Senior Development Director

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Job Summary:

FIS is a leading fintech company that powers the world’s economy through innovative technology solutions. As a Development Director, you will lead a global development team to enhance the Virtus Front and Middle Office offerings, oversee application development, and drive cloud modernization initiatives while ensuring high-quality client delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic and operational guidance to product teams, development teams, and clients

• Create a high-performing team by attracting, developing, and engaging top talent

• Ensure team members, processes, and tools are in place to deliver product releases on time and with quality

• Provide architectural guidance and challenge assumptions on design and builds

• Use Scaling Agile processes to develop leading software

• Drive continuous improvement within the team to meet the organization OKRs

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for seamless delivery and operation of software services

• Oversee key projects, processes, performance reports, data, and analysis

• Stay updated on application service technologies and evolving standards within FIS and adopt new trends in the current platform

Qualifications:

Required:

• 15 years of industry experience with recent C#, SQL, modern web development (React, RESTful API, HTML5, CSS3) experience, and .NET tech stack

• Significant experience of leading software engineering teams for 7 years or more

• Strong experience with Azure cloud technology, SaaS, DevOps, CI/CD, performance scaling

• Highly developed problem-solving skills

• Ability to lead a team effectively under pressure

• A background in analyzing client's business needs and determining appropriate support

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Experience with microservices architecture and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes

• Proven track record in Agile methodologies and scaling Agile practices

• Strong leadership and project management skills

• Understanding of security best practices in software development

• Knowledge of database management systems and data analytics

• Experience with AI and machine learning solutions, preferably GenAI

• Ability to manage onshore and offshore teams effectively

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or the equivalent experience

• Financial services background, preferably with knowledge of Loans, Bonds and the Trading lifecycle

Company:

FIS is a fintech firm that provides advance integrated banking, wealth management, risk and compliance, and other solutions. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, with a team of 10001 employees. The company is currently Public Company.