VP – SRS Agile Dev Lead
| Company | Synchrony Financial |
|---|---|
| Location | Newport Beach, CA, USA, Stamford, CT, USA, Dallas, TX, USA, Chicago, IL, USA, Altamonte Springs, FL, USA, Charlotte, NC, USA, Alpharetta, GA, USA, Rapid City, SD, USA, New York, NY, USA, Phoenix, AZ, USA, Kansas City, KS, USA, St Paul, MN, USA, Cincinnati, OH, USA |
| Salary | $110000 – $185000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and 7+ years of IT experience or equivalent developer/programming experience, or in lieu of degree High School Diploma/GED and 10+ years of IT experience, experience in developing and implementing information systems and programming experience
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in developing and implementing information systems
- Minimum 5 years of experience in scrum agile teams in a leadership role
Responsibilities
- Lead a development team through all phases of the Agile development life cycle
- Work hand in hand with the Scrum Master and Product Owner to ensure developers can work without impediments or missing requirements
- Manage a team of software developers
- Influence and collaborate with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and clients to deliver amazing features
- 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 Financial
- Become a subject matter expert across all features
- Assist in crafting and maintaining the future state architectural strategy and roadmap
- Ensure application code quality from development to release, including focus on preventative and detective controls
- Participate in root cause analyses, incident reports and provide direction in resolution
- Provide 24×7 on-call support periodically throughout the year
- Identify ways to increase efficiency and improve system performance
- Write process documentation including feature troubleshooting, testing and release checklists, and post-release monitoring
- Triaging complex issues at all stages of the development life cycle
- Participate in thoughtful code review and continuously drive the quality of the code to its highest potential
- Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- System level understanding of loyalty products and solutions: SRS development experience is a plus
- Experience with library and/or framework distribution
- Experience with continuous development and integration environments
- Experience writing unit and integration tests
- Familiarity with JSON, REST and XML based web services
- Working knowledge of the overall mobile industry including Android and mobile web
- Excellence in technical communication with technical and non-technical peers, including external partners
- Desire to work in a dynamic fast paced environment
- Experience developing and supporting financial applications
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to influence clients, team members, management, and external groups
- Strong attention to detail in a team environment
- Strong oral and written communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to analyze, use structured problem solving and available tools to troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, create action plans, and analyze impact
- Experience with writing scripts and automation
- Experience leading cross functional engineering teams
- Experience with retail and/or credit card loyalty products and systems