Director, Cloud Engineering

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Westlake, TX, USA
In-Office
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Fintech
The Role
Leads cloud engineering teams developing secure, scalable platforms and composite solutions for Fidelity’s cloud transformation. Responsibilities include managing technical priorities, modernizing legacy mainframe components, directing Agile teams, building containerized applications and API platforms, supporting mission-critical systems, developing technology strategy, mentoring engineers, and delivering cloud solutions using AWS and modern infrastructure technologies.
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Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position

As a Director of Cloud Engineering, you blend deep cloud technical experience with a passion for agile product delivery. This position involves managing a team of developers whose job is to build platforms and composite solutions in support of Fidelity Brokerage Recordkeeping Technology’s cloud transformation. This position involves working on an exceptionally talented team whose job is to build cloud native application platforms and solutions in support of Fidelity’s cloud journey. The ideal candidate for this position will have a strong background in cloud technologies, product development, and experience leading technical teams in an agile fashion. They will be able to navigate and manage technical complexities while developing secure and scalable solutions for our customers.

 

The Team

The Shared Services Engineering organization is responsible for enabling Fidelity Brokerage Recordkeeping Technology to accelerate the delivery of value to Fidelity’s customers by providing cloud native composite solutions, platforms, frameworks, and security capabilities. You will be a key member of the Shared Services Engineering team who is responsible for building application platforms, composite API’s, tools and frameworks to advance the organization’s ability to leverage the public cloud for solving business problems.

 

The Expertise You Have

  • Bachelor's or master's degree with 12 plus years of knowledge and experience working in software and cloud infrastructure engineering with various technology platforms.

  • Experience managing business priorities and understanding how to make tradeoffs when considering pace over perfection.

  • Strong Java backend API development & public cloud understanding with AWS.

  • Experience directing technical teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.

  • Assist VP of Engineering in developing and implementing a multi-year technology strategy for BRT Application Solutions aligned with enterprise priorities.

  • Lead modernization of components of the Application Platforms, Gateways and Composite Solutions from legacy mainframe systems to cloud native architectures.

  • Leading, influencing, and motivating a team of engineers focused on Cloud Migrations, API Platforms, and other business critical service interface development.

  • Supporting large scale, mission critical applications that cannot afford any downtime.

  • Solid leadership skills with the ability to recruit and develop new technical talent.

  • Expert in building containerized applications using Java Spring Boot and Micronaut.

  • Experience with Java, Python, Golang, Node JS, Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Code, Helm, Terraform.

  • Strong communication skills with the ability to present to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  • Experience managing products delivered to technical teams.

  • Preferred experience in retail financial markets or another highly regulated industry.

 

The Skills You Bring

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with which you build and maintain strong cross-functional partnerships and relationships at all levels of the organization

  • Intellectually curious and model a culture of continuous learning, mentoring, and coaching

  • You enjoy helping your team grow and develop into a stronger and more efficient team

  • You enjoy finding opportunities to innovate and take thoughtful risks to get things done faster

  • You are truly client-obsessed and dedicated to understanding and learning about customer needs and requirements; both external and internal

  • You are comfortable working in an agile environment

 

The Value You Deliver

  • Influence strategic backlog and prioritization decisions related to BRT Application Solutions Engineering.

  • Delivering solutions to BRT development teams and understanding how to support them

  • Develop a point of view on new and emerging trends to advance solutions that result in efficiencies and faster time to market

  • Organizing and driving the work for your team in the most efficient manner, delivering the most value to your technical and business partners in Brokerage Recordkeeping Technology.

  • Actively sharing insights, knowledge, industry practices and developments across the organization

Fidelity’s Onsite Working Model
Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.

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Category:Information Technology

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree
  • 12 or more years of experience in software and cloud infrastructure engineering
  • Strong Java backend API development experience
  • Public cloud experience with AWS
  • Experience directing technical teams in an Agile/Scrum environment
  • Experience managing business priorities and making pace-versus-perfection tradeoffs
  • Experience leading cloud migrations, API platforms, or technical service interface development
  • Experience supporting large-scale, mission-critical applications
  • Leadership experience recruiting and developing technical talent
  • Expertise building containerized applications with Java Spring Boot and Micronaut
  • Experience with Java, Python, Golang, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, Helm, and Terraform
  • Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Experience managing products delivered to technical teams
  • Experience in retail financial markets or another highly regulated industry

Fidelity Investments Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fidelity Investments and has not been reviewed or approved by Fidelity Investments.

  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Bonuses, commissions, and profit-sharing are presented as generous and meaningful components of total compensation, with certain roles achieving high total earnings through multiple pay streams. Variable pay is consistently framed as a positive contributor beyond base salary.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) match up to 7% alongside additional profit-sharing up to 10% materially enhances long-term compensation. These retirement features are highlighted as standout strengths of the overall package.
  • Parental & Family Support Generous paid parental leave (16 weeks maternity, 12 weeks parental), backup dependent care, and adoption assistance provide robust family support. Hybrid work and caregiving resources further ease family responsibilities.

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The Company
HQ: Boston, MA
58,848 Employees
Year Founded: 1946

What We Do

At Fidelity, our goal is to make financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We do this by focusing on a diverse set of customers: - from 23 million people investing their life savings, to 20,000 businesses managing their employee benefits to 10,000 advisors needing innovative technology to invest their clients’ money. We offer investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, and many other financial products. Privately held for nearly 70 years, we’ve always believed by providing investors with access to the information and expertise, we can help them achieve better results. That’s been our approach- innovative yet personal, compassionate yet responsible, grounded by a tireless work ethic—it is the heart of the Fidelity way.

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