Front-End Software Developer

Job Description:

Billions of transactions—and you’ll touch all of them if you join our IT team as a Front-End Software Developer (L9). Imagine the sheer scale of what we impact every second of every day. Now imagine what you can do with that influence—this is where you can shape the future of payments.

As a Front-End Engineer, you’ll work hand in hand with our User Experience team to create eye popping, user-friendly, super intuitive online applications. You’ll participate in hack‑athons, partner with universities on innovation events, work with our famed Stamford Innovation Station—you’ll bring us ideas about how to do things differently. You’ll be defining what Software Engineering means here—and how it can affect the entire industry.

It’s the ideal time to come aboard — we’re focused on the future as we continue to evolve as a company. With so many opportunities available, this is where you can make your mark and help define the Fin Tech industry.

We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. At Synchrony, our way of working allows you to have the option to work from home near one of our Hubs or come into one of our offices. Occasionally you may be required to commute to our nearest office for in‑person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, training and culture events.

• Are you passionate about creating amazing online applications that can empower a Fortune 200 company
• Have common sense—can you think through your designs to make sure they’re the best?
• Are you a coder who is also a problem solver, capable of creating elegant, testable code that’s robust and scalable
• Are ready to be disruptive and interesting in the commerce space
• Can work with product, marketing, and project management as one agile team
• Are ready to own your own career and destin
• Value results
• Have tech chops:
  React single page web app development background is a must

• Build amazing web applications using React
  
  JS, HTML, CSS, JS and more
• Work with a cross‑shore development team
• Influence and collaborate to create an amazing online experience
• Participate in agile sprints with cross‑functional teams including planning, daily standups, backlog grooming sessions and reviews
• 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
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related degree and a minimum of 2 years of web application development experience OR, in lieu of degree, High School Diploma/GED 4 years of professional web application development experience
• Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required

• Experience building responsive web applications using React
  
  JS, HTML, CSS, and Java Script
• Experience working on an agile development team
• Experience with building React component libraries and dependency management tools like NPM
• Experience with continuous integration environments like Jenkins
• Experience building and deploying applications
• Experience with unit testing frameworks, UI test cases in a Test‑driven development (TDD) environment
• Working knowledge of implementing Accessibility (ADA) and Analytics requirements

Grade/Level: 09

The salary range for this position is 85,000. USD Annual and is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.

Actual compensation offered within the posted salary range will be based upon work experience, skill level or knowledge.

Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA, NY Metro and Seattle.

• You must be 18 years or older
• You must have a high school diploma or equivalent
• You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process
• You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
• New hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of…