AVP, API Engineer

Synchrony•Alpharetta, GA

1d•$115,000 - $200,000•Remote

About The Position

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.

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

Nice To Haves

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.

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