FIS
banking
SeniorSystemsEngineer
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“Senior Systems Engineer at FIS. Skills: system-level engineering, distributed systems, performance optimization, reliability engineering. Build transaction processing services with correctness guarantees. Optimize p95/p99 latency and throughput of critical system hot paths”
What You'll Achieve.
correctness, performance and reliability of high‑volume banking transactions; ship solutions directly into production; real‑world impact
Industry & Context.
Debug complex system‑level and distributed failures
on‑call readiness, incident response
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
system-level engineering experience in Go and/or Rust, Deep understanding of distributed systems failure modes, Performance and concurrency expertise, Experience operating production systems at scale, Security‑ and reliability‑focused mindset
Nice to Have
Low‑level performance profiling experience, Financial transaction processing experience, Experience designing safe APIs and primitives, AI‑driven debugging and observability tooling
What You'll Do.
Build transaction processing services with correctness guarantees
Optimize p95/p99 latency and throughput of critical system hot paths
Debug complex system‑level and distributed failures
Design and enforce invariants through testing and operational discipline
on‑call readiness and incident response
Use AI‑assisted tools to improve debugging and operational efficiency
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
open, collaborative, and ownership‑driven teams
Full Job Description
Are you curious, motivated, and forward‑thinking? At FIS, you’ll work on some of the most complex and impactful challenges in modern banking, helping build next‑generation, AI‑enabled platforms used by financial institutions worldwide. We foster an environment that values ownership, autonomy, and end‑to‑end responsibility, where engineers are encouraged to take initiative, make meaningful technical decisions, and ship solutions directly into production. We believe in open, collaborative, and ownership‑driven teams with a strong focus on real‑world impact. **About the team:** You will build and operate mission‑critical systems responsible for correctness, performance and reliability of high‑volume banking transactions. What you will be doing: * Build transaction processing services with strong correctness guarantees * Optimize p95/p99 latency and throughput of critical system hot paths * Debug complex system‑level and distributed failures * Design and enforce invariants through testing and operational discipline * Own observability, on‑call readiness and incident response * Use AI‑assisted tools to improve debugging and operational efficiency **What you bring:** * Strong system-level engineering experience in Go and/or Rust * Deep understanding of distributed systems failure modes * Performance and concurrency expertise * Experience operating production systems at scale * Security‑ and reliability‑focused mindset **Added bonus if you have:** * Low‑level performance profiling experience * Financial transaction processing experience * Experience designing safe APIs and primitives * AI‑driven debugging and observability tooling **What we offer you:** * A work environment built on collaboration, flexibility and respect * Competitive salary and attractive range of benefits designed to help support your lifestyle and wellbeing * Varied and challenging work to help you grow your technical skillset **Privacy Statement** FIS is committed to protecting the privacy and security
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