This role pays less than
62%
of similar roles. Most pay
$142,400–$217,218
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$158k
versus about
$180k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Synchrony
Synchrony is a premier consumer financial services company and one of the nation’s largest providers of private-label and co-branded credit cards, alongside promotional financing and FDIC-insured savings products.
AVP, API Engineer
The AVP, API Engineer serves as a technical expert and leader within the engineering team, overseeing the development and lifecycle management of consumer bank and credit servicing applications. This role involves designing data models for complex business processes, architecting full-stack solutions, and driving CI/CD strategies to ensure operational excellence. The candidate will lead agile teams through all phases of the development lifecycle, mentor staff, and manage application modernization roadmaps. Key technical requirements include expertise in microservices, event-driven architecture, and cloud technologies like Pivotal Cloud Foundry. The role requires proficiency in J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RESTful APIs, SOAP, and SQL, alongside experience with Jenkins, Bitbucket, uDeploy, and Splunk. This position addresses the technical challenges of maintaining high-quality financial software while ensuring compliance with strict architecture and security standards within a complex banking environment.
Remote (Hartford, CT)+2107 days ago
$182,000–$273,000
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