VP, Senior Software Development Engineering Manager

Synchrony - Alpharetta, GA

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Alpharetta, GA

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

The Vice President, Senior Software Development Engineering Manager at Synchrony is responsible for leading a large team of engineers in the architecture, design, building, and testing of mission-critical applications. This role requires deep expertise in software engineering and microservice architecture, along with the ability to manage and influence a diverse team. The successful candidate will oversee the engineering delivery of the Synapps credit underwriting system, ensuring compliance with architectural standards and driving application modernization efforts.

Responsibilities

• Manage a large team of software engineers, including managing managers.
• Influence and lead multiple agile teams through all phases of the Agile development life cycle using Large Solution SAFE.
• Implement new technologies and assist developers in migrating to these technologies.
• Establish application architecture standards and best practices for Java microservices.
• Collaborate with software developers, product managers, application architects, and customer application experts to create applications.
• Mentor and influence team members at all levels, providing direction and support.
• Ensure compliance with architecture, security, and technology standards set by Synchrony Financial.
• Assist in crafting and maintaining the future state technology architectural strategy and application modernization roadmap.
• Ensure application code quality through development, testing, and QA processes.
• Participate in addressing root cause analyses and incident reports, providing direction in problem resolution.
• Analyze production defects, troubleshoot systems, identify root causes, and implement fixes.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support periodically throughout the year.
• Identify ways to increase efficiency and improve system performance.

Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in software engineering.
• A minimum of 3 years of people management experience.
• A minimum of 3 years of credit underwriting technology experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the Synapps engineering environment.
• Solid people management skills, including performance monitoring and staff motivation.
• Experience with continuous integration environments.
• Experience writing unit, integration, and UI test cases.
• Strong experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry.
• Experience using Splunk for production support.
• Familiarity with JSON, REST, and XML-based web services.
• Excellence in technical communication with both technical and non-technical peers.
• Strong cross-functional team player with the ability to work across a matrix organization.
• Desire to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Experience developing and supporting financial/banking applications.

Benefits

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