AVP, API Engineer

Synchrony

United States

Remote

USD 115,000 - 200,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Synchrony is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Principal Software Engineer who thrives in hands-on system design and architecture, leading by example to deliver time-sensitive projects on spec. You will shape consumer banking and credit servicing applications with event-driven, microservice and cloud-native patterns, guiding teams to excellence.

The role is remote with occasional in-person engagements and a requirement for vaccination.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or higher with 8+ years in software engineering.
Minimum 6 years of application development experience.
Spring Boot and Spring Cloud development background.
Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required.

Responsibilities

Influence agile development teams through SAFe across all project phases.
Architect applications across the full stack using microservices and cloud-native tech.
Lead CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Bitbucket and uDeploy.
Mentor and collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers and architects.
Ensure compliance with architecture, security, and technology standards.
Drive modernization and migration roadmaps toward future state technology.

Skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Leadership

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

High School Diploma/GED with 10 years of software engineering experience

Tools

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

PCF / Cloud Foundry

Microservices

J2EE

RESTful APIs

CI/CD (Jenkins/Bitbucket/uDeploy)

Jenkins

Bitbucket

uDeploy

Splunk

MySQL/SQL

Gemfire

JSON/XML

Job description

Role Summary/Purpose:

The Assistant Vice President, Principal Software Engineer craves working in a hands-on system design and architecture environment and leads by example to make sure time sensitive projects get done on time and to specifications. To be successful in this role, deep expertise in solution and event-driven architecture, microservice architecture, cloud technologies and the ability to influence and lead a team are musts.

This AVP will lead the development and the life cycle management of our consumer bank and credit servicing applications by creating and developing thoughtful solutions to anticipate bugs and maintain operational excellence. In short, you would be one of our technical experts and team leaders.

This position is remote, where you have the option to work from home. On occasion we may request for you to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as team meetings, training, and culture events. To ensure the safety of our colleagues and communities, we require employees who come together in-person to be fully vaccinated. We're proud to offer you choice and flexibility.

Essential Responsibilities:

Influence many agile development teams through all phases of the Agile development life cycle through SAFe

Implement new technologies and assist developers as they migrate to new technologies

Architect applications across the full stack, experience in PCF, Cloud Native Application Architecture, Microservices ecosystem, J2EE, Spring Java, and RESTful APIs are a must.

Design data models to support complex business processes

Drive a CI/CD strategy using our Jenkins, Bitbucket, and uDeploy stack.

Influence and collaborate with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and customer application experts to create amazing apps.

Mentor and influence all levels of the team: in this role, you will have the opportunity to influence up and down the chain of command

Ensure compliance with architecture, security and technology standards set by Synchrony

Assist in crafting and maintaining the future state technology architectural strategy, along with our application modernization and migration roadmap.

Participate in Agile scrums consisting of cross-functional teams

Lead Agile sprints as the technical expert, including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog grooming sessions, and sprint reviews

Ensure application code quality through development, test, and QA

Participate in addressing root cause analyses, incident reports and provide direction in problem resolution

Ability to analyze production defects, troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, and implement fixes

Passionate about the latest technologies, open-source projects and languages

Provide 24x7 on-call support periodically throughout the year

Identify ways to increase efficiency and improve system performance

Work with third party vendors to develop software and/or integrate their software into the company's products

Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years of experience with software engineering OR, in lieu of degree, High School Diploma/GED 10 years of experience with software engineering.

Minimum 6 years of application development experience.

Spring Boot and Spring Cloud development background.

Critical Thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills

Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required

Desired Characteristics:

Experience building and consuming web services via SOAP and REST

Expertise with continuous integration environments

Experience with writing unit, integration, and UI test cases

Deep experience with responsive web design principles and cross device support

Strong experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry

Knowledge in using Splunk for production support.

Experience with Database Architecture, Modeling, and familiarity with MySQL & SQL, Gemfire

Familiarity with JSON, REST and XML based web services

Working knowledge of the overall mobile industry

Excellence in technical communication with technical and non-technical peers

Strong cross-functional team player with the ability to work seamlessly across a matrix organization and partner with global development companies

Desire to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment

Experience developing and supporting financial/banking applications

Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence clients, team members, management, and external groups.

Excellent attention to detail in a team environment

Strong oral and written communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience utilizing Dev AI tools e.g. GitHub Copilot

Ability to analyze, use structured problem solving and available tools to troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, action plans, impact, and resolution options.