Senior Software Development Engineer II - Back End

FIS; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Software Development Engineer and help shape the future of fintech. This role focuses on building a groundbreaking financial technology platform, offering you the opportunity to work with diverse teams and tackle complex challenges. You'll be responsible for developing scalable software solutions, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring high standards of technical excellence. With a commitment to innovation and collaboration, this position allows you to make a significant impact in the financial industry while enjoying a supportive and inclusive work environment. If you have a passion for technology and a desire to lead, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Opportunities to innovate in fintech

Tools for personal and professional growth

Inclusive and diverse work environment

Resources to invest in your community

Competitive salary and benefits

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience or advanced degree in CS.
• Proficiency in modern development frameworks/languages.
• Experience leading projects from design to production.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into clean and maintainable code.
• Design and maintain software applications for end-users.
• Provide live on-call support and troubleshoot issues.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

Excellent communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Project leadership

Cloud-based financial platforms

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Master's or PhD

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Job Description

As the world works and lives faster, FIS is leading the way. Our fintech solutions touch nearly every market, company, and person on the planet. Our teams are inclusive and diverse. Our colleagues work together and celebrate together. If you want to advance the world of fintech, we’d like to ask you: Are you FIS?

About the team

We are the FIS Embedded Finance team, and our mission is to enable developers across all verticals to imagine, create, and monetize financial products to profoundly transform the way the entire financial industry consumes services. Today, it's difficult for many businesses to build the financial products they imagine. Whether that's launching a new credit or debit card, a savings account, a lending business, or anything else — there are barriers in the way that require excessive time and effort. We make it trivially easy for businesses to compliantly offer financial products and innovate on their key differentiators rather than spend all their time building and maintaining financial infrastructure.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer to help us build a brand-new financial technology platform for the future. We look for people who operate like owners, who love to learn, have grit, and operate with integrity and empathy. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out — and set you apart. We welcome diverse perspectives and people who are not afraid to challenge assumptions.

What you will be doing

• Translate complex or ambiguous requirements into clean, maintainable, scalable, and well-documented code.
• Design, develop, and maintain software applications and systems that provide value to end-users.
• Implement and optimize algorithms, data usage, and cloud services for latency, availability, and cost.
• Debug and troubleshoot software issues to ensure business continuity and a high bar for end-user experience.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, security, scalability, and adherence to coding standards.
• Write unit & integration tests, implement observability, and comply with best practices for builds and deployment to ensure the quality and reliability of our platform.
• Provide live on-call support by participating in the team on-call rotation and owning production issues from root cause analysis to resolution to future prevention.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (engineering, product, design, security, compliance, etc.) to bring ideas to life.
• Set and maintain high standards of technical excellence across the team.
• Mentor junior engineers and help hire new talent to build a stronger team.

What you will need

• At a minimum, a Bachelor's in CS or equivalent education, and either 3+ years of relevant professional experience or an advanced degree such as a master’s or PhD.
• Proficiency in at least one modern development framework/language (e.g., Java, Python, Go).
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience leading projects from architectural design to production, while setting and maintaining high standards of technical excellence across your team.
• Expertise in at least one area relevant to our cloud-based financial platform (e.g., fintech, distributed systems, databases, security, or front-end).

Added bonus if you have

• Typical qualifications for the role are 7+ years of relevant professional experience or a combination of work experience and advanced education.
• A demonstrable ability to lead and mentor engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• A history of leading significant technical initiatives and delivering impactful results.
• Experience in building and scaling high-performance engineering teams.
• Experience with live on-call and 24/7 operation of production services.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and DevOps practices like continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• A strong understanding of security best practices for building enterprise applications.

What we offer you

At FIS, we hire the best. In return, you receive exceptional benefits including:

• Opportunities to innovate in fintech.
• Tools for personal and professional growth.
• Inclusive and diverse work environment.
• Resources to invest in your community.
• Competitive salary and benefits.