Staff Software Development Engineer, fintech-1
FISAbout the role
Job Description
We are the FIS Embedded Finance team and are looking for a Staff Engineer to help us build a brand-new financial technology platform for the future. You will have the opportunity to ensure we have a consistent and well architected cloud native architecture, covering operational excellency, security, reliability, performance, cost optimization and sustainability. We are looking for a technical leader with deep expertise in building and operating services at enterprise scale.
In our team, technical contributors at this level are both visionary leaders and hands-on builders. They work on our hardest and most ambiguous problems. They have strong technical judgment and the communication skills to influence at the CTO and exec level as a key technical advisor. They should be able to provide both architectural guidance and detailed technical direction while nurturing a continuous delivery culture.
We have a hybrid work environment in our Bellevue office unless the role or business dictates otherwise
GENERAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITES
- Spend a significant amount portion of time writing and reviewing code and setting a bar for the engineering team to adopt.
- Serve as a technical leader on our most demanding, cross-functional projects.
- Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions.
- Fully and completely understand system inter-dependencies and limitations.
- Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
- Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members.
- Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience. You are a visionary leader, builder and an operator.
- Balance technical leadership and savvy with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology choices.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience or a combination of advanced degree and industry experience
- Typical qualifications for the role are 7+ years of relevant technology industry experience or a combination of advanced degree and industry experience
- Experience in designing, implementing, and operating secure architecture and reference architectures in public AWS/Azure/GCP cloud.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, asynchronous architectures, and distributed algorithms.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
- Proven ability to self-direct your technical work and scope projects effectively.
- Experience leading and mentoring junior engineers.
- Deep expertise in at least one area relevant to our cloud-based financial platform (e.g., fintech, AI/ML, distributed systems, databases, security, or front-end).
- Experience in building financial technology applications
- A strong track record of innovation and technical problem-solving.
- Experience with acting as a lead for high-performing engineering teams
- Strong technical credentials, with extensive technical engineering leadership, and experience in large scale distributed system development including hands on operational experience.
- Proven experience with full development life cycle for large-scale software products including extensive experience with service-oriented architectures, design patterns and web services.
- Excellent leadership, verbal, and written communication skills.
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