Justin Fischer
Director of Engineering at Zelle
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolJustin Fischer is a seasoned technology leader with over a decade of experience designing and delivering secure, high-scale banking and payments platforms. Currently Senior Vice President and Principal Architect at First Citizens Bank, he previously led software engineering and architecture teams at Early Warning® (Zelle) and SMBC MANUBANK, bringing deep domain expertise in real-time payments and financial services. Known for moving fast without sacrificing security, he blends hands-on architecture with people leadership to turn complex regulatory and operational constraints into resilient, production-ready systems. His career began in enterprise and startup software roles—ranging from web application development to SOA leadership at major airlines—giving him a pragmatic cross-industry perspective. Based in Phoenix, he holds a CIS degree with honors from Kent State and repeatedly steps into roles that accelerate platform modernization at scale.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree | CIS, Honors Cum Laude, Bachelor's Degree | CIS, Honors Cum Laude at Kent State University
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Github Skills (63)
scrolling10
uiview10
location-based10
location10
notification10
yahoo10
google-inbox10
gaussian10
backend10
depth10
uiscrollview10
backgrounds10
iphone10
control-center10
expressjs9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
justinmfischer/7blur
Aug 2013 - Sep 2013
Contributions:72 commits in 19 days
iosc-apibackgroundsreal-timeobjective-c
justinmfischer/core-background
Jun 2013 - Aug 2014
An Objective-C API inspired by iOS 7 and the Yahoo Weather App. Location-based Flickr photos in background UIImageView are Gaussian blurred by a UIScrollView while scrolling over foreground iPhone content.
Contributions:45 commits in 1 year 2 months
weather-appuiscrollviewgaussianuiimageviewios
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