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Staff Backend Software Engineer

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fiserv logoFiserv · Sunnyvale, CA
Full-timeOn-site2w ago
AgileAndroidAPI DesignData AnalysisData WarehousingDocker
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Responsibilities

  • Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of 6-8 engineers across data, server, web, and Android technologies.
  • Strategy: Set the roadmap and strategy for Clover's merchant-facing insights and analytics platform.
  • Collaboration: Partner with Product, Design, Data Engineering, and Data Science to deliver near real-time insights at scale.
  • Engineering Excellence: Drive excellence through coaching, feedback, process improvement, and system design.
  • Project Execution: Guide end-to-end project execution-ensuring delivery, quality, and cross-team coordination.
  • Operational Ownership: Own incident response and blameless postmortems for the team's products.
  • Responsibilities listed are not intended to be all-inclusive and may be modified as necessary.
  • Experience You'll Need to Have:
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Software Engineering: 6+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
  • Technical Leadership: 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • Java Expertise: 5+ years of hands-on Java development experience.
  • Database Fundamentals: 1+ years of experience with RDBMS (MySQL or similar relational databases) and hands-on experience with SQL and data warehousing.
  • Agile Proficiency: Experienced in the day-to-day practicalities of Software Development Lifecycles, specifically Scrum.
  • Experience That Would Be Great to Have:
  • API Design: 6+ years of experience with REST API design.
  • Microservices: Proven experience with microservices architecture, preferably using Spring Boot.
  • Data & Analytics: Deep understanding of databases (MySQL and Snowflake preferred) and data warehouse experience.
  • Advanced SQL: Experience writing efficient SQL queries including multi-table joins and experience with JDBC.
  • Cloud & DevOps: Experience with a cloud platform (preferably Google Cloud Platform) alongside Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Scripting & Math: Python scripting experience and a background in data analysis, reporting, or mathematics.
  • 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
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  • 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 eq

Benefits

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Additional Information

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 Staff Backend Software Engineer About Your Role: Fiserv is a global leader in payments and financial technology, and our Clover division is the heartbeat of millions of small businesses worldwide. A successful Staff Backend Software Engineer at Clover drives the development of real-time merchant insights that power everyday decisions for small businesses. In this role, you will lead with technical rigor, support your team's growth, and deliver data-backed products that are as scalable as they are impactful. The Merchant Insights Engineering team at Clover builds scalable, full-stack applications that deliver data-driven intelligence directly to our merchants-helping them better understand their business operations. This cross-functional team touches everything from data pipelines to web and mobile interfaces, working across Clover's ecosystem of hardware and software to turn raw data into actionable business strategy.


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