Synchrony
Principal Front-End Engineer
Overview
Billions of transactions—and you’ll touch all of them if you join our IT team as a Principal Front-End Engineer. Imagine the sheer scale of what we impact every second of every day. Now imagine what you can do with that influence—this is where you can shape the future of payments.
About Synchrony
Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.
Requirements & Eligibility
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years in full stack development with a strong focus on JavaScript (React JS in particular) OR, in lieu of degree, with 7 years of experience in the same.
- Hands-on experience using at least one AI coding assistant (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or equivalent) as part of regular development workflow.
- Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Redux, Styled-Components, and RTL or Cypress.
- Familiarity with AI-native concepts—RAG patterns, vector databases, MCP (Model Context Protocol), and agent orchestration—and how they differ from traditional architecture.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead development teams through all phases of the Agile development life cycle.
- Coach and mentor junior talent, including pair-programming and reviewing AI-generated code with engineering judgment.
- Influence and collaborate with software developers, UX designers, product managers, application architects, and customer application experts to create amazing apps.
- Champion responsible adoption of AI coding assistants on the team.
- Ensure compliance with architecture, security, and technology standards set by Synchrony.
- Participate in addressing root cause analyses, incident reports, and provide direction in problem resolution.
- Ability to analyze production defects, troubleshoot systems, identify root cause, and implement fixes.
- Provide 24x7 on-call support periodically throughout the year.
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