Engineer Principal, Platform

Job Description

Sits within a newly acquired startup building an AI-enabled, autonomous banking platform for Tier-1 financial institutions within the banking group. The Platform Engineer builds and operates the multi-region Kubernetes infrastructure that powers the platform at five-nines availability owing GitOps delivery, observability, disaster recovery, zero-trust security, and AI-driven SRE automation. Ships directly into production environments at the world's largest banks.

WHY THIS ROLE:

This role offers the autonomy, ownership, and technical depth of a startup, combined with the scale, stability, and long-term impact of FIS. Engineers in this role shape foundational banking infrastructure while operating with clear accountability, enterprise resources, and real-world production responsibility.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Infrastructure & Architecture

• Infrastructure: Build and scale multi-region Kubernetes infrastructure (EKS/GKE/AKS) for five-nines workloads.
• Architecture: Architect active-active distributed systems.
• GitOps: Implement Terraform, Helm, and GitOps (Flux) across cloud and hybrid environments

Reliability & Security

• Resiliency: Own DR, failover, backup/restore, and multi-region resiliency.
• Security: Drive zero-trust security, identity, multi-tenant isolation, and cryptographic audit trails.
• Observability: Build and maintain stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and
• OpenTelemetry.

AI & Operations

• AI-SRE: Lead AI-driven automation: auto-remediation, incident insights, and AI-based root cause analysis.
• Deployment: Support on-prem and air-gapped deployments and legacy integrations

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & CAPABILITIES:

Technical Expertise

• Deep Kubernetes experience (EKS/GKE/AKS; operators/CRDs a bonus).
• Terraform (multi-cloud). GitOps tooling: Flux or ArgoCD.
• Kafka / event streaming. Distributed SQL databases.
• Language: Go, Rust, or similar (AI-accelerated development welcome

Cloud & Reliability

• Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry observability stack experience.
• DR, HA, and Zero-Trust architecture design and ownership

Operating Style

• Strong ownership mindset across the full infrastructure lifecycle.
• Comfortable operating in hybrid cloud and regulated environments.
• AI-native engineer: integrates LLMs and agentic workflows into daily engineering practice.

IMPACT & SCOPE:

• Direct impact on core banking platforms used by Tier-1 global institutions

• High autonomy and accountability within a small, senior team

• Work shipped directly to production environments at enterprise scale

FIS is committed to providing its employees with an exciting career opportunity and competitive compensation. The pay range for this full-time position is $188,840.00 - $321,010.00 and reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this position based on the posted role, level, and location. Within the range, actual individual starting pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Any changes in work location will also impact actual individual starting pay. Please consult with your recruiter about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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Sourcing Model

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