Director, Tech Lead
Prudential Financial
- Newark, NJ
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for technical design and infrastructure / environments strategy, including deployments, ensuring that these are kept in-line with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) mentality of ‘emerging architecture’
- Collaborate with product owners in aligning the roadmap accounting for strengths and opportunities within the technical stack, bringing forward business acuity and knowledge to influence decisions
- Guide Agile teams on technology strategy related to coding practices, continuous integration, and automated deployment, as a leader and doer helping to interpret technology strategy into consumable units of work
- Mentor and coach the technical team on results and timelines, including support with code reviews, domain knowledge and ownership and bring a deep understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, embedding learning and innovation in the day-to-day
- Identify and remove complex technical impediments that may arise within the team
- Code and help the Agile team to develop solutions and solve all surfacing problems at hand, constantly look for innovative ways of solving technical problems and crafting the solution, not afraid of challenging the status quo
- Bring a deep understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, give technical direction to team members, and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day .
- Work on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables and may impact future concepts, products or technologies.
- Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields
- Lead 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 on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges
- Strong executive presence with an ability to translate and communicate sophisticated technical solutions in understandable terms to a broad range of audiences
- Excellent problem solving and collaboration skills
- Core Platforms & Languages: Java, Springboot, Salesforce, ETL technologies like OpenText, Noyo/Ideon
- Unit, interface and end user testing concepts and tooling (functional & non-functional)
- Advanced knowledge of Databases – Relational and Non-Relational, APIs and data transformation
- Configuration and administration of core capabilities, data model, integrations, security, access control
- Leads technical architecture recommendations on cloud capabilities (AWS)
- Establishes common solution / integration patterns. Provides hands-on guidance for implementing common solutions
- Drives the creation of coding and design guidelines, NFRs & SLAs
- Assesses new Salesforce business capabilities and features and maps them to Prudential use cases.
- Creates and manages an inventory of solutions leveraged across the enterprise.
- JavaScript/React/Angular experience a huge plus!
- 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
- Retirement plans:
- 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%)
- Company-funded pension plan
- Wellness Programs to help you achieve your wellbeing goals, 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.
- Tuition Assistance to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree, many accredited certificate programs, and industry designations.
- 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.
If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, which may include an assessment, please email .Please note that the above email is solely for individuals with disabilities requesting an accommodation. If you are experiencing a technical issue with your application or an assessment, please email to request assistance.