Senior Platform Engineer at Prudential Financial in Newark, New Jersey

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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 Senior Platform Engineer in Container Product team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining APIs for container platforms, ensuring the smooth operation and optimization of our containerized infrastructure. You will play a crucial role in enabling the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our platform through your expertise in API development and container technologies.

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day

• Develop APIs using FastAPI to enable automation, orchestration, and management of container platforms.


•  Build container base images using our automation system to streamline the container deployment process and ensure consistency across environments.


• Provide support for our EKS cluster platform, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing the performance of containerized applications.


• Maintain and update our Terraform infrastructure as code for EKS to reflect changes in infrastructure requirements, security policies, and best practices.


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design solutions, and implement enhancements to the container platform.


• Conduct testing, debugging, and performance tuning of APIs, container images, and infrastructure configurations to ensure reliability and efficiency.


• Stay informed about the latest developments in container technologies, automation tools, and cloud platforms to drive innovation and continuous improvement.


• Document API specifications, container image configurations, Terraform scripts, and infrastructure changes for knowledge sharing and future reference.

The Skills & Expertise You Bring

- Strong experience in working with containers, container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and AWS ECS.
- Proficiency in developing APIs using Python FastAPI or similar frameworks.
- Demonstrated expertise in infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
- Extensive experience in AWS engineering, including cloud architecture design and implementation.
- Solid understanding of cloud services, networking, security, and best practices in AWS environments.
- Proven track record of designing, implementing, and optimizing containerized environments and cloud infrastructure.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred).
- AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) are a plus.

If you are a top-tier professional with a successful background in containers, Kubernetes, AWS ECS, Terraform, CloudFormation, Python FastAPI, and AWS engineering, and you are looking for a challenging role that allows you to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join our Container Platform Engineering Team.

 Preferred qualifications:

• Experience on Kubernetes and AWS EKS is an added plus


• Experience on AWS Cloud Platform


• Experience with agile development methodologies and Test Driven Development (TDD)


• Working experience on development tools like VSCode, Pycharm.


• Exposure to monitoring and logging techniques


• Financial/Insurance industry knowledge is a plus, not a must

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.

Note: 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 $97,300.00 to $144,900.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. 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. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

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. 

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

Note that this posting is intended for individual applicants. Search firms or agencies should email Staffing at staffingagencies@prudential.com for more information about doing business with Prudential.

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