Senior Staff Software Development Engineer [Platform]

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. Learn more about us at atelio.com. 

About the role 

We are looking for a Senior Staff 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.  

Note: We have a hybrid work environment in our Seattle/Bellevue office unless the role or business dictates otherwise. 

What you will be doing  

• Act as the de facto authority for a major system or significant component, providing expert guidance and judgment necessary for diagnosing unexpected behaviors, evaluating proposed changes (considering both short-term needs and long-term system goals), and addressing client needs. You'll be a clear domain expert, able to identify critical issues for the future of the system and propose novel and innovative solutions. 

• Unravel ambiguous technical challenges, making them tractable and leading them through to successful solutions.  

• Champion innovation and identify new technologies and solutions to move our platform forward.  

• 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 and drive projects to reduce operational burden and technical debt. 

What you will need  

• At a minimum, a Bachelor's in CS or equivalent education, and 7+ years of relevant professional experience.  

• 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.  

• Experience in building and operating tier-1 production critical systems (high availability, low latency, very high throughput) 

Added bonus if you have 

• Typical qualifications for the role are 10+ years of relevant professional experience or a combination of work experience and advanced education. 

• Experience developing and nurturing strong relationships across organizational boundaries. 

• Deep expertise in at least one area relevant to our cloud-based financial platform (e.g., fintech, AI/ML, distributed systems, databases, security, or front-end). 

• Demonstrable ability to lead and mentor engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation. 

• History of driving significant technical initiatives from inception to production operations at scale, and delivering impactful results.  

• Experience in building and scaling high-performance engineering teams, or driving a culture of engineering excellence across multiple teams. 

• Experience with live on-call and 24/7 operation of production services 

• A strong track record of innovation and technical problem-solving. 

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• 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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