Sr. Backend Engineer

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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.

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About your role

Our Employees team is dedicated to building tools that help merchants manage schedule and empower their workforce optimize labor costs and streamline team operations. As a Sr. Backend Engineer you will serve as a primary technical architect and leader driving the long-term evolution of our employee management platform shift scheduling systems labor tracking mechanics and enterprise payroll/workforce management integrations. You will partner closely with Principal Engineers Infrastructure Product and Design leadership to define technical roadmaps establish architectural standards and solve complex scalability challenges across our global backend ecosystem.

What youll do

• Architectural Leadership: Drive the strategic technical vision and system architecture for Clovers Employees platform shift scheduling engines and enterprise integrations.
• Scale & Ecosystem Engineering: Design build and govern resilient high-throughput microservices and APIs powering smart payment devices merchant web dashboards and third-party enterprise integrations.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with Product Design and Engineering leadership to shape product strategy break down ambiguous technical problems and translate complex business domains into scalable future-proof software architectures.
• Technical Excellence & Governance: Set engineering standards establish best practices for code quality and security and lead complex system design reviews across the organization.
• Domain Data Architecture: Partner with Infrastructure and Data teams to design highly available multi-tenant data models that support large-scale workforce tracking real-time scheduling and enterprise data sync.
• Mentorship & Multiplier Effect: Elevate the engineering teams collective capabilities by mentoring Senior and Mid-level engineers fostering a culture of technical rigor and driving continuous operational improvements.
• System Health & Observability: Oversee overall platform reliability resilience and performance serving as a escalation point for complex architectural issues and participating in an on-call rotation.

Experience youll need to have

• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Seniority: 10 years of hands-on professional software engineering experience with a demonstrated track record of architecting and operating mission-critical large-scale backend systems.
• JVM Mastery: Deep expertise in Java and the broader JVM ecosystem.
• Frameworks & Microservices: Extensive experience designing building and decomposing distributed microservices using Spring Boot.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Hands-on experience architecting cloud-native systems deploying and operating containers in Kubernetes and managing Infrastructure as Code via Terraform (GCP experience preferred).
• Advanced Data Systems: Proven track record in schema design data modeling query optimization and transaction management across both SQL (e.g. PostgreSQL MySQL) and NoSQL datastores at high scale.
• API Architecture: Deep expertise in RESTful API design versioning security standards and building developer-friendly integration contracts for internal and external partners.
• Technical Leadership & Influence: Proven ability to drive consensus across engineering teams guide architectural decisions and communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical executive stakeholders.

Experience that would be great to have

• Domain Expertise: Prior experience architecting workforce management HR tech shift scheduling payroll engines or deep integrations with enterprise systems (e.g. ADP Workday Kronos).
• Cloud Platform Experience: Direct production experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and infrastructure.
• AI & Intelligent Systems: Experience or interest in leveraging Generative AI / LLMs for smart scheduling automation labor forecasting algorithms or predictive workforce optimization.
• AI-Assisted Velocity: Proficiency with AI-assisted developer tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot Cursor Claude/ChatGPT workflows) to accelerate prototyping system documentation and engineering output.

How youll 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

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

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