Senior Software Engineer

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.

The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for developing both front-end and back-end components of our PLUK systems. They design, develop, and maintain fully-fledged and functioning applications/services/platforms utilizing and interfacing with databases and other API’s as needed.

They evaluate the needs of both business and client users and analyze any technical issues to program highly functional systems. They are also responsible for staying updated on application development technologies, frameworks and coding languages.

Job Accountabilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Work with development team members and leads in the design, development, and maintenance of software solutions
• Design and implement client-side and server-side architecture
• Build the front-end components of applications through effective visual design and functionality
• Develop and manage well-functioning databases, applications, and systems
• Write self-contained services and APIs that can effectively interface with other applications and systems
• Thoroughly test created software to ensure both quality, responsiveness and efficiency
• Troubleshoot issues, debug and upgrade developed software as necessary
• Remediate Security vulnerabilities with their developed software applications and services
• Collaborate with various stakeholders e.g., Business partners and other teams such as Enterprise Technology Architecture, DevOps teams, etc. in the development and implementation of their applications
• Ensure that all company policies, procedures, programs and instruction are carried out
• Be familiar and understand Pru Life UK Compliance Standards. Must be fully aware of his/her responsibilities and competent to carry them out to the required standards. Must report all compliance matters openly and honestly to their Compliance Officer in accordance with the reporting requirements operated by the Compliance Officer. Must operate a process within his/her department to ensure that all relevant compliance matters are identified and reported.
• Perform other functions as may be assigned

Job Specification

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, IT, Computer Science, or other equivalent courses
• Front-end technology: Expertise in front-end technologies, including JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5 and third-party libraries such as React Js, Angular, jQuery and LESS Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g. C#, Java, Python) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js)
• Database and cache: Familiarity with DBMS technology, including SQLServer, Oracle, MongoDB and MySQL and caching mechanisms such as Redis, Memcached and Varnish
• Development languages: Knowledge of server-side programming languages including Net, Java, Ruby and Python
• Basic design ability: Including knowledge of UI/UX and basic prototype design
• Server: Experience working with Apache servers, or deploying to Cloud platforms such as AWS / Azure / Google Cloud Platform
• At least 3 years of experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role
• Experience developing desktop and web applications and services

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.