FIS, Capital Markets, Trading and Asset Services, Lead Software Architect

at  FIS Global

EDUCATION DESIRED :

Bachelor of Computer Science

JOB DESCRIPTION

FIS’s award-winning Virtus solutions enable asset managers around the globe to effectively service the complex landscape of global credit markets.
FIS’ Virtus Credit Solutions provides integrated solutions for portfolio administration and management with a focus on the credit markets. FIS Capital Markets, Trading and Asset Services is seeking an experienced, hands-on Lead Software Architect with strong skills to join our global development team to work on the next generation of Virtus Front and Middle Office offerings. The individual will thrive by being a team-oriented player in a highly collaborative environment using agile development processes. The candidate must be a self-starter who is always open to optimizing existing development practices through new technologies, patterns, and processes.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Engineering Management, Engineering teams, Product Owners, Services and Operations teams to architect, design and develop high quality solutions in alignment with business and technical strategies.
• End-to-end software architecture, design and development of complex, distributed, high performance, data intensive systems.
• Provides expertise to global development team, coaching and mentoring software engineers to have a positive impact on product development, providing guidance at the design and code level to support engineers.
• Participate in the agile (Scrum and SAFe) process throughout the SDLC to design and develop new software or make modifications to existing complex software applications using disciplined processes, adhering to industry standards and best practices.
• Take part in reviews of work, e.g. design and code reviews, and demonstrate software to all stakeholders.

• Share knowledge and provide technical guidance to other team members within areas of expertise. • Contribute to owning and delivering processes that drive engineering quality and meet our engineering SLAs.

• Contribute to troubleshooting and providing guidance to resolution of complex production issues.
• Actively participate in modernization and cloud transformation journey with product development team, internal and external partners (Microsoft, AWS, Snowflake etc.)

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Software Engineering, Computer/Information Sciences or Mathematics as well as 15 years plus of related work experience, of which at least 7 years in a Senior Architect capacity.
• Ability to architect, design and deliver software that can scale elastically on the cloud.

• Expert knowledge of Object Orient Patterns and Design, data structures and algorithms, parallel and distributed computing, SoA and multi-tier architectures • Understands testing at every stage of development.

• Experience with modern application architecture and development. TOGAF and Cloud certifications are a plus.

• Expert development experience throughout the SDLC using Microsoft .Net/C# • Deep knowledge of DevOps toolchain and CI/CD pipelines (BitBucket, Harness, Azure DevOps, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise)

• Deep experience with web UI architecture and development (HTML5, React, Angular). React experience is preferred. Experience with Micro Frontends is preferred.
• Understanding of networking and security.
• Solid experience with relational and NoSQL database development, including logical design, stored procedures, functions, triggers, and performance tuning. Microsoft SQL Server experience is needed.
• Experience with Data Warehousing. Snowflake experience is preferred.
• Experience with OCR, Machine Learning and AI models.
• Experience with ETL tools and data transfer. Azure Data Factory is preferred.
• Experience with workflow, reporting and BI tools (Power Apps, Power Automate, PowerBI)
• Demonstrated expertise performance tuning applications from top to bottom, including profiling of applications.
• Strong logical and analytical skills, with the ability to creatively troubleshoot and resolve challenging problems.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills to effectively express ideas, engage in complex discussions and collaborate with a wide range of colleagues. Ability to communicate with precision while being concise.
• Proactive, delivery-oriented team player who takes responsibility for the team’s success
• Experience in the banking or financial services industries with knowledge of financial instruments in the credit space. Candidate must demonstrate interest in learning and applying financial concepts

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Modernization Projects Experience is critical
• Public Cloud (Azure) and/or Azure Data Factory familiarity would be expectedAgile Framework familiarity is preferred

EEOC STATEMENT

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here
For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

• Work closely with the Engineering Management, Engineering teams, Product Owners, Services and Operations teams to architect, design and develop high quality solutions in alignment with business and technical strategies.
• End-to-end software architecture, design and development of complex, distributed, high performance, data intensive systems.
• Provides expertise to global development team, coaching and mentoring software engineers to have a positive impact on product development, providing guidance at the design and code level to support engineers.
• Participate in the agile (Scrum and SAFe) process throughout the SDLC to design and develop new software or make modifications to existing complex software applications using disciplined processes, adhering to industry standards and best practices.
• Take part in reviews of work, e.g. design and code reviews, and demonstrate software to all stakeholders