We Are: At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron's progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,000+, and has 52 offices in 20 countries within key global markets. Job Role: Java Architect Location: Pittsburgh, PA / Dallas, TX The Role Responsibilities: Responsible for leading a technology team, hands on development, enhancing, modifying and/or maintaining applications. Work closely with business partners in defining requirements and ensuring acceptance criteria is met for application changes. Spearhead architecture review of dependencies of components. Coordinated the Agile/Scrum stories and sprints for the component moves. Need to take the lead role in identifying, selecting and aligning the services of the group with supporting tools, frameworks, processes, policies and standards that assist in the commoditization of the provision of solutions architecture and consulting services to various customers. Own the primary responsibility of guiding technical and architectural direction of some of our key development programs/projects. Create the data mappings between the Enterprise API layer and the backend service or persist layer. Ability to partner with the multiple technology teams to implement the target architecture and migration to strategic platform. Attention to detail is key and should mentor new team members. You are: 15+ years' experience with Java with someone who can lead, architect and design new apps and work with us to modernize our tech stack. Experience of designing and standing up brand new microservices based architecture, Java, open shift container platform, Kafka, knowledge of Pega workflows would be useful in general for the person to be successful in this role. Lead software architecture & design activities and make technical decisions for the development of software suite. Develop highly scalable classifiers and tools leveraging machine learning, data regression, and rules-based models. Might have experience in Cloud Foundry, Kafka, Microservices, MongoDB etc Work closely with product teams to implement algorithms that power user and developer-facing products. Knowledge of performance tuning data intensive applications Strong coding, debugging, and analytical skills. Creative individual with a track record of working on and implementing innovative tech-based solutions. Software development using agile methodology and processes. We can offer you: A highly competitive compensation and benefits package A multinational organization with 48 offices in 19 countries and the possibility to work abroad Laptop and a mobile phone 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays) Maternity & Paternity leave plans A comprehensive insurance plan including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region) Retirement savings plans A higher education certification policy Commuter benefits (varies by region) Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups Cutting edge projects at the world's leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms A flat and approachable organization A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture SYNECHRON'S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative 'Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more. All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
