Senior Software Engineer-1
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.
In this role, you will design, develop, and provide support for platform/s for Prudential across backend and frontend technologies. This is a hands-on senior full stack software engineering role.
We are looking for an Engineer who is passionate about solving business problems through innovation and engineering practices. This role requires depth of knowledge and expertise across all aspects of the software development lifecycle, while partnering continuously with multiple stakeholders to stay focused on common goals.
As part of this dynamic role, you will work closely with business units and other IT teams to deliver leading edge technology to enable digital capabilities of Prudential Singapore.
Job Description
- Deliver technical excellence.
- Contribute to the translation of business requirements into well-architected full stack software solutions.
- Participate in and, where required, facilitate technical discussions with the team.
- Adhere and contribute to platform-related technical standards and processes.
- Develop data integration, migration, and deployment strategies.
- Deliver applications in accordance with relevant IT policies and procedures.
- Adhere to the company’s Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Identify and solve complex technical problems collaboratively.
- Contribute to code reviews, technical design, and engineering best practices.
Who We Are Looking For
- Strong background in design/development (functional and non-blocking programming) and support of large web-based systems, with complete software product lifecycle exposure.
- Strong culture of software testing (Unit Test, TDD, BDD).
- 5-8 years of full stack development experience across backend and frontend technologies.
- Experience and affinity with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
- Complexity estimation / planning poker.
- Strong background in Java/Spring Boot backend development and modern frontend application development using React or Flutter.
- Strong understanding of environment management, release management, code versioning, engineering best practices, and deployment methodologies.
- Must have experience with:
- Java 11+.
- RESTful APIs and Microservices development (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud), with integration into web or mobile frontends.
- TDD/BDD (JUnit, Cucumber).
- Any RDBMS and NoSQL.
- Code Version Control tools (GIT, Bitbucket).
- Basics of DevOps (CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes).
- Basics of Cloud platform (services such as Kubernetes and API Gateway).
- Basics of Event Bus (Confluent Kafka).
- Hands-on experience with React or Flutter, including component development, state management, API integration, responsive design, and automated testing.
Working Experience
- 5-8 years in designing, developing, and maintaining IT applications.
- Experience in Agile software development.
- Experience with 3rd party vendor engagement is an added advantage.
Education
- Bachelor in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
Language
- Fluent written and spoken English.
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.