AVP Integration Engineer – OnePay

Role Summary/Purpose

Synchrony is seeking a skilled and motivated Integration Engineer to join our integration team dedicated to supporting One Pay, a Synchrony partner serving millions of customers in a new, first-of-its-kind credit card program for Walmart.

In this role, you will act as a technical leader within the agile team, contributing hands-on expertise to design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable integration solutions supporting the One Pay partnership. You will work closely with architects, product owners, program managers, and engineers to ensure API performance, security, and interoperability between Synchrony and One Pay systems are optimized. You will guide technical activities on the team, foster best practices, and collaborate to deliver high-quality integration solutions.

This position offers an opportunity to step into a technical leadership role within an agile environment while deepening fintech integration expertise. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on technical work, thrives in agile environments, and wants to grow as a technical leader contributing to strategic partnership initiatives like One Pay.

We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. You may work from home near a hub or come into an office. Occasionally you may be required to commute for in-person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, training, and culture events.

• Serve as a technical leader within the One Pay Integration Agile team for development, deployment, and support of APIs and partner system interfaces.
• Lead the team’s efforts in designing and implementing reliable, scalable integration solutions that align with architectural principles and enterprise standards.
• Drive technical delivery deadlines and ensure high-quality outcomes across all integration projects and releases.
• Collaborate with product managers, senior architects, and external partners (One Pay) to translate business requirements into well-defined technical tasks.
• Promote best practices around API development, security, error handling, and performance tuning within the agile team.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and support to engineers on the Integration team, facilitating knowledge sharing, skill development, and team growth.
• Take ownership of continuous improvement initiatives by identifying and championing innovations in integration architectures, tooling, and development processes.
• Participate in defining and refining CI/CD pipelines, code repository management, and testing automation to enhance delivery velocity and quality.
• Proactively monitor and address API reliability and availability issues, driving root cause analysis, preventive measures, and operational excellence.
• Help evolve integration patterns and tools to improve system interoperability and partner collaboration.
• Document architectural decisions, integration flows, and technical designs to support ongoing team operations and knowledge retention.
• Contribute actively to Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) to ensure aligned, high-performing teamwork.
• Perform other duties or special projects as assigned by the AVP, Solution Architect, or Agile leadership.

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or related field AND at least 4 years’ experience across multiple IT areas OR 8 years’ experience across multiple IT areas (in lieu of degree)
• Proven experience developing, deploying, and supporting RESTful APIs and microservices with Java Spring Boot or equivalent frameworks.
• Hands-on expertise with testing tools and frameworks such as JUnit, Postman, or JMeter.
• Familiarity with front-end JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React JS, Angular JS) is advantageous.
• Practical experience with cloud platforms and PaaS environments like AWS or Pivotal Cloud Foundry.
• Working knowledge of API management tools such as Apigee or similar platforms.
• Demonstrated understanding of secure API design principles and scalable, resilient architectures.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience working in Agile…