Software Development Engineer - Ii

Role Summary/Purpose

Millions of credit applications—and you’ll touch all of them if you join our IT team as a Software Development Engineer - II. 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 Software Development Engineer - II, you’ll be a part of an amazing team working on our microservice API’s throughout the entire development process. You’ll participate in hack-a-thons, partner with universities on innovation events, and work with our famed Stamford Innovation Station.

It’s the ideal time to come aboard—we’re focused on the future, continuing to evolve as a company and help define the financial technology industry. With so much opportunity available, this is where you can make your mark.

• Are passionate about creating software that makes things easier for hardworking families
• Have common sense—can you think through your designs to make sure they’re the best?
• Are a coder who’s 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, operations and project management as one agile team
• Are ready to own your own career and destiny
• Value results
• Have tech chops:
  Software development & debugging skills are a must

• Participate in a cross-shore development team
• Review Pull requests and provide feedback to developers
• Owns and works with dev team on deliverables.
• Control and improve the code quality in the team
• Implement culture of learning in the team
• Influence and collaborate to create amazing API’s
• Participate in Agile scrums with cross-functional teams
• Participate and contribute in Agile sprints 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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science a or related degree with 3 year modern application development experience (classroom or professional) OR, in lieu of degree, High School Diploma/GED 5 years of experience with cloud native application development using Java.
• Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required

• Familiarity building and consuming web services via SOAP and REST
• Java development experience
• Familiarity with common Java frameworks like Spring and Spring boot
• Familiarity with Jira and Bitbucket
• Familiarity with continuous integration environments
• Familiarity writing unit and integration tests
• Familiarity with JSON, REST and XML based web services
• Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical peers
• Strong cross-functional team player with the ability to work seamlessly across a matrix organization
• Desire to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to influence clients, team members, management and external groups
• Strong attention to detail in a team environment
• Strong oral and written communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to analyze, use structured problem solving and available tools to troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, action plans, impact and resolution options

We’re proud to offer you 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. You will be required to commute to your nearest

Hub (either virtual or physical) for in-person engagement activities such as regular business or team meetings, training and culture events.

• 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…