API Engineer - Credit; L08

Job Description:

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

Credit Team decisions credit actions across the lifecycle of a customer – from acquisition to account management to collections and recover – we work towards managing credit and fraud losses and elevating customer experience through powerful and proprietary insights on customer risk and credit behaviors. The actionable insights are driven by access to numerous alternative data sources, new age technologies, focused strategies, emerging algorithms, and predictive precision.

Spread across 10 pillars the credit team in India caters to the entire gamut of decision sciences, from data management to model development to strategy design, and bringing it all to life through technology, and managing within the guardrails of our regulatory requirements. As part of the team, you will have access to some unique product propositions, functional and leadership training, interaction with executive leadership team and a myriad of diverse perspectives.

As an API Engineer I, you’ll be a part of an amazing team working on our microservice APIs 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. We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility.

You have the option to be remote, and work from home, or come into one of our offices. You may be occasionally requested to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as team meetings, training and culture events.

• Participate in a cross-shore development team
• Influence and collaborate to create amazing API’s
• Participate in Agile scrums with cross-functional teams
• Passionate about the latest technologies,open-source projects and languages
• Identify ways to increase efficiency and improve system performance
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

• Minimum 1+year ofapplied Java experience.
• Critical Thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellence in technical communication with technical and non-technical peers.
• Basic understanding of Artificial Intelligence.

• Experience in Front End UI development and Backend Java programming.
• Familiarity building and consuming web services via SOAP and REST
• Familiarity with common Java frameworks like Spring and Spring boot
• Familiarity with Jira and Bitbucket and git.
• Familiarity with continuous integration environments
• Familiarity writing unit and integration tests
• Familiarity with JSON, REST…