Senior Engineering Manager (Backend & Platform)

Job description

Calling all innovators - find your future at Fiserv. We're Fiserv, a global leader in Fintech and payments, and we move money and information in a way that moves the world. We connect financial institutions, corporations, merchants and consumers to one another millions of times a day - quickly, reliably, and securely. Any time you swipe your credit card, pay through a mobile app, or withdraw money from the bank, we're involved. If you want to make an impact on a global scale, come make a difference at Fiserv. Job Title Senior Engineering Manager (Backend & Platform) About Your Role Fiserv is a global leader in payments and financial technology, delivering end-to-end merchant and point-of-sale platforms—such as Clover—that power millions of businesses worldwide. In this role, you will serve as a Senior Engineering Manager driving both the people strategy and technical execution behind core, high-volume enterprise backend systems. You will lead, grow, and empower high-performing engineering teams responsible for building and operating resilient, low-latency transactional platforms capable of processing thousands of operations per second with multi-nine availability. What You’ll Do • Manage, mentor, and grow a team of Tech Leads, Senior Software Engineers, and Backend Developers across multiple Scrum teams, fostering an inclusive, high-accountability engineering culture. • Lead engineering execution and software delivery across Agile teams, partnering with Product and Business leadership to align roadmaps, scope technical deliverables, and manage cross-team dependencies. • Drive the technical strategy and architectural execution for high-throughput Java microservices, cloud-native systems, and event-driven architectures processing financial transactions at scale. • Establish operational excellence, governance standards, non-functional requirements (NFRs), and observability protocols to guarantee platform reliability, zero-downtime deployments, and fast incident recovery. • Direct technology modernization roadmaps, API contract standards, and data architecture strategies across relational and NoSQL databases. • Responsibilities listed are not intended to be all-inclusive and may be modified as necessary. Experience You’ll Need to Have • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field • 12+ total years of progressive software engineering experience. • 3+ years of direct people management experience leading software engineering teams (including managing Tech Leads, Senior Engineers, and IC developers). • Strong technical mastery within the Java ecosystem, including Spring Boot, microservices architecture, RESTful API design, and distributed message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Google Pub/Sub). • 3+ years of experience with relational (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis) databases, including query optimization and data modeling. • Proven experience building and deploying cloud-native applications (AWS, GCP, or Azure) using Docker, Kubernetes, and automated CI/CD pipelines. • Demonstrated understanding of JVM performance profiling, memory management, and scaling high-concurrency, low-latency systems. Experience That Would Be Great to Have • Previous engineering leadership experience within Fintech, payments processing, merchant POS platforms, or financial settlement pipelines. • Familiarity with polyglot environments or secondary languages (Python, Go, Node.js) for automation, data pipelines, or full-stack integration. • Experience with reactive programming (Spring WebFlux), serverless infrastructure (GCP Functions, AWS Lambda), or event-driven architectures. • Knowledge of payment security protocols and compliance standards, including PCI-DSS, tokenization, and mTLS security. • Familiarity with integrating Generative AI models, LLMs, or AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) into software engineering workflows. How you’ll work: • This role is on-site Monday through Friday. Fiserv considers in-person collaboration to be an essential part of this role as in-person office experiences help you with your overall onboarding experience and leads to stronger productivity. • This role requires use of a computer and audio equipment. Benefits at Fiserv: • Fuel Your Life program to support your physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being • Paid holidays and generous time away policies • No-cost mental health support through Employee Assistance Programs • Living Proof program to recognize your peers’ extra effort with points redeemable for rewards • Eight Employee Resource Groups to foster a collaborative culture and expand your network • ·Unparalleled professional growth with training, development, and internal mobility opportunities • Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance options available from day one • Retirement planning and discounted shares with the Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Tuition assistance and reimbursement program • Paid parental, caregiver, and military leave #LI-SH2 Salary Range $160,000.00 - $240,000.00 These pay ranges apply to employees in Sunnyvale, California. Pay ranges for employees in other states may differ. It is unlawful to discriminate against a prospective employee due to the individual's status as a veteran. For incentive eligible associates, the successful candidate is eligible for an annual incentive opportunity which may be delivered as a mix of cash bonus and equity awards in the Company’s sole discretion. Thank you for considering employment with Fiserv. Please: • Apply using your legal name • Complete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable, both are preferable). Our commitment to Equal Opportunity: Fiserv is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation