FIS

Senior Backend Software Engineer

FIS

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Chicago • Florida, Illinois, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $112,150 - $188,410 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSJavaJavaScriptJenkinsKubernetesMicroservicesPostgresReactRedisSpringSpring BootSpringBootTypeScript

About the role

  • Drive technical designs for services, APIs, and integrations using Java and Spring Boot
  • Provide LOEs, assess trade-offs between features vs. tech debt, and guide sprint planning
  • Ensure robust unit/component/appflow test coverage and technical documentation
  • Write clean, scalable, and secure back-end code powering microservices and APIs
  • Integrate services with data stores (PostgreSQL, Redis) and event-driven systems (ActiveMQ, Temporal)
  • Troubleshoot issues across distributed services, environments, and configs
  • Assign and unblock work across sprints, ensuring the team delivers on priorities
  • Conduct and coordinate code reviews for complex PRs
  • Mentor engineers, raising the bar on technical depth and coding practices
  • Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other teams on release scope and dependencies

Requirements

  • 8+ years of software development experience
  • Deep back-end expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs/microservices
  • Experience designing and integrating large-scale, service-oriented architecture
  • Experience adopting or guiding teams in AI-driven development workflows
  • Familiarity with Java, Spring Boot, Micronaut, Temporal, ActiveMQ, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, AWS, Jenkins, Git, ReactJS
  • Some front-end exposure (JavaScript/TypeScript, React)
  • Experience leading engineering teams or serving as a Tech Lead
  • Strong understanding of performance tuning, scalability, and distributed system challenges
Benefits
  • Competitive salary and benefits
  • Continuous learning and development
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Opportunities to give back

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
JavaSpring BootRESTful APIsmicroservicesPostgreSQLRedisActiveMQTemporalKubernetesperformance tuning
Soft skills
mentoringcollaborationleadershipproblem-solvingcommunication