Associate Director Staff Engineer - Software

• This role has transitioned into a technical leadership track.
• This role has developed the skills to partner and influence other teams toward business targets and goals.
• This individual is building deep, specialized expertise and is able to engage within technical and business teams.
• This role might serve as a SME on a team or lead a small team of technical experts supporting a larger effort, and may consult to business teams.

• When successful, this individual may be recognized for leading a particular technical implementation or leveraging sophisticated knowledge to benefit a larger team.
• Takes full responsibility of complex, cross-functional projects and ensures successful execution and delivery.
• Demonstrates a proactive approach to resolving challenges and holds themselves accountable for the successes and challenges of broader team efforts.
• Communicates within team and with team's business stakeholders to influence architectural decisions and trade- offs in the lane.
• Effectively communicates complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and clearly explains moderately complex team-level concepts.
• Recognizes viable opportunities for innovation and actively drives the adoption of innovative techniques and tools within the team.
• Leads innovation efforts in line with organizational goals.
• Participates in developing creative solutions to complex problems.
• Demonstrates an exceptional ability to break down intricate
  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
• 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:

• Architect reusable decisioning components for rule authoring, versioning, simulation, testing, and observability, delivered through intuitive UIs, APIs, and automation pipelines.
• Lead the design and implementation of a cloud-native, modular decisioning platform using Drools, Java, and Spring Boot, replacing legacy mainframe systems and establishing a future-ready centralized hub.
• Partner with Product, Credit, Pricing, and Risk leaders to transform strategies into transparent, traceable, and standardized rules and workflows across business lines.
• Build frameworks with telemetry, monitoring, and automated feedback loops to measure, optimize, and improve rule effectiveness and system performance.
• Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance, mentoring engineers and rule developers, and establishing governance, delivery models, and best practices.
• Own the full lifecycle of decisioning solutions — from ideation to deployment, observability, and continuous improvement — in an Agile, DevOps-enabled environment.
• Present architectural roadmaps, strategy, and progress to senior leadership and influence cross-functional alignment.
• Drive innovation through GenAI-powered rule authoring and automation, leveraging LLMs to accelerate rule creation, enhance business usability, and ensure continuous modernization.

Preferred Experience

• Proven expertise in decision system architecture, with hands-on leadership in building large-scale, rule-engine-based ecosystems (Drools, IBM ODM, FICO Blaze, or similar).
• Deep experience with Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, microservices, and RESTful API design.
• Knowledge of GenAI applications in decision automation, natural-language rule authoring, and AI-driven observability.
• Familiarity with observability frameworks (OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus) and automated rule testing.
• Ability to operate at both strategic and technical depth, balancing visionary architecture with hands-on delivery.

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) 

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.