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.
