Synchronyfinancial

Synchronyfinancial

AVP, Solution Architect

Alpharetta Hub, USA

No sponsorship$115k-$200kDetected 12 days ago
JavaSpringFull-Stack DevelopmentAWSGCPAzureCI/CDOpenAPIProduct StrategyAgileStakeholder ManagementOnboardingLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingMentoring

About the role

  • The AVP, Solution Architect brings a balanced blend of technical depth and business acumen, partnering with business stakeholders to shape the product vision, prioritize initiatives, and ensure outcomes align to business value.
  • The role promotes an inclusive, high-performing team culture and ensures consistent execution of Agile practices.
  • Make technology and architecture decisions: Evaluate and select the most suitable technologies for each problem, balancing architectural standards, delivery timelines, cost, risk, and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Design and integrate solutions: Architect, build, and integrate information systems that meet defined business needs, including the selection and integration of appropriate software, hardware, and services for internal and/or external clients.
  • Lead delivery through the SDLC: Organize and guide the overall development effort across the SDLC.
  • Drive solution architecture focus areas:
  • Apply technology to solve business problems and deliver measurable value.
  • Design the application's structure and user experience, including components, interfaces, and interaction patterns.
  • Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned
  • The AVP, Solution Architect is responsible for leading solution design and applying core architecture principles to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable systems.
  • This role owns the architecture and technical direction for one or more applications or services and provides day-to-day leadership for one to two Agile teams.
  • The role collaborates closely with Enterprise Architects to develop end-to-end solution approaches, ensure alignment with enterprise standards, and contribute to strategic technology direction.
  • This leader owns key technical decisions, evaluates impacts across systems and teams, and drives delivery of high-quality solutions through effective governance, coaching, and hands-on engagement.

Requirements

  • You must be 18 years or older
  • You must have a high school diploma or equivalent
  • You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
  • New hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles.
  • Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 18 months' time in position before they can post.
  • Full-Stack Engineering: 7+ years of full-stack development experience using Spring and other Java/JEE technologies, including APIs, microservices, micro frontends, and modern UI frameworks/technologies.
  • Architecture & Design: 5+ years of experience in application architecture and design, with strong command of relevant design patterns, processes, and tools.
  • Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required
  • Strong working knowledge of the fintech landscape, with a focus on consumer financing products and processes.
  • Proven, hands-on experience designing and delivering service-oriented architectures (SOA)and distributed systems.

Skills

  • Define the target framework, platform, and technology stack for the solution.
  • Ensure scalability, reliability, maintainability, and supportability for future growth.
  • Assess third-party frameworks/platforms, documenting benefits, limitations, risks, and mitigation strategies.

Compensation

  • Actual compensation offered within the posted salary range will be based upon work experience, skill level or knowledge.

Benefits

  • A deep understanding of business processes is essential to create a cohesive product vision and translate requirements into pragmatic, effective designs.
  • Translate product and architecture vision into actionable technical direction, providing hands-on guidance to designers and developers to build the prescribed solution.
  • The salary range for this position is 115,000.00 - 200,000.00 USD Annual and is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.

Equal opportunity

  • Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.
  • If you need special accommodations, please call our Career Support Line so that we can discuss your specific situation. We can be reached at 1-866-301-5627. Representatives are available from 8am - 5pm Monday to Friday, Central Standard Time

Visa & Work Authorization

  • We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening
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