AVP, Applied Model Ops Developer (L11)

Synchrony; Delhi; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Synchrony India is seeking an AVP, Applied Model Ops Developer to design and build a production-grade data infrastructure and pipelines for robust model monitoring. You will bridge data science and software engineering to operationalize AI/ML systems and collaborate with risk, compliance, and product teams.

The role requires strong data engineering, ML lifecycle expertise, and hands-on development of scalable pipelines, feature engineering, and governance artifacts in a flexible hybrid

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field with 6+ years of experience or 8+ years in related roles.
• Strong data engineering and analytics infrastructure experience.
• Proficiency in SAS, Python and SQL for monitoring pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Engage with model developers, validators, and risk stakeholders to define data needs for monitoring and governance.
• Build scalable real-time and batch data architectures for model monitoring.
• Design and maintain end-to-end ML pipelines for data collection, preprocessing, feature engineering, and model training.
• Develop automated CI/CD pipelines for data validation, model training, and artifact management.
• Transform raw data into features and enable scalable production-grade ML systems.
• Integrate data pipelines with model lifecycle platforms and observability tools for monitoring.

Skills

Apache Spark

Airflow

Kafka

dbt

PySpark

Python

SQL

AWS / Azure / GCP

MLOps

Model governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative/technical field

Tools

SAS

Snowflake / Redshift / BigQuery

MLflow

Evidently AI

Job description

Role Title: AVP, Applied Model Ops Developer (L11)

Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a leading consumer financing company that has been at the heart of American commerce and opportunity for nearly a century. Synchrony delivers credit and banking products that empower tens of millions of consumers to improve their financial lives and access what matters most. Leveraging innovative solutions that are shaping the future of retail commerce, Synchrony supports the growth and success of some of the nation’s most respected brands, alongside hundreds of thousands of small and midsize businesses, including health and wellness providers. Committed to excellence in service and culture, Synchrony is proud to be named as #3 as a Great Place to Work® in India and is honored to be ranked the #1 Best Company to Work For® in the U.S. by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work®. For more information, visit www.synchrony.com.

Organizational Overview

Our Analytics organization comprises of data analysts who focus on enabling strategies to enhance customer and partner experience and optimize business performance through data management and development of full stack descriptive to prescriptive analytics solutions using cutting edge technologies thereby enabling business growth.

Role Summary / Purpose

The AVP, Applied Model Ops Developer within the India Analytics Hub (IAH), operating under the Decision Management, Model Operations & Analytics team is responsible for designing and building the data infrastructure, pipelines, and tooling required to support robust, scalable, and automated post-deployment monitoring of models. This role bridges the gap between data science and software engineering by building, deploying, and maintaining production-ready AI/ML systems. The engineer collaborates closely with model developers, product managers, risk partners, and compliance teams to operationalize monitoring strategies aligned with model governance policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage regularly with model developers, validators, and risk stakeholders to understand their evolving data needs for model development, monitoring, and governance.
• Partner with credit analytics, risk, fraud, marketing, and operations functions to identify, define, and prioritize use cases requiring model-ready data.
• Build scalable data architectures to support real-time and batch monitoring, including data ingestion, enrichment, and retention practices.
• Support pipeline development by designing and maintaining automated end-to-end ML pipelines for data collection, preprocessing, feature engineering, and model training.
• Conduct data transformation by converting raw observations into variables (features) that machine learning models can understand, such as turning timestamps into cyclical time features. Transforming theoretical data science prototypes into robust, high-performance software systems that can handle large volumes of real-time data
• CI/CD Pipeline Development: Build and maintain automated pipelines that handle not just code, but also data validation, model training, and artifact management
• Design, develop, and maintain robust pipelines to collect, transform, and store data used in model monitoring workflows (e.g., scoring data, performance metrics, outcomes).
• Provide thought and technical leadership in generating new signals from raw data by applying techniques such as normalization, scaling and categorical encoding
• Integrate data pipelines with model lifecycle platforms, MLOps tools, and observability solutions to ensure seamless model performance tracking.
• Partner with model risk and compliance teams to ensure data lineage, audit trails, and documentation are preserved and accessible for regulatory reviews (e.g., SR 11-7 compliance).
• Liaise with cloud, data lake, data warehouse, and model governance engineering teams on delivery execution and backlog prioritization.
• Collaborate with data scientists, model validators, and product managers to align monitoring data infrastructure with evolving model monitoring requirements.
• Optimize data storage and compute performance for large-scale monitoring use cases involving high-frequency scoring or model ensembles.

Required Skills & Knowledge

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative, technical, or data-focused field (e.g., Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering) with 6+ years’ experience OR in lieu of a degree 8+years of relevant work experience in monitoring, validation, or credit risk strategy
• Minimum 6+ years of professional experience in model operations, data engineering, or analytics infrastructure Strong proficiency with data engineering tools and frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Airflow, Kafka, dbt, PySpark).
• Proficient in programming languages such as SAS, Python, and SQL for building monitoring pipelines and validation checks.
• Experience with cloud-based data infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and data warehousing (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).
• Familiarity with MLOps practices, model metadata tracking (e.g., MLflow), and monitoring toolkits (e.g., Evidently AI, WhyLabs, Prometheus).
• Understanding of model risk governance requirements and the role of data engineering in ensuring compliant model monitoring.
• Ability to work in an agile environment and deliver high-quality, production-grade code in collaboration with DevOps and platform engineering teams.

Desired Skills & Knowledge

• Advanced Master’s degree or relevant advanced certification preferred
• Strong problem-solving skills and experience automating repetitive data monitoring tasks.
• Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining high standards of data quality, integrity, and compliance.
• Experience building alerting mechanisms and diagnostic logging for monitoring model behaviors.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences and collaborate across teams.
• Exposure to explainability frameworks and the role of data in enhancing model transparency and interpretability.

Eligibility Criteria

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative, technical, or data-focused field (e.g., Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering) with 6+ years’ experience OR in lieu of a degree 8+years of relevant work experience in monitoring, validation, or credit risk strategy

Work Timings

This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time - 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs) We are proud to offer flexibility at Synchrony. Our way of working allows you the option to work from home or workspaces in our Regional Engagement Hubs-Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, or Delhi/NCR. Occasionally you may be required to commute or travel to Hyderabad or one of the Regional Engagement Hubs for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, trainings, and culture events.

For Internal Applicants

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying
• Inform your manager and HRM before applying for any role on Workday
• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)
• Must not be on any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, LPP)
• L9+ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.
• L9 Level Employees can apply

Grade/Level: 11

Job Family Group: Data Analytics