Staff Backend Software Engineer

Job Description

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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

About Your Role

Fiserv is a global leader in payments and financial technology, and our Clover division is the heartbeat of millions of small businesses worldwide. A successful Staff Backend Software Engineer at Clover drives the development of real-time merchant insights that power everyday decisions for small businesses. In this role, you will lead with technical rigor, support your team’s growth, and deliver data-backed products that are as scalable as they are impactful.

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 to turn raw data into actionable business strategy.

What You’ll Do

Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of 6–8 engineers across data, server, web, and Android technologies.
Strategy: Set the roadmap and strategy for Clover’s merchant-facing insights and analytics platform.
Collaboration: Partner with Product, Design, Data Engineering, and Data Science to deliver near real-time insights at scale.
Engineering Excellence: Drive excellence through coaching, feedback, process improvement, and system design.
Project Execution: Guide end-to-end project execution—ensuring delivery, quality, and cross-team coordination.
Operational Ownership: Own incident response and blameless postmortems for the team’s products.
Responsibilities listed are not intended to be all-inclusive and may be modified as necessary.

Experience You’ll Need To Have

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Software Engineering: 6+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
Technical Leadership: 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role.
Java Expertise: 5+ years of hands-on Java development experience.
Database Fundamentals: 1+ years of experience with RDBMS (MySQL or similar relational databases) and hands-on experience with SQL and data warehousing.
Agile Proficiency: Experienced in the day-to-day practicalities of Software Development Lifecycles, specifically Scrum.

Experience That Would Be Great To Have

API Design: 6+ years of experience with REST API design.
Microservices: Proven experience with microservices architecture, preferably using Spring Boot.
Data & Analytics: Deep understanding of databases (MySQL and Snowflake preferred) and data warehouse experience.
Advanced SQL: Experience writing efficient SQL queries including multi-table joins and experience with JDBC.
Cloud & DevOps: Experience with a cloud platform (preferably Google Cloud Platform) alongside Docker and Kubernetes.
Scripting & Math: Python scripting experience and a background in data analysis, reporting, or mathematics.

How You’ll 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

Salary Range

$160,000.00 - $240,000.00

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

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