Principal Engineer, Digital Banking Platform

Calling all innovators - find your future 're Fiserv, a global leader in Fintech and payments, and we move money and information in a way that moves the world. We connect financial institutions, corporations, merchants and consumers to one another millions of times a day - quickly, reliably, and securely. Any time you swipe your credit card, pay through a mobile app, or withdraw money from the bank, we're involved.

If you want to make an impact on a global scale, come make a difference  Title Principal Engineer, Digital Banking Platform What does a successful Principal Engineer, Digital Banking Platform do at Fiserv?

A successful Principal Engineer, Digital Banking Platform defines the architecture, engineering strategy, and technical direction for digital banking platforms that support online and mobile banking experiences s leader partners across engineering, product, architecture, operations, and business teams to solve complex technical challenges while advancing modernization, resiliency, security, and delivery speed. They combine strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution to influence multiple teams, improve platform performance, and accelerate business value.

What you will do?
· Define the technical vision, long-term architecture, and engineering roadmap for online banking platforms, while leading solution design, architecture reviews, and technical decision-making for complex initiatives across multiple teams.
· Analyze legacy systems, platform architecture, application code, infrastructure, and production environments to identify root causes, technical risks, and modernization opportunities across varied technology stacks.
· Design and modernize scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable platforms using distributed systems, APIs, cloud-native architectures, automation, and modern engineering practices.
· Improve availability, performance, operational excellence, and engineering productivity by advancing observability, reducing technical debt, strengthening reliability, and driving Dev Sec Ops , CI/CD, platform engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering practices.
· Provide technical leadership across geographically distributed teams through mentorship, code reviews, proof-of-concepts, critical feature development, incident investigations, architecture forums, and engineering standards for quality, security, and maintainability.

What you must have?
· 12+ years of software engineering experience, including architecture and delivery of large-scale enterprise platforms.
· 10+ years of experience designing and developing distributed systems, APIs, cloud-native architectures, and modern software delivery platforms.
· 8+ years of experience leading technical strategy, architecture decisions, and software delivery across multiple engineering teams.
· Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, related experience, and/or military experience.

What would be nice to have?
· 2+ digital banking or financial technology domain areas supported, such as online banking, payments, lending, risk, or customer-facing financial platforms.
· 2+ cloud or platform transformation focus areas, such as SaaS or multi-tenant platforms, platform modernization, or cloud transformation initiatives.
· 2+ engineering excellence focus areas, such as AI-assisted development, developer experience, internal engineering enablement, geographically distributed organizations, or large-scale resiliency and performance programs.

Salary Range$ - $These pay ranges apply to employees in New Jersey and New York. Pay ranges for employees in other states may differ.

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