Engineer Lead, Software

Software Engineer Lead

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?

About the Role: As a Software Engineer Lead, you will lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure software solutions that power critical financial services. You will guide technical direction, mentor engineers, and partner with product and business stakeholders to solve complex problems. Success in this role is measured by solution quality, delivery outcomes, and the growth of the engineering team.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Lead end-to-end software design and development for complex, distributed systems
• Translate business requirements into secure, scalable technical solutions
• Provide technical leadership through architecture decisions, code reviews, and standards
• Mentor and develop engineers through coaching and hands-on collaboration
• Drive adoption of modern engineering practices, tools, and automation
• Collaborate with product, quality, and operations teams to deliver reliable releases
• Identify and resolve performance, reliability, and security issues at scale
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering processes and platform capabilities

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated expertise in modern software engineering principles and system design
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages used in enterprise systems
• Experience leading technical design and guiding other engineers
• Strong skills in API design, data modeling, and distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with cloud-based or containerized application environments
• Ability to apply secure coding practices and manage technical risk
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with financial services or highly regulated environments
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation
• Experience with event-driven or microservices architectures
• Familiarity with observability, performance tuning, and resiliency patterns
• Experience influencing technical strategy across multiple teams

What We Offer You At FIS, you can grow your career as far as you want to take it. Here's what else we offer:

• Opportunities to make an impact in fintech
• Personal and professional learning
• Inclusive, diverse work environment
• Resources to give back to your community
• Competitive salary and benefits

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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.