Senior Engineering Leader - FinTech, Ruby on Rails & AWS

Fidelity Information Services, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 152,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Leadership exposure across enterprise

Career development resources

Job summary

FIS is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering in Chicago to lead a multidisciplinary organization focused on strategic planning, modernization, security, and operational excellence. You will translate business priorities into sustainable roadmaps and develop technical leaders to deliver measurable client value.

You will collaborate with product, architecture, and risk leaders to guide investment decisions, manage delivery, and drive engineering productivity across diverse teams.

Qualifications

• Technical leadership with 7–10+ years in building enterprise software.
• 10+ years Ruby on Rails experience and hands-on delivery.
• Proven ability to translate product priorities into scalable roadmaps.
• Experience leading managers, developers, and QA across diverse teams.
• Strong cloud architecture and AWS infrastructure knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute engineering roadmaps aligning client needs, product strategy, and tech investments.
• Lead software and quality engineering teams across planning, design, development, testing, release, and production support.
• Own delivery outcomes by monitoring quality, security, release readiness, and dependencies.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, risk, and leadership to prioritize investments.
• Develop an inclusive engineering culture with performance expectations and leadership development.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Executive leadership

Client engagement

AWS

Agile delivery

DevSecOps

Sentry

SDLC tooling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

AWS

Sentry

Job description

FIS is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering in Chicago to lead a multidisciplinary organization focused on strategic planning, modernization, security, and operational excellence. You will translate business priorities into sustainable roadmaps and develop technical leaders to deliver measurable client value.

You will collaborate with product, architecture, and risk leaders to guide investment decisions, manage delivery, and drive engineering productivity across diverse teams.