AVP, Principal Software Engineer (L11)

Overview

AVP, Principal Software Engineer (L11) within Synchrony’s Front-End Engineering organization, driving front-end engineering leadership and delivery across large-scale digital applications.

What you'll do

• Lead development teams through all phases of the Agile development lifecycle.
• Coach and mentor junior engineers, including pair-programming and reviewing AI-generated code.
• Collaborate with engineering and product/UX stakeholders to deliver applications.
• Ensure compliance with architecture, security, and technology standards.
• Analyze production defects, troubleshoot issues, identify root cause, and implement fixes.
• Provide periodic 24x7 on-call support and support incident/root-cause resolution.
• Work with third-party vendors for software development and integrations.

What you'll need

• Minimum 5 years in full stack development with strong JavaScript focus (or 7 years without a degree).
• Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) in regular workflows.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Redux, Styled-Components, and RTL or Cypress.
• Familiarity with AI-native concepts including RAG patterns, vector databases, MCP, and agent orchestration.
• Awareness of the open-source AI tooling ecosystem (e.g., Continue.dev, Aider, Cline, Ollama).
• Exposure to building/customizing AI agents using LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Azure OpenAI) for engineering automation.
• Testing proficiency and a focus on live testing principles.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India.
• Work timings: 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM IST, with required availability 06:00 AM–11:30 AM Eastern Time for meetings.