Senior Product Engineer

Synchrony; Stamford (CT); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer financial services company seeks a Senior Product Engineer for their Data & Analytics Platforms. This role involves developing big data applications in the Hadoop ecosystem, working closely with DevOps and engineering teams, and participating in Agile processes to support data operations and quality improvement. Preferred candidates will have a strong analytical mindset and programming abilities in languages such as Scala, Java, or Python.

Benefits

Flexible work options

Annual bonus eligibility

Qualifications

• 2 to 3 years of experience in data and analytics.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with shell scripts, SQL, and Git.
• Programming experience in Scala, Java, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Develop big data applications in Hadoop ecosystem.
• Participate in agile process: backlog grooming, coding, testing.
• Identify process bottlenecks and implement improvements.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Ability to write abstracted, reusable code components

Superior oral and written communication skills

Collaborate across teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

High School Diploma/GED and minimum 4 to 5 years IT experience

Tools

Jenkins

Sonarqube

Hadoop

Bitbucket

Job description

The candidate Senior Product Engineer will join an Agile scrum/kanban team and perform functional & system development for Synchrony’s Data & Analytics platforms.

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Senior Product Engineer to join our Data & Analytics Platform Engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate to work closely with DevOps and engineering teams to help define, build, and scale reusable tools and frameworks that support data pipelines, infrastructure automation, and analytics platforms.

You will learn how to gather requirements, prioritize devops and platform engineering work, and support product delivery cycles — while gaining hands-on exposure to modern DevOps and data technologies.

Our Way of Working

We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. At Synchrony, our way of working allows you to have the option to work from home, near one of our Hubs or come into one of our offices. Occasionally you may be required to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, training and culture events.

Develop big data applications for Synchrony in Hadoop ecosystem

Participate in the agile development process including backlog grooming, coding, code reviews, testing and deployment as a Product Owner

Work with Sonarqube for code quality analysis and build the dashboard for all stakeholders.

Work with Jenkins and Cloudbees for CICD

Identify repeatable eng processes and comeup with common reusable tools/frames works.

Work with team members to achieve business results in a fast paced and quickly changing environment

Work independently to develop analytic applications leveraging technologies such as: Hadoop, NoSQL, In-memory Data Grids, Kafka, Spark, Ab Initio

Test current processes and identify deficiencies

Plan, create and manage the test cases and test scripts

Identify process bottlenecks and suggest actions for improvement

Present test cases, test results, reports and metrics as required by the Office of Agile

Building and supporting Jenkin pipelines for CICD

Work with team members to achieve business results in a fast paced and quickly changing environment

Ensure the lineage of all data assets are properly documented in the appropriate enterprise metadata repositories

Assist with the creation and implementation of data quality rules

Investigate program quality to make improvements to achieve better data accuracy

Understand functional and non-functional requirement and prepare test data accordingly

Identify process bottlenecks and suggest actions for improvement

Perform other duties as needed to ensure the success of the team and application and ensure the team’s compliance with the applicable Data Sourcing, Data Quality, and Data Governance standards

Qualifications/Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (such as Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Econometrics) and 2 to 3 years of experience; in lieu of degree, High School Diploma/GED and minimum 4 to 5 years of Information Technology experience

Minimum of 2+ years hands-on experience writing shell scripts, complex SQL queries, Hive scripts, Hadoop commands and Git

Ability to write abstracted, reusable code components

Programming experience in at least one of the following languages: Scala, Java or Python

Analytical mindset

Willingness and aptitude to learn new technologies quickly

Superior oral and written communication skills;

Ability to collaborate across teams of internal and external technical staff, business analysts, software support and operations staff.

Desired Characteristics:

Familiar with Bitbucket, various IDEs, Jenkins, CloudBees, Sonarqube

Performance tuning experience

Exposure to the following Ab Initio tools: GDE – Graphical Development Environment; Co>Operating System ; Control Center; Metadata Hub; Enterprise Meta>Environment; Enterprise Meta>Environment Portal; Acquire>It; Express>It; Conduct>It; Data Quality Environment; Query>It.

Familiar with Ab Initio, Hortonworks/Cloudera, Zookeeper, Oozie and Kafka

Familiar with Public Cloud AWS data analytics services

Familiar with data management tools (i.e. Collibra)

Background in ETL, data warehousing or data lake

Strong business acumen including a broad understanding of Synchrony business processes and practices

Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an agile team environment

Financial Industry or Credit processing experience

Experience with working on a geographically distributed team managing onshore/offshore resources with shifting priorities

Previous experience working in client facing environment

Proficient in the maintenance of data dictionaries and other information in Collibra

Excellent analytical, organizational and influencing skills with a proven track record of successfully executing on assignments

Grade/Level: 09

The salary range for this position is 85,000.00 - 140,000.00 USD Annual and is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.

Actual compensation offered within the posted salary range will be based upon work experience, skill level or knowledge.

Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA, NY Metro and Seattle.

Eligibility Requirements:

You must be 18 years or older

You must have a high school diploma or equivalent

You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process

You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

N ew hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles. Once this new hire time in position requirement is met, the associate will have a minimum 6 months’ time in position before they can post for future non-exempt roles. Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 18 months’ time in position before they can post. All internal employees must consistently meet performance expectations and have approval from your manager to post (or the approval of your manager and HR if you don’t meet the time in position or performance expectations).

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Our Commitment:

When you join us, you’ll be part of a diverse, inclusive culture where your skills, experience, and voice are not only heard—but valued. We celebrate the differences in all of us and believe that our individual, unique perspectives is what makes Synchrony truly a great place to work. Together, we’re building a future where we can all belong, connect and turn ideals into action. Through the power of our 8 Diversity Networks+ , with more than 60% of our workforce engaged, you’ll find community to connect with an opportunity to go beyond your passions.

