Staff Software Development Engineer, fintech-1

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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 financialplatform(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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