Backend Software Engineer Specialist

Job Description 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. We are looking for Backend Software Engineers to help us build a brand-new financial technology platform for the future. We look for people who operate like owners, 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. NOTE: This position is based in the greater Seattle/Bellevue, WA area. We plan to bring the team together regularly for design, ideation, and connection-building. GENERAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES Deliver high quality code following the best practices of coding standards, efficiency, readability, maintainability, reliability, well tested. Partner closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to fully understand the feature and product vision and provide engineering feedback. Design elegant API interfaces and domain models to provide consistency across multiple downstream vendor integrations. Build secure, robust, scalable, and performant systems for processing transactions and managing customer data. Set and maintain high standards of technical excellence across the team. Achieve operational excellence by participating in the team on-call rotation and owning production issues from root cause analysis to resolution. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to prioritize projects and communicate changes to broader audiences. Estimate project timelines, ensuring that projects you own stay on track and escalating as needed. Mentor junior engineers and help hire new talent to build a stronger team.   QUALIFICATIONS 10+ years of relevant technical experience in software development roles. Bachelor’s degree in computer science or directly related field. Experience leading projects from architectural design to production while setting and maintaining high standards of technical excellence across your team. Strong communication and collaboration skills and a history of working effectively with your team and cross-functional stakeholders. Experience or interest in building FinTech, payment, or banking systems.   PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Experience working with service mesh architectures on major Cloud providers like AWS/Azure/GCP. Experience designing and implementing APIs for third-party developers. Experience integrating third-party vendor solutions into backend systems. Experience with Python (Flask & Django) and Kubernetes. Experience with financial standards like ISO 8583/20022 and ACH/NACHA. 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 #Platforms FIS is committed to providing its employees with an exciting career opportunity and competitive compensation. The pay range for this full-time position is $136,190.00 - $228,790.00 and reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this position based on the posted role, level, and location. Within the range, actual individual starting pay is determined additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Any changes in work location will also impact actual individual starting pay. Please consult with your recruiter about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Privacy Statement FIS is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personal information that we process in order to provide services to our clients. For specific information on how FIS protects personal information online, please see the Online Privacy Notice. 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. #pridepass

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