VP, Software Engineering

Job Description

At FIS, our technology and our people are moving forward. We advance the way the world pays, banks and invests. We believe in building inclusive, diverse teams. Together, we innovate to help our colleagues, clients and communities succeed. If you’re ready to grow your career and make an impact in fintech, we have one question: Are you FIS?

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 a VP of Software Development to help us build a brand-new financial technology platform for the future. This is a builder role, inventing solutions that meet our customer needs in a new space. We are looking for someone who will take a high margin product and turbo charge it with high growth sustainably. If you’re passionate about creating a culture of innovation, this role is for you. Building and maintaining scalable systems is your specialty, and you aren’t afraid of making changes to make progress. Whether it’s driving architecture, organizational changes, or deconstructing a complex process to find a straightforward solution – you’re a dedicated problem solver.

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 & RESPONSIBILITES

• Leadership: Build and cultivate a high-performing engineering team with a passion for cloud-native principles, microservices architecture, and continuous delivery. Lead through leaders across multiple time zones
• Technology Vision: Define the platform's technical roadmap and architecture, evangelizing best practices and aligning with business objectives. Stay ahead of industry trends and ensure our platform utilizes the latest advancements in cloud-native technologies.
• Delivery Excellence: As a hands-on Manager, work closely with product management and your team to define the roadmap and manage delivery. Drive high-quality code, excellent performance, and seamless scalability.
• Operational Excellence: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for system health, performance, and security. Lead efforts to prevent outages and ensure the platform's continuous availability.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product, design, and other cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions. Ensure clear communication and alignment throughout the development process.
• Talent: Attract and retain top engineering talent. Foster a culture of learning and development, providing opportunities for growth and mentorship within the team.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 12+ years of industry experience of increasing responsibility running engineering teams
• Demonstrated ability to run large and complex multi-functional organizations of 100+ people
• Deep understanding of cloud-native principles, microservices architecture, and containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes).
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire teams to achieve ambitious goals.
• Experience leading projects from architectural design to production, while setting and maintaining high standards of technical excellence across your team.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, asynchronous architectures, and distributed algorithms.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, and a history of working effectively with your team and cross-functional stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or directly related field from an accredited college or university.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in computer science or directly related field.
• Experience in FinTech, payments, or banking systems.
• Experience with team performance turn-around and technology transformation at scale
• Strong technical credentials, with at least 12 years of technical engineering leadership, with 5+ years of experience in large scale distributed system development including hands on operational experience.
• Proven experience with full development life cycle for large-scale software products including extensive experience with service-oriented architectures, design patterns and web services.

FIS is committed to providing its employees with an exciting career opportunity and competitive compensation. The pay range for this full-time position is $218,460.00 - $367,010.00 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.

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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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