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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.\nJob Title\nSenior Software Architect - PlatformAbout your role:\nData Commerce Solutions (DCS) is a Fiserv business unit that turns the company's differentiated data into scalable data platforms and products across credit, marketing, verification, fraud, and data insights. The Senior Software Architect - Platform is the hands-on technical owner of reusable platform capabilities that support multiple DCS product verticals, combining architecture with direct software engineering. The desired outcome is secure, scalable, supportable platform services, including the capability to migrate data science proofs of concept into versionable, enterprise-scale production code.\nWhat you’ll do:\nOwn the architecture, design, coding, testing, and production implementation of shared data and software platform capabilities; this is a hands-on engineering role, not an advisory-only position.\nCreate an engineering framework and automation that converts data science proofs of concept (notebooks, Python code, features, models, and validation logic) into modular, testable, version-controlled, deployable software, including CI/CD, validation, promotion, observability, rollback, and lineage.\nRe-engineer proof-of-concept workloads for enterprise scale, including distributed processing, low-latency serving, batch throughput, fault tolerance, and cost optimization.\nBuild reference implementations and production code using technologies such as Java, Python, Spark, Spring Boot, APIs, microservices, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud-native data services.\nArchitect reusable, secure platform services for data ingestion, feature engineering, model execution, workflow orchestration, metadata, policy enforcement, and monitoring, with built-in security and privacy controls.\nEstablish coding standards, reusable libraries, templates, test harnesses, and paved-road deployment patterns, and partner with data scientists, product, security, DevOps, and SRE teams to define production-readiness criteria.\nLead architecture decisions through working code, prototypes, design documentation, and performance tests; participate in production issue resolution; and evaluate emerging technologies to improve reliability, scalability, and engineering velocity.\nExperience you’ll need to have:\n10+ years of progressive software and data engineering experience, including significant responsibility for architecture and hands-on delivery of distributed systems.\nAdvanced coding proficiency in Java, plus strong working knowledge of Python and data science development patterns.\nDemonstrated experience converting notebooks, experimental pipelines, models, or analytical prototypes into versioned, tested, maintainable production software.\nDeep experience with Spark, microservices, REST or event-driven APIs, SQL and NoSQL systems, containerization, Kubernetes, and cloud architecture, preferably Microsoft Azure.\nExperience designing CI/CD and MLOps or DataOps workflows, including artifact repositories, automated testing, model or feature versioning, observability, and controlled promotion across environments.\nStrong understanding of distributed systems, performance engineering, data formats such as Iceberg, Delta Lake, Avro, and Parquet, and Lakehouse, batch, and streaming architectures, plus hands-on knowledge of Git, Maven or Gradle, automated testing, Agile, and DevOps practices.\nProven ability to mentor early-career engineers while maintaining high engineering standards, and to communicate complex architecture through concise documentation, diagrams, and code.\nBachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.\nExperience that would be great to have:\nExperience building internal developer platforms, model or feature platforms, code transformation frameworks, or self-service engineering capabilities. \nExperience with domain-driven design, test-driven development, infrastructure as code, SRE practices, and high-volume transaction processing. \nExperience in financial services, banking, payments, credit, marketing, verification, fraud, or data insights. \nMaster's degree in computer science, engineering, data science, or a related discipline. \nHow you’ll work:\nThis 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.\nTravel:\nApproximately 10% travel off-site or to other office locations is expected.\nSponsorship:\nYou must currently possess valid and unrestricted U.S. work authorization to be considered for this role. Individuals with temporary visas including, but not limited to, F-1 (OPT, CPT, STEM), H-1B, H-2, or TN, or any candidate requiring sponsorship, now or in the future, will not be considered.\nSalary Range\n$145,000.00 - $240,000.00These pay ranges apply to employees in New Jersey and New York. Pay ranges for employees in other states may differ.\nIt is unlawful to discriminate against a prospective employee due to the individual's status as a veteran.\nFor 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:\nApply using your legal name\nComplete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable, both are preferable).\nOur commitment to Equal Opportunity:\nFiserv 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.\nIf you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation in completing a job application or otherwise participating in the overall hiring process, please contact . 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.\nNote to agencies:\nFiserv does not accept resume submissions from agencies outside of existing agreements. Pleasedo not send resumes to Fiserv associates. 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