AVP, Front-End Engineering Lead

Synchrony•Alpharetta, GA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Billions of transactions—and you’ll touch all of them if you join our IT team as a Front-End Engineering Lead. Imagine the sheer scale of what we impact every second of every day. Now imagine what you can do with that influence—this is where you can shape the future of payments. You’ll work within multi-disciplinary teams to deliver on business goals. This person will be responsible for both the development of people and the overall success of deliveries including analysis and design, development, deployment, optimization, and day to day operations. The role can be broken down into the following key aspects: Coach: You are a mentor to your engineering team, taking every opportunity to up-skill our developers Quality control: You have battle-tested JavaScript knowledge and can dive deep into the code to provide thoughtful feedback and ensure the highest quality. It’s the ideal time to come aboard — we’re focused on the future as we continue to evolve as a company. With so many opportunities available, this is where you can make your mark and help define the FinTech industry. 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. You are the right candidate if you… Have passion: Love tinkering with new software/hardware, working in open source, or are involved in the engineering community? Have common sense: Building is important, but do you think through designs to ensure they’re the best solutions first? Are slightly obsessed with solution design: Do you focus on failure scenarios, performance, data integrity, security…all the good stuff? Learn quickly and adapt to innovative technology: Let’s face it – technology changes by the minute. Are you able to quickly adapt and learn to be productive with new languages, operating systems, and tools? Think like a customer: Central to our products is our understanding of our customers’ needs and requirements. Do you consider UX in your decision making, and think like a customer? Have tech chops: You need to be ready to get into the weeds on complex technology solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years in full stack development with a strong focus on JavaScript (ReactJS in particular) OR, in lieu of degree, High School Diploma/GED with 6 years of experience in the same.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices
Ability to work in large, collaborative teams to achieve organizational goals
Advanced knowledge of application, data, and infrastructure architecture disciplines
Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Redux, Tailwind CSS, & Unit Testing frameworks
Live and breathe testing
Extremely self-driven and can work autonomously
A desire to be in the FinTech space
Cypress e2e Implementation.
understand Accessibility, Analytics Implementation.

Responsibilities

Lead development teams through all phases of the Agile development life cycle
Coach & mentor junior talent
Influence and collaborate with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and customer application experts to create amazing apps
Ensure compliance with architecture, security and technology standards set by Synchrony
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
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 Synchrony’s products

Stand Out From the Crowd

Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.

Upload and Match Resume