Director, Full Stack Software Engineering, Core Custody
Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.The Role
As the Director, Full Stack Software Engineering, you will be responsible for a portfolio of applications and engineering associates assigned to the Core Custody team within Fidelity Digital Assets®.
This is an engineering manager role where you will work very closely with product owners, architects, and engineering teams to deliver high quality cloud-based technology solutions to meet business requirements.
You will translate vision, strategy, and business requirements into prioritized backlogs and technical deliverables. Lead with an enterprise perspective, engaging across business units to align priorities and shape shared roadmap. You will apply technologies and engineering methods to maximize operational capabilities.
You will maintain a strong team of high performers and invest in their career growth. Additionally, with the help of the technical lead on your team, you will ensure that modern software development best practices are followed.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field required
- 10 plus years of software engineering experience in building web applications that are scalable, resilient and secure
- 6 plus years of experience directly managing a team of software engineers
- Experience in hiring, motivating and retaining top talent
- Experience in managing associates in remote locations
- Software engineering background in frontend and backend services development
- An understanding of microservice architecture and cloud-based deployments
- Experience in modern software development practices such as infrastructure-as-code, test automation, CI/CD and containerization
- You have a strong background in managing software delivery for mission critical applications
- You have strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks at a given time
- Collaborating with stakeholders to understand business requirements and deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations
- Promoting engineering best practices, architectural standards and consistency
- Exceptional mentoring and coaching skills, and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
The Team
Fidelity Digital Assets®, a Fidelity Investments Company, is developing a full-service enterprise-grade platform for storing, trading, and servicing digital assets, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Fidelity Digital Assets® adopts an entrepreneurial culture and startup approach while serving as one of the most innovative business units within Fidelity Investments. Our global, diverse team of hundreds of forward-thinking professionals lead with agility and creativity to build solutions that bridge the gap between traditional institutional investors and their exposure to digital assets. The firm’s tenure and experience across multiple business lines present our employees with unprecedented access to knowledge, technology, and resources that help our team reshape the future of finance.
We are currently working in a hybrid model with some flexibility for remote working. However, Fidelity is gradually transitioning towards a fully in-office working model. We believe this will help strengthen our culture and enhance both the associate and customer experience.
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.
Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.
Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.
We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.
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.
Certifications:Category:Information TechnologySkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
- 10+ years of software engineering experience building scalable, resilient, secure web applications
- 6+ years of direct people management of software engineers
- Experience hiring, motivating, and retaining top engineering talent
- Experience managing associates in remote locations
- Software engineering background in frontend and backend services development
- Understanding of microservice architecture
- Experience with cloud-based deployments
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code, test automation, CI/CD, and containerization
- Background managing software delivery for mission-critical applications
- Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills; ability to handle multiple tasks
- Experience collaborating with stakeholders to translate business requirements into solutions
- Promote engineering best practices, architectural standards, and consistency
- Exceptional mentoring and coaching skills and commitment to continuous learning
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
