AVP, API Engineer

Role Summary/Purpose:

It’s the ideal time to come aboard—we’re focused on the future, continuing to evolve as a company and help define the financial technology industry. With so much opportunity available, this is where you can make your mark.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Lead a cross-shore development team
• Influence and collaborate with technology, product, and credit stakeholders
• Mentor and influence up and down the chain of command
• Participate in Agile scrums with cross-functional teams
• Participate in agile sprints including planning, daily standups, backlog grooming sessions and reviews
• Analyze production defects, troubleshoot systems, identify root cause and implement fixes
• Provide 24x7 on-call support periodically throughout the year
• Work with third party vendors to develop software and/or integrate their software into our products
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and4years ofsoftware development or technical product managementexperience, or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma/GED, and6yearsof software developer or technical product management experience
• Java Development Experience, particular with Java Spring Boot
• Critical Thinking, creativity, and problem solving
• Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required

Desired Characteristics:

• Deep experience building and consuming web services via SOAP and REST
• Deep Agile expertise
• Strong Java Spring development skills
• Experience with dependency management tools like Maven
• Experience with continuous integration environments like Jenkins
• Experience building and deploying application on Pivotal Cloud Foundry
• Experience with writing unit, integration, and UI test cases

Grade/Level: 10

The salary range for this position is 100,000.00 - 170,000.00 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.
• New 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 an inclusive culture where your individual skills, experience, and voice are not only heard – but valued. Together, we’re building a future where we can all belong, connect, and turn ideals into action. More than 50% of our workforce is engaged in our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), where community and passion intersect to offer a safe space to learn and grow.

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. We’re proud to have an award-winning culture for all. 

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