Senior Infrastructure Developer - AI Platforms

Prudential Financial • Newark, NJ

1d • $104,000 - $171,600 • Hybrid

About The Position

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 Infrastructure Developer on the AI Platform Team you will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, software engineers and delivery professionals to improve AI Platforms. You will develop software and automated solutions to manage the lifecycle of infrastructure services as we solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services, and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to applied 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. This role is based in our office in Newark, NJ. Our organization follows a hybrid work structure where employees can work remotely and from the office, as needed, based on demands of specific tasks or personal work preferences. This position is hybrid and requires your on-site presence on a reoccurring weekly basis at least 3 days per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, cloud operations, or related roles
• Strong hands‑on experience with one or more cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP. AWS Agent Core Preferred
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm.
• Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, monitoring, and diagnostics tooling
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, networking fundamentals, Linux/Unix operating systems, and security best practices
• Experience with containers and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Applied programming experience using Python and/or nodeJS, Shell/Power scripting
• Experience with DevOps and DevSecOps tools, practices, and automation frameworks
• Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), coding standards, and agile development methodologies
• Strong problem‑solving, communication, and collaboration skills with the ability to work across teams
• Ability to learn new skills and technologies continuously through self‑initiative and hands‑on problem solving

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting AI/ML platforms, high‑performance compute environments, or data‑intensive workloads is a plus, but not required
• Financial services or insurance industry experience is a plus, but not required

Responsibilities

• Create, code, and support solutions to automate the creation, management, and destruction of cloud-based infrastructure that supports platform and AI workloads; actively code against the roadmap
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, reliable, and cost‑efficient infrastructure services using modern cloud platforms
• Build and manage deployment pipelines, tooling, system configurations, and automation frameworks to accelerate application and platform delivery
• Provide easily consumable, self‑service infrastructure services and patterns to software and platform engineering teams
• Accelerate development by building standardized, resilient infrastructure patterns that align with Prudential security, reliability, and compliance standards
• Monitor infrastructure health, performance, and capacity; proactively identify and resolve operational issues
• Implement infrastructure‑level security controls, access policies, and compliance requirements using DevSecOps best practices
• Contribute to incident response, root‑cause analysis, and continuous improvement of platform reliability and operational excellence
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to automate provisioning, configuration, and environment management
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, platform engineers, and tech leads to understand requirements, define technical designs, and deliver robust end‑to-end solutions
• Improve developer experience through streamlined workflows, templates, tooling, and standardized platform capabilities
• Develop and document corporate platform standards based on cost, capability, scalability, and capacity requirements
• Apply infrastructure fundamentals across Linux/Unix operating systems, networking, databases, and distributed systems
• Bring an applied understanding of emerging technologies; provide technical input, mentor others, and embed learning and innovation into daily work
• Work on complex problems requiring in‑depth evaluation of multiple technical and operational factors

Benefits

• Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.
• 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
• Company-funded pension plan.
• Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.
• Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
• Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level