Senior Backend Engineer

Overview

Position Type : Full time

Type Of Hire : Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)

Education Desired : Bachelor s Degree

Job Description

We are FIS. Our technology powers the world s economy and our teams bring innovation to life. We champion diversity to deliver the best products and solutions for our colleagues, clients and communities. If you re ready to start learning, growing and making an impact with a career in fintech, we d like to know:
Are you FIS?

NOTE:

• This position is hybrid (3 days onsite) in our FIS Office locations in Chicago (Illinois), Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Atlanta (Georgia) and Jacksonville (Florida).

• Current and future sponsorship not available for this position

About the Team:

We are the premiere digital transformation partner for financial institutions committed to the future of banking and to creating safe and personalized customer experiences that help people better manage their financial lives. Our fully integrated and flexible platform is built on years of digital lending experience, enabling digital agility within months and a full suite of end-to-end consumer, small business and embedded finance solutions that fit the way people want to bank.

FIS technology powers the world s economy and our teams bring innovation to life. If you are ready to start learning, growing, and making an impact with a career in fintech, we encourage you to apply. Are you FIS?

About the Role:

As a Lead Software Engineer with strong back-end expertise, you ll start your day aligning with designers, engineers, and product managers to set goals and clarify priorities. Your focus will be on driving Java and Spring Boot-based services, APIs, and integrations that power scalable fintech applications, while staying close enough to the front-end to guide smooth end-to-end delivery. You ll also drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices, setting the tone for how others on your team should leverage AI for code quality, reviews, and system design.

Throughout the day, you ll lead technical design discussions, provide high-level estimates (LOEs), and prioritize features versus technical debt. You ll unblock developers, assign work, and ensure test coverage and documentation are complete. You ll coordinate across teams on large-scale service dependencies, guide code reviews, and troubleshoot complex production issues. By day s end, you ll review pull requests, mentor engineers, and refine sprint goals, balancing hands-on coding in the back-end stack with setting the technical direction of the team.

What You Will Be Doing: