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Synchrony is a financial services company focused on financing for everyday purchases across healthcare, retail, and business needs. Its CareCredit product provides specialized healthcare financing, while Synchrony Bank supports online savings and banking services alongside retail and healthcare financing. The company also offers business financing solutions through its broader portfolio.
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AVP API Engineer

Lead the design and delivery of consumer banking and credit servicing APIs at Synchrony. Guide cloud-native architecture, Agile development, modernization, and production support.

USUnited StatesCTConnecticutNCNorth Carolina
$115,000 – $200,000 / year
HybridFull-timeLeadEnglish RequiredBackend EngineerSoftware Engineer
CloudJ2EEJavaJenkinsMicroservicesMySQLSOAPSplunkSpringSpring BootSQL

Description

  • Lead development and lifecycle management of consumer banking and credit servicing applications.
  • Design systems and architectures hands-on for time-sensitive projects.
  • Guide Agile teams through the SAFe development lifecycle.
  • Introduce new technologies and help developers migrate to them.
  • Architect full-stack applications across PCF, cloud-native platforms, microservices, J2EE, Spring Java, and REST APIs.
  • Design data models for complex business processes.
  • Set CI/CD direction using Jenkins, Bitbucket, and uDeploy.
  • Partner with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and customer application specialists.
  • Mentor and influence colleagues at every level.
  • Ensure solutions meet Synchrony’s architecture, security, and technology standards.
  • Maintain the target-state architecture strategy and modernization and migration roadmap.
  • Join Agile scrums and lead sprint planning, standups, backlog refinement, and reviews.
  • Maintain application code quality across development, testing, and QA.
  • Review root cause analyses and incident reports, and guide issue resolution.
  • Investigate production defects, troubleshoot systems, determine causes, and implement fixes.
  • Provide periodic 24/7 on-call support.
  • Find opportunities to improve efficiency and system performance.
  • Work with third-party vendors to develop or integrate software.
  • Handle other duties and special projects as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years of software engineering experience, or a high school diploma/GED and at least 10 years of software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
  • At least 6 years of application development experience.
  • Background developing with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud.
  • Strong expertise in solution and event-driven architecture, microservices architecture, and cloud technologies.
  • Experience with PCF, cloud-native application architecture, microservices, J2EE, Spring Java, and REST APIs.
  • Critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving ability.
  • Flexibility and willingness to travel for business as needed.
  • Experience building and consuming SOAP and REST web services.
  • Expertise with continuous integration environments.
  • Experience writing unit, integration, and UI tests.
  • Knowledge of responsive web design and support across devices.
  • Strong experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry.
  • Experience using Splunk for production support.
  • Experience with database architecture and modeling; familiarity with MySQL, SQL, and GemFire.
  • Familiarity with JSON, REST, and XML-based web services.
  • Working knowledge of the mobile industry.
  • Experience developing and supporting financial or banking applications.
  • Experience using developer AI tools such as GitHub Copilot.
  • Must be at least 18 years old.
  • Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
  • Must be willing to take a drug test, undergo a background investigation, and provide fingerprints.
  • Must meet Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.; employment visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Benefits

  • Annual bonus tied to individual and company performance.
  • Option to work from home near one of the hubs.
  • Flexible work arrangements.
  • In-person team meetings, training, and culture events.
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
  • Inclusive, award-winning culture.
  • Reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities.

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