Director of Software Engineering

Fiserv

Actively hiring
Berkeley Heights, NJ Posted 24 days ago $146,000–$244,800 / year
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TL;DR

As the Director of Software Engineering in Fiserv Merchant Solutions' Core Acquiring Authorization team, you will lead a critical engineering group responsible for processing over 350 million daily transactions with millisecond response times. Your role involves managing and mentoring a team of software engineers while setting performance expectations and fostering career development. You will modernize on-premises applications to resilient cloud-based solutions on AWS, ensuring high availability and low latency. Key responsibilities include developing and documenting high-quality code, providing feedback in design reviews, and defining best practices for the engineering team. The ideal candidate has over 15 years of software engineering experience with a focus on payments processing at scale, hands-on leadership in distributed systems, and expertise in languages like C or Java. Additionally, familiarity with cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and international payment systems is essential.

Skills

AWS Kubernetes CI/CD Java C Distributed systems Microservices architectures HPE NonStop Blockchain AI Machine learning Jenkins GitLab SonarQube

What you'll do

  • Lead the modernization of on-premises applications to resilient, low-latency systems on AWS.
  • Manage and mentor a team of software engineers in Payments Processing at large scale.
  • Develop high-quality code for critical business processes with millisecond-fast response times.
  • Define and enforce coding standards and best practices within the engineering group.
  • Reengineer existing transaction processing applications to enhance platform stability and resiliency.

What we're looking for

  • 15+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Extensive hands-on leadership in payments processing at scale.
  • Expertise in distributed systems and microservices architectures.
  • Proven track record in leading continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Strong background in cloud-native technologies, including AWS.
  • Experience with Kubernetes or similar container orchestration tools.

Market check

Salary context

This $146,000–$244,800 range sits above 53% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$143,000–$236,363

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$165,000–$214,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Fiserv

Fiserv is a global leader in financial services technology, providing core banking platforms, payment processing, digital banking, and merchant acquiring solutions to financial institutions and businesses. Industry: Financial Technology & Payments

Fiserv currently has 87 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$186,000 across 58 roles with salary data.

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