Director, Software Development Engineering

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Job Description

About the role:

We are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead our Platforms and Infrastructure team in building a cutting-edge financial technology platform. We value individuals who act like owners, are eager to learn, demonstrate grit, and operate with integrity and empathy. We encourage you 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 those who are not afraid to challenge assumptions.

What you will be doing:

• Translate user and business needs into clean, maintainable, scalable, and well-documented code.
• Define the technical strategy, scope, and execution plan for major workstreams or highly technical problems with long-term impact.
• Unravel ambiguous technical challenges, making them tractable and leading them through to successful solutions.
• Champion innovation and identify new technologies and solutions to advance our platform.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to team members, fostering knowledge sharing and growth.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to translate business needs into elegant, scalable, and secure technical architectures.
• Influence design and planning decisions across multiple teams, even those with competing priorities.
• Manage broad technical areas, requiring deep expertise and the ability to navigate complex relationships.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, security, scalability, and adherence to coding standards.
• 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.

What you will need:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent education, and 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Proficiency in at least one modern development framework/language (e.g., Java, Python, Go).
• Ability to analyze complex problems, identify root causes, and architect effective solutions.
• 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).
• 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.

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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 reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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