AVP Integration Engineer – OnePay

Job Description:

Role Summary/Purpose:

Synchrony is seeking a skilled and motivated Integration Engineer to join our integration team dedicated to supporting OnePay, 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 OnePay partnership.

Working closely with architects, product owners, program managers, and engineers, you will ensure that API performance, security, and interoperability between Synchrony and OnePay systems are optimized. You will help guide technical activities on the team, foster best practices, and collaborate to deliver high-quality integration solutions.

This position offers an excellent opportunity to step into a technical leadership role within an agile team environment while deepening your expertise in fintech integrations.

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 directly to strategic partnership initiatives like OnePay.

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.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Serve as a technical leader within the OnePay 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 (OnePay) 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

Qualifications/Requirements:

• 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 Scrum or Kanban teams, and comfortable playing a technical leadership role within the team.

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