VP, Solution Architect – SyPI

Job Description:

Role Summary/Purpose:

The Vice President, Solution Architect craves working in a hands-on system design and architecture environment and leads by example to make sure time sensitive projects get done on time and to specifications. To be successful in this role, deep expertise in solution architecture using Mobile Native UI, Native SDKs, API, and Web views built for iOS and Android apps; ability to influence, and lead multiple teams is crucial in this role.

This VP will lead the architecture, development and production support of our digital servicing and acquisition SDK (SyPI) by creating and developing thoughtful solutions to anticipate bugs and maintain operational excellence. 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.

Our Way of Working

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.

You are the right candidate if you…

• Have passion: Sure, you can code, but are you passionate about application development in a complex ecosystem?

• Have common sense: Building is important, but do you think through designs to ensure they’re the best solutions first?

• Are you able to read and understand code in several languages?

• Are a leader: This VP will influence a large cross functional team to deliver awesome cutting-edge customer facing applications. Are you up for the challenge?

• Learn quickly and adapt to new technology: Let’s face it – technology changes by the minute. Are you able to quickly adapt and learn to be productive with new languages, operating systems, and tools?

• Think like a customer: Central to our product is our understanding of our clients’ and users’ needs and requirements.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Influence many agile development teams through all phases of the Agile development life cycle in accordance with the Scaled Agile Framework

• Implement new technologies and assist developers as they migrate to new technologies 

• Architect iOS, Android applications and mobile SDKs to work in a Microservices ecosystem comprising RESTful APIs, API Gateway and Spring Framework.

• Experience in architecting, delivering and supporting iOS and Android applications is a must

• Design data models to support complex business processes

• Drive a CI/CD strategy using our Bitrise, Bitbucket, CloudBees, Jenkins, and uDeploy stack

• Strong experience with App Store and Play Store ecosystems and processes

• Working knowledge of the overall mobile industry

• Partner with train and agile team leaders to drive and deliver results at every Program Increment

• Influence and collaborate with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and developers across multiple platforms to create amazing apps.

• Mentor and influence all levels of the team: in this role, you will have the opportunity to influence up, down, and across the chain of command

• Ensure compliance with architecture, security and technology standards set by Synchrony

• Assist in crafting and maintaining the future state technology architectural strategy, along with our application modernization and migration roadmap. 

• Lead Agile sprints as the technical expert, including sprint planning, backlog grooming sessions, and sprint reviews

• Ensure application code quality through development, test, and delivery

• Define and establish Non-Functional Requirements for covering Performance, Security, Reliability, Scalabilty, Usability, Maintainability and Portability

• Participate in addressing root cause analysis, incident reports and provide direction in problem resolution 

• Ability to analyze production defects, troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, and implement fixes 

• Passionate about the latest technologies, open-source projects and languages 

• Provide 24x7 on-call escalation support throughout the year

• Identify and implement ways to increase efficiency and improve system performance within engineering and the development lifecycle