Senior Software Engineer

Fiserv

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Work type: On-site
Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Salary: $128,000–$216,000 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 117 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $123,500–$193,800 across 85 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

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As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join a cross-functional team to design, develop, and maintain high-quality software applications. You will build and support highly scalable distributed applications and event-driven systems, creating reliable asynchronous workflows, service-to-service integrations, and robust REST APIs. Your daily work involves translating complex business requirements into technical designs, optimizing data access, and troubleshooting issues across messaging platforms and databases. You will utilize a technical stack including Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Apache Kafka, Amazon MSK, and MySQL. The role focuses on developing cloud-native microservices and ensuring system scalability, availability, and fault tolerance. You will also provide technical mentorship, conduct code reviews, and manage the full software development lifecycle to solve complex problems within the financial services technology domain.

What does a Software Engineer earn in New Jersey?

Median $161500 from 34 postings across 14 companies.

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Skills

Java Spring Boot AWS Apache Kafka Amazon MSK MySQL Microservices REST APIs System Design Distributed Systems Event-Driven Architecture CI/CD Cloud-Native Asynchronous Processing Observability

What you'll do

Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java and Spring Boot microservices.
Implement distributed and event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka and Amazon MSK.
Build reliable asynchronous workflows and service-to-service integrations.
Design robust REST APIs and integration services for enterprise applications.
Develop and support cloud-native solutions using AWS services.
Optimize data access using MySQL queries, indexes, and transactions.
Troubleshoot complex issues across applications, databases, and messaging platforms.
Conduct code reviews and provide technical mentorship to other engineers.

What we're looking for

8+ years of professional software development experience.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
Strong hands-on development experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
Strong experience with AWS, cloud-native application development, and distributed systems.
Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and/or Amazon MSK.
Strong experience with MySQL or similar relational databases.
Strong understanding of system design, including scalability, high availability, resiliency, and performance.
Valid and unrestricted U.S. work authorization.