Lead Software Engineer
FIS
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Atlanta • Florida • Wisconsin • United States
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About the role
- Translate complex or ambiguous requirements into clean, maintainable, scalable, and well documented code.
- Design, develop, and maintain software applications and systems that provide value to end-users.
- Implement AI-powered capabilities in collaboration with product and principal engineers.
- Implement and optimize algorithms, data usage, and cloud services for latency, availability, and cost.
- Debug and troubleshoot software issues to ensure business continuity, and a high bar for end-user experience.
- Raise the engineering bar via rigorous code and design reviews that enforce maintainability, security, performance, and AI safety
- Write unit & integration tests, 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 (engineering, product, design, security, compliance etc.) to bring ideas to life
- Mentor junior engineers; contribute to team knowledge sharing and AI upskilling.
Requirements
- At a minimum, a Bachelor's in CS or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of relevant professional experience or a combination of work experience and advanced education.
- Proven experience shipping AI-enabled features in production: model-driven decisions, anomaly detection, forecasting/optimization, or LLM-powered experiences—plus MLOps practices
- Proficiency in at least one modern development framework / language (e.g., Java).
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- 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).
- Security, privacy, and compliance acumen for financial data (encryption, least-privilege, secrets management, auditability) and AI safety
- Experience with version control systems (Git), and DevOps practices like continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).
- Leadership and communication. Track record leading projects from architecture to production, influencing cross-functional stakeholders, and mentoring engineers to raise the bar.
Benefits
- Flexible and creative work environment
- Diverse and collaborative atmosphere
- Professional and personal development resources
- Opportunities to volunteer and support charities
- Competitive salary and benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
software developmentAI-powered capabilitiesalgorithmscloud servicesunit testingintegration testingobservabilityMLOpsJavaCI/CD
Soft Skills
communicationcross-functional collaborationmentoringleadershipproblem-solvingteam knowledge sharingproject managementtechnical excellenceroot cause analysisinfluencing stakeholders
Certifications
Bachelor's in Computer Science