Your Team As a Lead Software Engineer on the Retirement Strategies Technology team, you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers and delivery professionals to deliver quality platforms and products with speed. You will 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 Build applications ensuring that the code follows latest coding practices and industry standards, using modern design patterns and architectural principles remove technical impediments Develop high quality, well documented and efficient code adhering to all applicable Prudential standards Collaborate with product owners in understanding needs and defining feature stories, tech leads in defining technical design and other team members to understand the system endtoend and deliver robust solutions that bring about business impact 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 daytoday Work on complex problems in which analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible variables. Use programming languages including but not limited to Python, Java, or JavaScript and React, Springboot, Node.js frameworks The Skills Expertise You Bring Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or experience in related fields 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 TestDriven Development TDD Knowledge of business concepts tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the companys business Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an ongoing basis through selfinitiative and tackling challenges Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills Advanced experience andor expertise with several of the following: Programming Languages:Python, Java, Java Script C, working in distributed systems, object oriented programming, design patterns and design methodology JAVA services using Spring, Maven, Microservices, multithreading, Concurrency and parallel processing Frameworks:React, Springboot, Node.js, Flask, Django Data Store:NoSQL or Relational Data structures Data Streaming:SQS, Kinesis Application Programming Interfaces API: Consumption Development implementing service oriented architecture SOA patterns Web service technologies such as APIs, REST, JSON, SOAP, XML, JDBC, MySQL API Management Integration : Kong, Apigee Unit, interface and end user testingconcepts and tooling functional nonfunctional Automated testing Accessibility awareness Software security skillsincludingsecure coding, web application security and DevSecOps Solid grasp of security concepts authentication, authorization, encryption, digital signature, JWT, SSL, web service proxies, firewall, SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0 Dev Ops Tools Practices: Branching techniques and usage of GitHub, Bitbucket or Subversion DevOps, Jenkins Software Development Life Cycle SDLC: Monitoring and logging techniques AWS Core Services across compute, storage, DB, IAM and analytics Preferred Qualifications: Strong experience with Domain Driven Development DDD AWS cloud native solution development Architecture Patterns Design and critical Thinking FinancialInsurance industry experience is a must, not a plus People Leadership Experience is a plus. Experience with agentic frameworks and AI driven development tools is a major plus Claude Code, GitHub Copilot etc 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 7.25/hr.