Senior Director, Software Engineering

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.

Position Type : Full time

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

Travel Percentage : 5 - 10%

Job Description

About the team

We are the FIS Financial Intelligence team, and our mission is to enable businesses to protect every financial transaction.

Our cutting-edge platform is designed to combat fraud including money laundering, identity theft, and more while enabling businesses to build trust with their customers and meet regulatory compliance.

With FIS’s global reach, our systems operate at a scale that few others can match. We are not only creating software, but building trust and stability in the digital age.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Director, Software Engineering to help us build the financial intelligence platform of the future.

We look for people who operate like owners, who love to learn, have grit, and operate with integrity and empathy. This is a true builder role, inventing solutions that meet our customer needs in a new space.

We are looking for someone who will take a nascent product / service and help launch and scale it. If you’re passionate about creating a culture of innovation, this role is for you.

What you will be doing

Invest in Brilliance : You'll champion a culture of learning and growth, attracting the industry's best minds with unparalleled benefits, career development programs, and a relentless pursuit of innovation.

Grow Leaders, not Followers : Empower your team to own their decisions, embrace autonomy, and challenge the status quo. Guide them, not control them, and watch them flourish into the next generation of tech titans.

Influence, not Dictate : Your vision will be your compass, not your whip. Earn trust through collaboration, transparency, and a deep understanding of each engineer's strengths.

Lead by example, inspire through dialogue, and watch your ideas take flight.

Drive technical decisions through architectural reviews, design reviews, code reviews, post-mortems, and detailed software specifications.

Manage a team of 10 to 40 software engineers and technical leads, unblocking maximum productivity for them, and growing their careers to the next level.

Drive software quality, implement observability, and comply with best practices for builds and deployment to ensure the quality and reliability of our platform.

Provide live on-call support by participating in the team on-call rotation and owning production issues from root cause analysis to resolution to future prevention.

Partner with cross-functional teams (product, program management, design, security, compliance, etc.) to bring ideas to life.

What you will need

At a minimum, a Bachelor's in CS or equivalent education, and a total of 12+ years of relevant professional experience or a combination of experience and advanced education.

7+ years of supervising technical employees.

Past experience as a software developer.

A demonstrable ability to lead and mentor engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.

Strong problem solving and analytical skills.

Solid computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, design patterns, and performance optimization.

Experience with AWS cloud platforms.

Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Added bonus if you have

A history of leading significant technical initiatives and delivering impactful results.

Experience in building and scaling high-performance engineering teams.

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

Experience leading projects from architectural design to production, while setting and maintaining high standards of technical excellence across your team.

Expertise in at least one area relevant to our cloud-based financial platform (e.g., fintech, distributed systems, databases, security, or front-end).

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

A strong understanding of security best practices for building cloud-native 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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