VP – Solution Architect – Digital Servicing
| Company | Synchrony Financial |
|---|---|
| Location | 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, Canton, OH, USA, St Paul, MN, USA, Cincinnati, OH, USA |
| Salary | $130000 – $210000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum 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.
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 Cloud Native Application Architecture, Microservices ecosystem, RESTful APIs, API Gateway, Spring Framework, PCF is 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
- Provide 24×7 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building and consuming web services via SOAP and REST
- Experience building web and mobile applications using React, Swift and Kotlin
- Expertise with continuous integration environments
- 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
- 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 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
- Ability to analyze, use structured problem solving and available tools to troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, action plans, impact, and resolution options.