About the Role: 

The Mobile and Web Architect plays a critical role in delivering innovation and growth for the Banking Solutions business by helping to drive the technical direction and modernization of our largest retail banking application.  You will be responsible for collaborating with a team of engineers to define standards and drive modernization of this application to support FIS’s business goals, while considering code quality, performance, and security. Your technical expertise and collaboration will help ensure the success of our retail application and contribute to the overall growth of the company.   

What you will be doing:  

• Guide the development team in transitioning our existing Angular/Ionic Capacitor mobile application to React Native and our Angular web codebase to React.  

• Collaborate closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, backend developers, QA and other stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions. 

• Create and implement coding standards for mobile and web applications within the Digital domain to ensure scalable, robust and maintainable code. 

• Conduct feature and architecture reviews, providing technical guidance to developers to ensure adherence to architectural principles, high level coding standards, and best practices. 

• Contribute to continuous improvement / delivery initiatives in mobile application development processes, tooling, and automation to enhance efficiency, quality, and time-to-market.  

• Analyze and provide feedback on proposed third-party tools, frameworks, and APIs, considering factors such as security, performance, and scalability. 

• Collaborate with internal technical teams to align on API contract definition and platform component integration. 

• Act as a technical mentor to tech leads and engineers, contributing to a culture of learning, innovation, and excellence within the development team.  

• Lead by example: when needed, help implement large and complex features quickly and with excellent code quality and ensure that critical customer-impacting issues are remediated with urgency. 

• Communicate complex technical concepts and technical decisions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including peers, team members, senior management, business stakeholders and external partners.  

• Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes in the FinTech sector, and advocate to incorporate changes into the mobile and web applications as needed. 

What you will need: 

• Extensive experience developing web and mobile applications, particularly within the financial technology (FinTech) domain.  

• Expert proficiency in React, React Native, Angular and Ionic Capacitor 

• Deep understanding of mobile application software architecture patterns (e.g., MVC, MVVM, Clean Architecture) and design patterns (e.g., SOLID, DRY) 

• Knowledge of secure coding practices, encryption algorithms, GDPR and PCI-DSS compliance and data protection mechanisms relevant to handling sensitive financial data in mobile and web applications.  

• Understanding of financial products, payment systems, banking protocols, and industry trends, enabling the design of applications that meet both user needs and regulatory guidelines.  

• Hands-on development experience with FinTech projects such as banking applications, investment platforms, payment gateways, or financial analytics tools, with a focus on usability, security, and innovation.  

• Expertise in performance optimization, scalability, and troubleshooting of mobile applications to ensure optimal user experience, reliability and responsiveness.  

• Takes an ownership approach to engineering and product outcomes. 

• Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills to work effectively with stakeholders (internal & external), making information-based decisions. 

• Demonstrates judgment and flexibility; thinks about issues and develops solutions that thoughtfully take the broader context into account - positively deals with a shifting demand for time, priorities, and the rapid change of environments.  

• Action-oriented self-starter who can drive execution with a “roll up the sleeves” mentality.  

• Penchant for excellence, both personally and professionally, demonstrated by intellectual curiosity, record of accomplishment, and reputation; shows strong attention to detail and implementation of best practices with an inclination for continuous improvement. 

• Familiarity in collaborating with global development teams (including India) and matrixed organizations. 

• Preferred degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or similar relevant field  

Nice to have: 

• Transitioned a codebase from Angular / Ionic Capacitor to React Native and Angular.js to React.js; this would be a huge positive.  

• Experience building and maintaining a white label mobile application and/or SaaS product that is branded and released for multiple clients. 

• Full-stack web development experience with Node.js and/or GraphQL 

• Embodies and delivers FIS’ values and culture towards colleagues, clients, and communities:  

• Win as one team  

• Lead with integrity  

• Be the change  

Join us in shaping the future of digital technology and delivering impactful experiences to our users!  If you are a passionate and driven Mobile and Web Architect with a track record of excellence, we welcome you to apply to be part of our dynamic team.