Senior Software Engineer
Prudential FinancialAbout the role
Job Classification:
Technology - Engineering & CloudAre 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
Prudential is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to architect, build, and optimize a large-scale, Python-based actuarial annuities projection and valuation model. You’ll join a uniquely collaborative team blending actuarial and engineering expertise, working at the intersection of advanced financial modeling, software design, and operational excellence to deliver robust, production-ready solutions for annuity products. In this role, you’ll partner with actuaries, quantitative analysts, and DevOps engineers to ensure our platform is scalable and innovative. Your work will have a direct impact on Prudential’s business outcomes as we advance the future of actuarial technology.
You’ll join a high-impact team shaping the future of Prudential’s actuarial modeling and valuation technology.
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; with guidance, actively code against the roadmap
- 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 end-to-end 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 an understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, begin to identify opportunities to provide feedback to the team, and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day
The Skills & Expertise You Bring
- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science or related field
- 3-5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Advanced programming skills in Python and/or PyTorch (with emphasis on tensor operations)
- Experience developing and maintaining large, monolithic applications—ideally in financial modeling, valuation, or actuarial systems
- Deep understanding of how source code maps to GPU and CPU architectures
- Proficient with CI/CD pipelines, deployment best practices, and hands-on DevOps engineering
- Hands-on experience with Docker, AWS, Amazon RedShift, GitHub, and PostgreSQL
- Back-end engineering expertise, with experience on front-end
- Strategic thinker and independent problem solver—comfortable with ambiguity and high-stakes problem solving
- Proven ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to non-technical audiences and stakeholders
- Detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy and quality
Preferred qualifications:
Direct experience with actuarial or financial modeling, particularly annuities valuation and forecasting
Demonstrated experience mentoring or developing junior engineers
Familiarity with the fintech or insurtech sector
Experience with high-level programming languages such as C++ or Java
Strong linear algebra fundamentals for matrix or tensor calculations
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.
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 $104,000.00 to $171,600.00. 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
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