Senior Application Lead - Prudential Hong Kong Limited : Job Details

Eastspring is a global asset manager with Asia at its core. We create a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our colleagues, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and in exchange, we support our people's career ambitions. We pledge to make Eastspring a place where you can Connect, Grow and Succeed.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Software development, modelling, simulation, testing, and quality assurance.
• Analysis of user requirements, software, and code.
• Perform maintenance and software integrations for existing systems.
• Design and implement application systems.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Project Leads, and the IT team to resolve issues and ensure solutions are viable and consistent.
• Lead system upgrades and the implementation of new technologies.
• Monitor and optimize application performance to ensure high availability and reliability.
• Resolve complex technical issues and provide advanced technical support.
• Mentor and train Junior Application Engineers.
• Follow group and regulatory IT security and infrastructure policies, procedures, and standards to reduce cyber risks to acceptable levels.
• Consult the information security team before adopting any non-standard or not pre-approved (by Prudential group or Eastspring) open-source code or library for security risk assessment.
• Complete yearly secure code warrior training and pass the test within the defined time window set by the information security team.
• Implement security fixes to the application as identified by the information security team either during the build phase or running phase, within the timeframe according to the security risk severity.
• Follow Prudential/Eastspring defined security policies, standards, and procedures in the development life cycle, accessing non-production environments (development, SIT, UAT, staging, DR), and accessing the production environment. This may include but is not limited to: the onboarding of PID to CyberArk, use of CyberArk to access servers/databases, production data masking/encryption when used in non-production environments, and following Eastspring IAM control assurance guidelines for authentication/authorization in application development.

EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• At least 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving and project management skills.
• Ability to work independently or as a team member.
• Working knowledge of SQL and Oracle database.
• Familiarity with full-stack engineering skills is preferred:
• Back-end technologies: Node.js, MS .Net, Python, etc.

Version control technologies: GitHub.

Eastspring 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.

Eastspring is an international asset manager with Asia at its core. We offer investment solutions across equity, fixed income, multi asset, quantitative and alternative strategies to institutional and individual investors globally.

As the asset management business of Prudential plc, we have built an unparalleled presence across Asia1. over the years. We are also a signatory to the UN-supported Principles of Responsible Investment, incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in our investment processes.

We are proud to be a member of the 2023 GEI Gender Equality Index . The reference index measures gender equality across five pillars: female leadership and talent pipeline, equal pay and gender pay parity, inclusive culture, sexual harassment policies, and pro-women brand. Our inclusion in this global index is testament to our commitment to nurturing diverse talent. #BloombergGEI.

Prudential plc is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc., a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America or with the Prudential Assurance Company, a subsidiary of M&G plc, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom