Principal API Engineer

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Atlanta
Posted on: October 30, 2024

Job Description:

Position Type : Full time Type Of Hire : Experienced (relevant combo of work and education) Education Desired : Bachelor of Science Travel Percentage : 10 - 15%Job DescriptionWe are FIS. Our technology powers the world's economy and our teams bring innovation to life. We champion diversity to deliver the best products and solutions for our colleagues, clients and communities. If you're ready to start learning, growing and making an impact with a career in fintech, we'd like to know: Are you FIS?We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal API Engineer to guide the design and development of a new productized banking API platform using node.js and serverless technologies. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the architecting, designing, and implementation of scalable and secure productized APIs that power the financial world. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior engineers, and ensure the highest standards of software development and API design.What you will be doing:

• Lead the development of our domain model, and the design of a high-performance, productized banking API platform using node.js and serverless technologies.
• Collaborate with enterprise/solution/application architects, product owners/product managers, API designers, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Ensure code quality, security, and maintainability through code reviews and best practices.
• Lead initiatives around API performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation and improvement within the team.
• Provide technical leadership and contribute to the overall engineering strategy of the organization.What you bring:
  • Proven JavaScript API engineer with demonstrated experience in node.js.
  • Demonstrated experience with domain modeling and API design
  • Demonstrated understanding of public-facing, productized APIs build on an event-driven, microservice-based, serverless architecture leveraging operational data stores to optimize and locate data near the APIs.
  • Experience in designing and building data pipelines in node.js or python.
  • Strong understanding of RESTful API design patterns and best practices.
  • Experience with AWS Lambda, RDS Postgres, and Fargate desired
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, preferred, but experience is the deciding factorWhat we offer you: A career at FIS is more than just a job. It's the change to shape the future of fintech. At FIS, we offer you:
    • A voice in the future of fintech
    • Always-on learning and development
    • Collaborative work environment
    • Opportunities to give back
    • Competitive salary and benefitsFIS is committed to providing its employees with an exciting career opportunity and competitive compensation. The pay range for this full-time position is $145,900.00 - $245,120.00 and reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this position based on the posted role, level, and location. Within the range, actual individual starting pay is determined additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Any changes in work location will also impact actual individual starting pay. Please consult with your recruiter about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.Privacy StatementFIS is committed to protecting the privacy and security of all personal information that we process in order to provide services to our clients. For specific information on how FIS protects personal information online, please see the Online Privacy Notice.EEOC StatementFIS 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 hereFor 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.Sourcing ModelRecruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.#pridepass

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