AVP, API Principal Software Development Engineer

Synchrony - Alpharetta, GA

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Alpharetta, GA

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About the position

The Assistant Vice President, Principal Software Engineer is a hands-on leader responsible for system design and architecture within the consumer bank and credit servicing applications. This role requires deep expertise in solution and event-driven architecture, microservice architecture, and cloud technologies. The AVP will lead development efforts, ensure operational excellence, and mentor teams while influencing agile development practices across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Influence agile development teams through all phases of the Agile development life cycle using SAFe.
• Implement new technologies and assist developers in migrating to them.
• Architect applications across the full stack, including PCF, Cloud Native Application Architecture, Microservices, J2EE, Spring Java, and RESTful APIs.
• Design data models to support complex business processes.
• Drive a CI/CD strategy using Jenkins, Bitbucket, and uDeploy.
• Collaborate with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and customer application experts.
• Mentor and influence team members at all levels.
• Ensure compliance with architecture, security, and technology standards.
• Assist in crafting and maintaining the future state technology architectural strategy and application modernization roadmap.
• Participate in Agile scrums and lead Agile sprints as the technical expert.
• Ensure application code quality through development, testing, and QA processes.
• Address root cause analyses and incident reports, providing direction in problem resolution.
• Analyze production defects, troubleshoot systems, and implement fixes.
• 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 or integrate software into company products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years of experience in software engineering, or a High School Diploma/GED with 7 years of experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of application development experience.
• Experience with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud development.
• Strong critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience building and consuming web services via SOAP and REST.
• Expertise with continuous integration environments.
• Experience 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 of 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.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

Benefits

• Annual bonus based on individual and company performance.
• Flexible work options including remote work and office attendance.