Job Description
About FIS
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 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.
What you will be doing
As a Senior Manager of Software Engineering, you will lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for strategic planning, delivery, modernization, security, and operational excellence.
You will translate product and business priorities into sustainable engineering roadmaps, develop technical leaders, and ensure solutions deliver measurable value for clients and the business.
Create and execute engineering roadmaps that align client needs, product strategy, and technology investments.
Lead software engineering and quality engineering teams across planning, design, development, testing, release, production support, and continuous improvement
Own delivery and operational outcomes by monitoring quality, reliability, security, release readiness, dependencies, client impact, and engineering productivity.
Partner with product, architecture, service delivery, cybersecurity, risk, and senior leadership to communicate strategy, resolve complex issues, and make informed investment and priority decisions.
Develop an accountable and inclusive engineering organization through clear performance expectations, coaching, career development, succession planning, and leadership development.
What you bring
At least 7 to 10 years of experience as a technical leader.
At least 10 years of experience in Ruby and Ruby on Rails development.
Proven track record of directly engaging with clients to understand business requirements and ensure successful technical delivery.
Proven experience leading managers, technical leaders, software engineers, and quality engineers responsible for enterprise applications or platforms.
Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure and cloud architecture.
Deep knowledge and industry best practices across the end-to-end loan lifecycle, spanning origination, underwriting, and servicing on scalable enterprise platforms.
Experience integrating third-party financial platforms, including vendor partners like CreditKarma, Pagaya, and LendingTree.
Strong knowledge of software development lifecycles, Agile delivery, DevSecOps, testing, release management, observability, and production support in a Ruby on Rails environment.
Experience with monitoring and error-tracking tools such as Sentry.
Experience creating and maintaining developer tools for SDLC automation.
Ability to balance product delivery, platform sustainability, technical debt, security, regulatory obligations, and client commitments.
Executive-level communication and influence skills, including the ability to explain technical strategy, risks, tradeoffs, investment needs, and outcomes to technical and business stakeholders.
Bonus if you have
Financial services experience, including exposure to client reporting, data governance, PCI, audit, cybersecurity, or risk management processes.
Experience leading geographically distributed teams and implementing AI-assisted development,…