What are the responsibilities and job description for the AVP, Principal Data Engineer position at Synchrony?
Job Description :
Role Summary / Purpose :
We are looking for a Technical Data Engineer to lead the development of consumer-centric low latency analytic environment leveraging Big Data technologies, ETL tools and transform the legacy systems. This role is an exciting, fast-paced, constantly changing, and challenging work environment, and will play an important role in resolving and influencing high-level credit decisions across Synchrony.
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.
Essential Responsibilities :
- Understand and manage the data needs of stakeholders across multiple agile teams.
- Lead the design & implementation of scalable & fault tolerant data applications on Big-Data & Cloud Platforms to store & process terabytes of data from upstream sources with high availability.
- Engage with and take direction from information architects, platform architects, data scientists and product management on solution requirements to design solutions.
- Contribute to high impact problems / projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, enterprise standards & procedures.
- Enforce data management standards and procedures
- Lead design, development, testing oversight and production implementation using Spark, Hive, Kafka, RDBMS (Oracle, MySQL), NoSQL databases (Cassandra), Ab Initio and AWS.
- Partner with multiple teams to ensure appropriate data solutions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system and process enhancements.
- Provide technical leadership for data engineering agile teams to deliver against sprint and program increment objectives.
- Work closely with Product Owners, Product Managers, Program Manager, Scrum Masters and Team Members in a Scaled Agile framework.
- Stay up to date on latest trends in data engineering and recommended best practices.
- Develop innovative frameworks to avoid redundancy by promoting automation.
- Mentor and coach data engineering team members to promote Synchrony values and culture.
- Perform other duties and / or special projects as assigned.
Qualifications / Requirements :
Desired Characteristics :
Grade / Level : 11
The salary range for this position is 90,000.00 - 155,000.00 USD Annual and is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.
Actual compensation offered within the posted salary range will be based upon work experience, skill level or knowledge.
Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA, NY Metro and Seattle.
Eligibility Requirements :
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Our Commitment :
When you join us, you'll be part of a diverse, inclusive culture where your skills, experience, and voice are not only heard-but valued. We celebrate the differences in all of us and believe that our individual, unique perspectives is what makes Synchrony truly a great place to work. Together, we're building a future where we can all belong, connect and turn ideals into action. Through the power of our 8 Diversity Networks , with more than 60% of our workforce engaged, you'll find community to connect with an opportunity to go beyond your passions.
This starts when you choose to apply for a role at Synchrony. We ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Reasonable Accommodation Notice :
Job Family Group :
Information Technology
Salary : $90,000 - $155,000
