Senior Director of API Engineering
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Job Description
As Senior Director of Software Engineering for FIS Digital APIs you are responsible for leading the implementation and development of our Banking Platform Services API platform. This role is responsible for leading engineering delivery on strategic initiatives within a large organization while ensuring compliance with company policies, regulations, governance requirements, functional, and non-functional requirements for a given project.
This role reports directly to the Vice President of API Engineering.
Key Responsibilities
Act as a servant leader for engineering leadership and agile teams in the engineering space, helping to raise issues, resolve conflicts, clear blockers, and enable efficient work.
Lead software initiatives across the Banking Platform Services engineering teams, in close alignment with quality engineering leadership, to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions to the market.
Participate in the career development of other team members, providing mentoring on new technologies and complex issues, and helping managers guide career growth for team members.
Provide leadership for your management team, leading multiple agile teams in delivery of key company initiatives, with a focus on API-enabled banking services.
Participating in planning and budget processes.
Work with principal engineers, architects, POs, and other stakeholders to build world-class services across a global team.
Base Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
8+ years of experience in leading software engineering teams.
Experience managing forecasting of software development team costs and estimating projects.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate activities across cross-functional teams, negotiate complex situations, and generate successful outcomes for teams.
Advanced knowledge of full SDLC and best practices for large scale software products, with a focus on APIs/web services and design patterns.
Team player, ready to collaborate with peers to manage dependencies, ensuring projects remain on time, within budget, and meet quality standards.
Problem solver who can navigate complex issues independently and craft solutions, make informed decisions, and communicate with partners and stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in computer science or related field.
Experience leading API teams.
Banking domain experience
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EEOC Statement
FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here
For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonab
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