About this opportunity
OneMain Financial lists this Associate Director Staff Engineer (GraphQL, Java, Kotlin, Nodejs) opportunity in washington, District of Columbia. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Responsibilities and Architecture
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:
Communications: real-time processing, high availability
Ensure alignment with enterprise target-state architecture and platform strategy
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
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:
Contact center / CPaaS platforms
Marketing automation and customer data platforms
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
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
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)
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
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Worksite address
washington, DC, 20022, US
Who can apply
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