Staff Backend Software Engineer

Fiserv

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Work type
On-site
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Salary
$160,000–$240,000 / yr
Posted
2 days ago

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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 83 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Staff Backend Software Engineer

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As a Staff Backend Software Engineer at Fiserv’s Clover division, you will lead the Merchant Insights Engineering team in developing scalable and data-driven solutions that provide real-time business insights for small enterprises. Your day-to-day responsibilities include mentoring a team of 6–8 engineers, setting strategic roadmaps, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver near-real-time analytics, ensuring project execution excellence, and owning operational aspects such as incident response. You will leverage Java expertise, REST API design, microservices architecture using Spring Boot, and cloud platforms like Google Cloud Platform alongside Docker and Kubernetes. With a deep understanding of databases (MySQL, Snowflake) and data warehousing, you will drive technical rigor and process improvements to support the growth of Clover’s ecosystem of hardware and software solutions for small businesses.

Skills

Java Spring Boot MySQL Snowflake Python Docker Kubernetes Google Cloud Platform REST API Scrum JDBC SQL CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Lead and mentor a team of 6–8 engineers across various technologies.
  • Set the roadmap and strategy for Clover’s merchant-facing insights platform.
  • Drive technical excellence through coaching, feedback, and process improvement.
  • Guide end-to-end project execution from delivery to quality assurance.
  • Own incident response and conduct blameless postmortems for product issues.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • 5+ years of hands-on Java development expertise.
  • 2+ years of technical leadership experience.
  • Deep understanding of databases and data warehousing.
  • Proven experience with microservices architecture using Spring Boot.
  • Expertise in REST API design and advanced SQL queries.
  • Experience with cloud platforms, Docker, and Kubernetes.

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