Associate Director Staff Engineer - Software

problems into manageable components, conducting thorough analysis to identify root causes and interdependencies.

• Encourages collaborative thinking and cohesiveness within the team; acts as a bridge between teams, ensuring synchronization of efforts.
• Generally, builds rapport and collaborates effectively with a broad spectrum of people and offers help to other team based on a specific area of expertise.
• Guides and mentors team members by providing feedback and coaching, especially during challenging situations. Encourages people to challenge themselves and helps others stretch their capabilities

General Skills :

• 6 – 8 Years of software engineering experience
• Experience managing / maintaining distributed systems.
• Conversant in many technologies and languages, able to learn new technologies quickly
• Proactively applies industry leading technology trends, best practices, design principles and patterns, and methods including Agile software development, iterative delivery, and cloud computing.
• Experience and proficiency with cloud platforms and patterns, preferably AWS.
• Uses critical thinking to reach conclusions and analytical thinking for problem solving in support of achieving desired outcomes.
• Applies enthusiasm for continuous learning to improve results and shares with others.
• BS degree in a computer related field
• Excellent communications

Technology Required :

• Core Tech : Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Maven
• Rule Engines : IBM ODM, Drools, Kogito, BPMN, JBPM
• Cloud Platforms : AWS , Azure (preferred), Kubernetes, Docker, Openshift
• Data & Format Handling : XML, JSON
• Monitoring & Testing : OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
• Automation Tools : Customized rule development & testing platforms, synthetic data generators, regression suites
• Agile Tools : Jira, Confluence, Miro

Day to Day Responsibilities :

• Own delivery of decisioning platforms end-to-end, ensuring on-time, high-quality implementation of core components of Decisioning infrastructure that power credit, pricing, and risk strategies.
• Build and deliver reusable decisioning components for rule authoring, versioning, simulation, testing, and observability, ensuring solutions are scalable, reusable, and explainable.
• Lead the rollout of a cloud-native, modular decisioning platform using Drools, Java, and Spring Boot, modernizing legacy mainframe-driven logic into centralized, API-driven services.
• Establish and manage delivery frameworks, governance processes, and best practices for business rule lifecycle, from harvesting through production deployment.
• Build and enforce robust automation and testing frameworks to guarantee reliability and regression safety across decisioning services.
• Drive operational excellence by integrating telemetry, monitoring, and automated feedback loops into the platform, ensuring proactive detection of issues and continuous optimization of rule effectiveness.
• Mentor engineering teams and provide hands-on leadership to ensure execution quality, unblock delivery challenges, and maintain alignment to architectural vision.
• Present progress, risks, and delivery roadmaps to senior leadership, ensuring visibility, accountability, and alignment across business and technology stakeholders.
• Innovate with GenAI-powered decisioning capabilities, including natural language rule authoring and automated rule documentation, to accelerate delivery cycles and business usability.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring frameworks (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus) and building automated regression testing pipelines.
• Experience leading cross-functional delivery teams and collaborating closely with business stakeholders to align on priorities, resolve conflicts, and drive execution.
• Knowledge of GenAI applications in decision automation, particularly natural-language rule authoring and AI-assisted rule validation.
• Ability to balance architectural vision with delivery discipline, ensuring solutions are delivered with quality, speed, and measurable business impact.

OneMain Financial (NYSE : OMF) is the leader in offering nonprime customers responsible access to credit and is dedicated to improving the financial well-being of hardworking Americans. Since 1912, we’ve looked beyond credit scores to help people get the money they need today and reach their goals for tomorrow. Our growing suite of personal loans, credit cards and other products help people borrow better and work toward a brighter future.

Driven collaborators and innovators, our team thrives on transformative digital thinking, customer-first energy and flexible work arrangements that grow lives, careers and our company. At every level, we’re committed to an inclusive culture, career development and impacting the communities where we live and work. Getting people to a better place has made us a better company for over a century. There’s never been a better time to shine with OneMain.

Because team members at their best means OneMain at our best, we provide opportunities and benefits that make their health and careers a priority. That’s why we’ve packed our comprehensive benefits package for full- and some part-timers with :

• Health and wellbeing options including medical, prescription, dental, vision, hearing, accident, hospital indemnity, and life insurances
• Up to 4% matching 401(k)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (10% share discount)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off (15 days’ vacation per year, plus 2 personal days, prorated based on start date)
• Paid sick leave as determined by state or local ordinance, prorated based on start date
• Paid holidays (7 days per year, based on start date)
• Paid volunteer time (3 days per year, prorated based on start date)

Target base salary range is $160K-$180K, which is based on various factors including skills and work experience. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for a competitive compensation program that is based on individual and company performance.