Collaborate with engineering, product, and enterprise architecture teams to ensure solution ... GraphQL and modern API architectures (REST, event-driven systems) * Microservices and cloud-native ...
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Collaborate with engineering, product, and enterprise architecture teams to ensure solution ... GraphQL and modern API architectures (REST, event-driven systems) * Microservices and cloud-native ...
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Software Engineer Senior - Java/Spingboot/GraphQL
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Due to the nature of the position, we are looking for passionate Software Engineers experienced in the following: Back-End (Java) Develop and support backend services leveraging GraphQL for efficient ...
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$40K - $158K/yr
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Due to the nature of the position, we are looking for passionate Software Engineers experienced in the following: Back-End (Java) Develop and support backend services leveraging GraphQL for efficient ...
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Software Engineer Senior - Java/Spingboot/GraphQL
$40K - $158K/yr
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Dental
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Retirement
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Due to the nature of the position, we are looking for passionate Software Engineers experienced in the following: Back-End (Java) Develop and support backend services leveraging GraphQL for efficient ...
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Associate Director Staff Engineer (GraphQL, Java, Kotlin, Nodejs)
Baltimore, MD • On-site
Full-time
Re-posted 20 days ago
OneMain Financial rating
7.4
Based on 102 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz
118th of 151 rated financial services
Job description
Key Responsibilities (Top 5)
1. Architecture Design & Domain-Aligned Solutions
- Define and evolve scalable, resilient architectures for communication platforms supporting customer engagement (voice, messaging, digital channels)
- Design solutions aligned to industry-specific requirements:
- Financial Services: security, compliance, auditability
- Communications: real-time processing, high availability
- MarTech: personalization, event-driven engagement
- Ensure alignment with enterprise target-state architecture and platform strategy
2. Hands-on Engineering (50%)
- Design and implement backend services, APIs, and integration layers
- Build and deploy applications using containerized environments and Kubernetes orchestration
- Develop production-grade code, prototypes, and reference implementations
3. API, Data & Integration Architecture
- Architect API-first ecosystems, including GraphQL and RESTful services
- Design event-driven and streaming architectures to support real-time communication and marketing workflows
- Integrate with enterprise platforms such as:
- CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce)
- Contact center / CPaaS platforms
- Marketing automation and customer data platforms
4. Cross-functional Leadership & Influence
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and enterprise architecture teams to ensure solution alignment and execution
- Act as a thought partner, introducing innovative approaches and improving system design quality
- Influence decisions across teams without formal authority
5. Standards, Governance & Continuous Improvement
- Establish and enforce architecture standards, reusable patterns, and engineering guardrails
- Drive simplification, scalability, and reduction of technical debt
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend pragmatic adoption aligned to business value
Required Skills & Experience
Technical Skills
- Strong expertise in backend architecture and distributed systems design
- Hands-on experience with:
- Kubernetes and containerization (Docker, orchestration patterns)
- GraphQL and modern API architectures (REST, event-driven systems)
- Microservices and cloud-native platforms
- Observability:Distributed tracing (X-Ray/OpenTelemetry), structured logging, metrics/alerting pipelines.
- Messaging & Orchestration:SQS/EventBridge or equivalents (Pub/Sub, Service Bus); DLQs; workflow engines.
- CI/CD:Automated pipelines with tools including Github Actions, Jenkins or equivalent experience
- Experience building or supporting real-time or high-throughput systems
- Proficiency in backend technologies (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Go, or similar)
- Bachelor's Degree in Information systems, Computer Science or a related field.
Domain Experience (Preferred)
Candidates should have experience in one or more of the following:
- Financial Services
- Secure, compliant systems (PII, PCI, regulatory constraints)
- Transactional platforms (payments, lending, servicing)
- Communications / MarTech / Contact Center
- Low-latency, high-availability distributed systems
- Personalization engines, campaign orchestration
- Voice, messaging, IVR, or omnichannel engagement platforms
Architecture & Engineering Capabilities
- Ability to operate across strategic architecture and hands-on implementation
- Strong grounding in:
- scalability, resiliency, and performance engineering
- API lifecycle and governance
- system integration and orchestration patterns
- Experience aligning solutions to enterprise target-state architecture
Personal Attributes
- Self-starter: Proactively drives outcomes with minimal oversight
- Thought provocateur: Challenges existing paradigms and elevates architectural thinking
- Collaborative: Builds alignment across engineering, product, and architecture teams
- Pragmatic: Balances long-term vision with near-term delivery needs
- Influential communicator: Clearly conveys complex technical concepts to varied stakeholders
OneMain Holdings, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, creed, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information or history, marital status, military status, national origin, nationality, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, transgender or on any other basis protected by law.
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5,001 - 10,000 Employees
Headquarters location
Baltimore, MD, US