design

Modular and reusable code

Agile methodology

Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Ability to effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, and perspectives for organizational benefit.

Commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

Insurance / Financial industry background a plus

Expertise in:

Effective communication tools and techniques

Decision-making and critical thinking processes

Interpersonal relationship building

Financial/business acumen

Analytical thinking

Agile methodologies

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 $177,800.00 to $240,600.00. 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. 

If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email accommodations.hw@prudential.com. 

 

If you are experiencing a technical issue with your application or an assessment, please email careers.technicalsupport@prudential.com to request assistance.