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Principal Engineer, Digital Banking Platform

Fiserv


Job Location:

Berkeley Heights, NJ - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 145000 - 240000
Posted: 14 October 2026 (13 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 11 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Calling all innovators - find your future at Fiserv.

Were 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 were involved. If you want to make an impact on a global scale come make a difference at Fiserv.

Job Title

Principal Engineer Digital Banking Platform

What does a successful Principal Engineer Digital Banking Platform do at Fiserv
A successful Principal Engineer Digital Banking Platform defines the architecture engineering strategy and technical direction for digital banking platforms that support online and mobile banking experiences at scale. This leader partners across engineering product architecture operations and business teams to solve complex technical challenges while advancing modernization resiliency security and delivery speed. They combine strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution to influence multiple teams improve platform performance and accelerate business value.


What you will do

  • Define the technical vision long-term architecture and engineering roadmap for online banking platforms while leading solution design architecture reviews and technical decision-making for complex initiatives across multiple teams.
  • Analyze legacy systems platform architecture application code infrastructure and production environments to identify root causes technical risks and modernization opportunities across varied technology stacks.
  • Design and modernize scalable secure resilient and maintainable platforms using distributed systems APIs cloud-native architectures automation and modern engineering practices.
  • Improve availability performance operational excellence and engineering productivity by advancing observability reducing technical debt strengthening reliability and driving DevSecOps CI/CD platform engineering and Site Reliability Engineering practices.
  • Provide technical leadership across geographically distributed teams through mentorship code reviews proof-of-concepts critical feature development incident investigations architecture forums and engineering standards for quality security and maintainability.

What you must have

  • 12 years of software engineering experience including architecture and delivery of large-scale enterprise platforms.
  • 10 years of experience designing and developing distributed systems APIs cloud-native architectures and modern software delivery platforms.
  • 8 years of experience leading technical strategy architecture decisions and software delivery across multiple engineering teams.
  • Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Technology or a related field or an equivalent combination of education related experience and/or military experience.

What would be nice to have

  • 2 digital banking or financial technology domain areas supported such as online banking payments lending risk or customer-facing financial platforms.
  • 2 cloud or platform transformation focus areas such as SaaS or multi-tenant platforms platform modernization or cloud transformation initiatives.
  • 2 engineering excellence focus areas such as AI-assisted development developer experience internal engineering enablement geographically distributed organizations or large-scale resiliency and performance programs.

Salary Range

$145000.00 - $240000.00

These pay ranges apply to employees in New Jersey and New York. Pay ranges for employees in other states may differ.

It is unlawful to discriminate against a prospective employee due to the individuals 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 equity awards in the Companys sole discretion.

Thank you for considering employment with Fiserv. Please:

  • Apply using your legal name
  • Complete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable both are preferable).

Our commitment to Equal Opportunity:

Fiserv is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation age disability protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation in completing a job application or otherwise participating in the overall hiring process please contact. Please note our AskHR representatives do not have visibility to your application status. Current associates who require a workplace accommodation should refer to Fiservs Disability Accommodation Policy for additional information.

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Fiserv is a global fintech and payments company with solutions for banking, global commerce, merchant acquiring, billing and payments, and point-of-sale.

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