API Software Development Engineer – II, EIS (L09)

Role Title : API Software Development Engineer – II, EIS (L09)

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.

Organizational Overview

The Enterprise Integration Services team plays a pivotal role in connecting and orchestrating systems and applications across the organization. The team specializes in architecting, designing, implementing, and operating secure, scalable integration solutions (APIs, middleware, authentication, messaging, and file-based integrations) that enable seamless data flow, improve business functionality, and support enterprise modernization initiatives. Middleware is critical application for supplying data to different backend, front-end systems & Synchrony applications.

Role Summary/Purpose

As an Software Development Engineer II, you’ll be a part of an amazing team working on our microservice, APIs throughout the entire development process leveraging cloud technologies. You’ll participate in hackathons, partner with universities on innovation events.

Key Responsibilities

• Build Microservices, MFE’s & API’s leveraging cloud technologies with high quality and sound design principles.
• Manage DevOps pipelines for Microservices, MFE’s & API’s
• Analyze production defects, troubleshoot systems, identify root cause and implement fixes
• 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
• Participate in Agile scrums with cross-functional teams
• Participate in Agile sprints including story writing, planning, daily standups, backlog grooming sessions and reviews
• Participate in SAFe ceremonies
• Provide on-call support

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Minimum 2+ years of experience in Java, Spring Projects - Spring Boot, Spring Framework, React JS, Spring Cloud, Git, Maven, REST and SOAP
• Experience working on cloud like AWS, Pivotal cloud foundry (PCF).
• Knowledge in container application development. Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with messaging and streaming technologies RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, Kafka etc.
• Experience working in logging tools like ELK, splunk etc.
• Experience working in Agile application development and familiarity with tools like JIRA
• Experience writing unit, integration and e2e tests using frameworks like Junit, Mockito, Spring Test
• Experience of continuous integration environments and using tools like Jenkins
• Experience in developing high quality code with ability to review and leverage quality check tools like Sonar, PMD etc.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and frameworks
• Ability to analyze, use structured problem solving and available tools to troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, action plans, impact and resolutions.
• Experience designing application using SOLID principles, Java and microservice design patterns with business acumenWorking knowledge in RDBMS.
• Ability to analyze, use structured problem solving and available tools to troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, action plans, impact and resolution options .

Eligibility Criteria

Bachelor’s Degree and 2+ years relevant experience in Information Technology, or in lieu of a degree 4+ years relevant experience in information Technology

Work Timings 2:00PM to 11:00 PM IST

This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time – 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs) We are proud to offer flexibility at Synchrony. Our way of working allows you the option to work from home or workspaces in our Regional Engagement Hubs—Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, or Delhi/NCR. Occasionally you may be required to commute or travel to Hyderabad or one of the Regional Engagement Hubs for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, trainings, and culture events

For Internal Applicants

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying.
• Inform your Manager or HRM before applying for any role on Workday.
• Ensure that your Professional Profile is updated (fields such as Education, Prior experience, Other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)
• Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal)
• L4 to L7 Employees who have completed 12 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.
• L8+ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.
• L4+ Employees can apply.

Grade/Level: 9

Job Family Group

Information Technology