This starts when you choose to apply for a role at Synchrony. We ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Reasonable Accommodation Notice:

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

If you need special accommodations, please call our Career Support Line so that we can discuss your specific situation. We can be reached at 1-866-301-5627. Representatives are available from 8am – 5pm Monday to Friday, Central Standard Time

Job Family Group:

Information Technology

Job Description:

Role Summary/Purpose:

The candidate Senior Product Engineer will join an Agile scrum/kanban team and perform functional & system development for Synchrony’s Data & Analytics platforms.

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Senior Product Engineer to join our Data & Analytics Platform Engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate to work closely with DevOps and engineering teams to help define, build, and scale reusable tools and frameworks that support data pipelines, infrastructure automation, and analytics platforms.

You will learn how to gather requirements, prioritize devops and platform engineering work, and support product delivery cycles — while gaining hands-on exposure to modern DevOps and data technologies.

Our Way of Working

We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. At Synchrony, our way of working allows you to have the option to work from home, near one of our Hubs or come into one of our offices. Occasionally you may be required to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, training and culture events.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develop big data applications for Synchrony in Hadoop ecosystem

• Participate in the agile development process including backlog grooming, coding, code reviews, testing and deployment as a Product Owner

• Work with Sonarqube for code quality analysis and build the dashboard for all stakeholders.

• Work with Jenkins and Cloudbees for CICD

• Identify repeatable eng processes and comeup with common reusable tools/frames works.

• Introduce and drive best practices in devops & data engineering space

• Work with team members to achieve business results in a fast paced and quickly changing environment

• Work independently to develop analytic applications leveraging technologies such as: Hadoop, NoSQL, In-memory Data Grids, Kafka, Spark, Ab Initio

• Test current processes and identify deficiencies

• Plan, create and manage the test cases and test scripts

• Identify process bottlenecks and suggest actions for improvement

• Present test cases, test results, reports and metrics as required by the Office of Agile

• Building and supporting Jenkin pipelines for CICD

• Work with team members to achieve business results in a fast paced and quickly changing environment

• Ensure the lineage of all data assets are properly documented in the appropriate enterprise metadata repositories

• Assist with the creation and implementation of data quality rules

• Investigate program quality to make improvements to achieve better data accuracy

• Understand functional and non-functional requirement and prepare test data accordingly

• Identify process bottlenecks and suggest actions for improvement

• Perform other duties as needed to ensure the success of the team and application and ensure the team’s compliance with the applicable Data Sourcing, Data Quality, and Data Governance standards

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (such as Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Econometrics) and 2 to 3 years of experience; in lieu of degree, High School Diploma/GED and minimum 4 to 5 years of Information Technology experience

• Minimum of 2+ years hands-on experience writing shell scripts, complex SQL queries, Hive scripts, Hadoop commands and Git

• Ability to write abstracted, reusable code components

• Programming experience in at least one of the following languages: Scala, Java or Python

• Analytical mindset

• Willingness and aptitude to learn new technologies quickly

• Superior oral and written communication skills;

• Ability to collaborate across teams of internal and external technical staff, business analysts, software support and operations staff.

Desired Characteristics:

• Familiar with Bitbucket, various IDEs, Jenkins, CloudBees, Sonarqube

• Performance tuning experience

• Exposure to the following Ab Initio tools: GDE – Graphical Development Environment; Co>Operating System ; Control Center; Metadata Hub; Enterprise Meta>Environment; Enterprise Meta>Environment Portal; Acquire>It; Express>It; Conduct>It; Data Quality Environment; Query>It.

• Familiar with Ab Initio, Hortonworks/Cloudera, Zookeeper, Oozie and Kafka

• Familiar with Public Cloud AWS data analytics services

• Familiar with data management tools (i.e. Collibra)

• Background in ETL, data warehousing or data lake

• Strong business acumen including a broad understanding of Synchrony business processes and practices

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an agile team environment

• Financial Industry or Credit processing experience

• Experience with working on a geographically distributed team managing onshore/offshore resources with shifting priorities

• Previous experience working in client facing environment

• Proficient in the maintenance of data dictionaries and other information in Collibra

• Excellent analytical, organizational and influencing skills with a proven track record of successfully executing on assignments

Grade/Level: 09

The salary range for this position is 85,000.00 - 140,000.00 USD Annual and is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.

Actual compensation offered within the posted salary range will be based upon work experience, skill level or knowledge.

Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA, NY Metro and Seattle.

Eligibility Requirements:

• You must be 18 years or older

• You must have a high school diploma or equivalent

• You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process

• You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

• N ew hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles. Once this new hire time in position requirement is met, the associate will have a minimum 6 months’ time in position before they can post for future non-exempt roles. Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 18 months’ time in position before they can post. All internal employees must consistently meet performance expectations and have approval from your manager to post (or the approval of your manager and HR if you don’t meet the time in position or performance expectations).

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Our Commitment:

When you join us, you’ll be part of a diverse, inclusive culture where your skills, experience, and voice are not only heard—but valued. We celebrate the differences in all of us and believe that our individual, unique perspectives is what makes Synchrony truly a great place to work. Together, we’re building a future where we can all belong, connect and turn ideals into action. Through the power of our 8 Diversity Networks+ , with more than 60% of our workforce engaged, you’ll find community to connect with an opportunity to go beyond your passions.

This starts when you choose to apply for a role at Synchrony. We ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Reasonable Accommodation Notice:

• Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

• If you need special accommodations, please call our Career Support Line so that we can discuss your specific situation. We can be reached at 1-866-301-5627. Representatives are available from 8am – 5pm Monday to Friday, Central Standard Time

Job Family Group:

Information Technology

About the company

Synchrony Financial is a consumer financial services company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States.

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