What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Backend Software Engineer position at Fiserv?
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Job Title
Staff Backend Software Engineer
What Does a Successful Staff Backend Software Engineer at Clover Do?
A successful Staff Backend Software Engineer at Clover drives the development of real-time merchant insights that power everyday decisions for small businesses. They lead with technical rigor, support their team’s growth, and deliver data-backed products that are as scalable as they are impactful.
About The Team
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.
What You Will Do
$128,000.00 - $216,000.00
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 equity awards in the Company’s sole discretion.
Thank You For Considering Employment With Fiserv. Please
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 AskHR.US@fiserv.com. Please note our AskHR representatives do not have visibility to your application status. Current associates who require a workplace accommodation should refer to Fiserv’s Disability Accommodation Policy for additional information.
Note To Agencies
Fiserv does not accept resume submissions from agencies outside of existing agreements. Please do not send resumes to Fiserv associates. Fiserv is not responsible for any fees associated with unsolicited resume submissions.
Warning About Fake Job Posts
Please be aware of fraudulent job postings that are not affiliated with Fiserv. Fraudulent job postings may be used by cyber criminals to target your personally identifiable information and/or to steal money or financial information. Any communications from a Fiserv representative will come from a legitimate Fiserv email address.
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
What Does a Successful Staff Backend Software Engineer at Clover Do?
A successful Staff Backend Software Engineer at Clover drives the development of real-time merchant insights that power everyday decisions for small businesses. They lead with technical rigor, support their team’s growth, and deliver data-backed products that are as scalable as they are impactful.
About The Team
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.
What You Will Do
- Lead and mentor a team of 6–8 engineers across data, server, web, and Android technologies
- Set the roadmap and strategy for Clover’s merchant-facing insights and analytics platform
- Partner with Product, Design, Data Engineering, and Data Science to deliver near real-time insights at scale
- Drive engineering excellence through coaching, feedback, process improvement, and system design
- Guide end-to-end project execution—ensuring delivery, quality, and cross-team coordination
- Own incident response and blameless postmortems for the team’s products
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 6 years in software engineering
- 2 years in a technical leadership role
- Proficiency in Java, Python, or C
- Hands-on experience with SQL and data warehousing
- Microservices (Spring Boot)
- MySQL, Snowflake
- Writing performant SQL and JDBC queries
- Kubernetes and Docker
- Google Cloud Platform
- Python scripting
- Data analysis or mathematics background
$128,000.00 - $216,000.00
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 equity awards in the Company’s 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).
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 AskHR.US@fiserv.com. Please note our AskHR representatives do not have visibility to your application status. Current associates who require a workplace accommodation should refer to Fiserv’s Disability Accommodation Policy for additional information.
Note To Agencies
Fiserv does not accept resume submissions from agencies outside of existing agreements. Please do not send resumes to Fiserv associates. Fiserv is not responsible for any fees associated with unsolicited resume submissions.
Warning About Fake Job Posts
Please be aware of fraudulent job postings that are not affiliated with Fiserv. Fraudulent job postings may be used by cyber criminals to target your personally identifiable information and/or to steal money or financial information. Any communications from a Fiserv representative will come from a legitimate Fiserv email address.
Salary : $128,000 - $216,000
