AVP - Software Engineer III (L10) at Synchrony Financial in Hyderabad IN

Job description

• Role Title: AVP - Software Engineer III (L10)
• Company Overview: Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a leading consumer financing company that has been at the heart of American commerce and opportunity for nearly a century. Synchrony delivers credit and banking products that empower tens of millions of consumers to improve their financial lives and access what matters most. Leveraging innovative solutions that are shaping the future of retail commerce, Synchrony supports the growth and success of some of the nation’s most respected brands, alongside hundreds of thousands of small and midsize businesses, including health and wellness providers. Committed to excellence in service and culture, Synchrony is proud to be named as #3 as a Great Place to Work® in India and is honored to be ranked the #1 Best Company to Work For® in the U.S. by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work®. For more information, visit www.synchrony.com.
• Development lead responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of cloud-native applications. This role provides hands-on technical leadership while driving execution and delivery across the Sypher team.

Responsibilities

• As a development lead, you will own agile commitments, delivery execution, and operational readiness across sypher team and its stakeholders:
• Lead the development effort for cloud-native applications across the Sypher development & run teams, ensuring timely execution against committed business outcomes.
• Design and implement continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes to deliver applications to production, fostering a culture of continuous process improvement.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture/design reviews, code reviews, and guidance to engineers to ensure compliance with standards and best practices.
• Work collaboratively with Product Management and Platform Engineering teams during development, launch, and continuing refinement of products iteratively.
• Collaborate with internal technical resources and third-party vendors to resolve issues, understand underlying causes, and implement sustainable solutions.
• Work with team members to design, architect, and implement solutions across geographic locations, ensuring effective coordination and consistent engineering execution.
• Maintain deep hands-on technical knowledge by evaluating trends in modern software development practices; continuously learn and stay at the leading edge of industry trends.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years of system engineering experience, or High School Diploma/GED with 7+ years of skilled system engineering experience.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience in Java and Spring Boot for building enterprise-grade services.
• Proven expertise in designing and implementing cloud-native applications using a microservices-based architecture.
• Experience building and rolling out SDKs, including API design, backward compatibility/versioning strategy, documentation, release management, and consumer enablement.
• Experience deploying and operating applications on cloud platforms such as AWS and PCF (Pivotal Cloud Foundry).
• Working knowledge on both SQL & NO-SQL databases (e.g., MySQL, Cassandra ), including schema design, performance considerations, and transactional data access patterns.
• Solid understanding of encryption and tokenization technologies and secure development practices (data protection in transit and at rest).
• Experience with observability, logging, and production monitoring, including tools such as Splunk and New Relic.
• Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years of system engineering experience, or High School Diploma/GED with 7+ years of skilled system engineering experience.
• Experience supporting and developing financial services or banking applications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of AI tools and concepts, including Microsoft Copilot, prompt engineering, and agentic AI.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence clients, teams, management, and external stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

Skills

Required

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Microservices architecture
• Cloud platforms (AWS, PCF)
• Encryption and tokenization
• CI/CD
• SDK development
• API design