Lead, Platform Engineer- FAST

Prudential Ins Co of America Lead, Platform Engineer - FAST in Newark, New Jersey 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. Your Team & Role As a Lead, Platform Engineer on the Retirement Strategies Institutional team, you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers, and delivery professionals to improve the platforms supporting institutional business, including FAST. You will analyze, configure, code, test, and debug new and existing applications as you implement capabilities to solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services, and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to advanced technical expertise and experience, 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. Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day Configure and build applications ensuring that the solution follows latest practices and standards on the FAST platform, using modern design patterns and architectural principles; remove technical impediments. Develop high quality, well documented, and efficient code adhering to all applicable Prudential standards that stay aligned with platform vendor roadmap and direction. Design the business logic and integration patterns with the Prudential Ecosystem, using modern integration, data, and security patterns. Write unit, integration tests, and functional automation, researching problems discovered by quality assurance or product support, developing solutions to address the problems. Bring a strong understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, provide input and coach team members and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day. Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables. The Skills & Expertise You Bring Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields. Extensive experience in the Pension Risk Transfer line of business. Ability to identify, analyze business processes and lead implementation efforts around enhancements. Ability to coach others with minimal guidance and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts, and perspectives to the benefit of the organization. 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. Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an ongoing basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges. Excellent problem solving, communication, and collaboration skills. Advanced experience and/or expertise with several of the following: Conceptual understanding of Application Programming Interfaces (API). Unit, interface, and end user testing concepts and tooling (functional & non-functional). Advanced knowledge with FAST: Configuration and administration of core capabilities, data model, integrations, security, access control. Experience with SQL, Excel, XML, and XSLT. Demonstrated ability with FAST configuration. Strong experience with FAST events. Understanding of REST services/JSON. Preferred qualifications: Collaboration skills to work with business partners and agile teams. Knowledge of Bitbucket, DevOps automation tools & practices. Experience with agile development methodologies and Test Driven Development (TDD). Testing tools such as SOAPUI, Postman, Selenium. Pension Risk Transfer industry experience is a must, not a plus. Structured Settlements industry experience is a plus, not a must. 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 $138,500.00 to $206,000.00. 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. 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Created: 2025-03-01