Principal Data Engineer

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Westlake, TX, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Fintech
The Role
Engineers enterprise data platforms across Snowflake, AWS, Oracle Database, and Exadata environments. Designs data architecture, replication, synchronization, ingestion pipelines, schema evolution, workload governance, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization. Supports Oracle and Snowflake administration, query tuning, data modeling, QA readiness, project planning, technical strategy, risk management, and mentoring. Requires expertise with large-scale databases, Oracle replication technologies, and resilient data platforms.
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Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

 

Position Description:


Advances enterprise data platform capabilities by engineering cross-platform data services across cloud and enterprise database environments. Designs and implements database engineering patterns and services supporting schema evolution, workload isolation, resource governance, automated releases, and lifecycle management. Engineers high-volume data movement, replication, and synchronization capabilities to enable near real-time and continuous data availability across heterogeneous database platforms. Performs deep performance engineering across SQL and PL/SQL workloads through execution plan analysis, capacity planning, and workload optimization. Provides application database administration for Oracle and Snowflake, including SQL code review, performance analysis, query tuning, data modeling, and development support. Builds cross platform data ingestion and movement pipelines using Snowflake external stages, SnowSQL, streams, tasks, and Oracle utilities.


Primary Responsibilities:


  • Participates in data architecture design teams.
  • Defines and implements application-level data architecture.
  • Develops data applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division.
  • Recommends data testing tools and methodologies and reviews and validates test plans.
  • Responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables.
  • Develops comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems.
  • Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms.
  • Responsible for meeting project goals on-time and on-budget.
  • Advises on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects.
  • Plans and coordinates project schedules and assignments for multiple projects.
  • Acts as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues.
  • Provides technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives.
  • Advises senior management on technical strategy.
  • Mentors junior team members.
  • Performs independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects supporting several divisional initiatives.
  • Develops original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts.

Education and Experience:


Bachelor’s degree in Applied Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Principal Data Engineer (or closely related occupation) performing enterprise data platform engineering using Snowflake, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle Database, Oracle Exadata, and Oracle GoldenGate in large-scale production environments.


Or, alternatively, Master’s degree in Applied Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience as a Principal Data Engineer (or closely related occupation) performing enterprise data platform engineering using Snowflake, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle Database, Oracle Exadata, and Oracle GoldenGate in large-scale production environments.

 

Skills and Knowledge:


Candidate must also possess:


·         Demonstrated Expertise implementing, installing, and maintaining Oracle replication technologies -- Oracle GoldenGate (Active/Active and Active/Passive), Oracle Data Guard, and High-Volume Replication (HVR).

·         Demonstrated Expertise supporting database architecture, including designing physical and logical data models and performing capacity planning, indexing, partitioning, archiving, and compression; and designing and implementing High Availability/Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) strategies.

·         Demonstrated Expertise designing and implementing highly resilient and performant Oracle databases with mega size (500+TB) databases on Oracle Exadata appliances and Oracle Database@AWS (ODB).

·         Demonstrated Expertise designing, implementing, and maintaining Snowflake database platform with large number (50+) of databases and petabytes of data.

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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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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 degree in Applied Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field, or equivalent foreign education
  • Five years of experience as a Principal Data Engineer or closely related occupation with enterprise data platform engineering
  • Alternatively, a master's degree in a related field with three years of relevant experience
  • Enterprise data platform engineering experience with Snowflake, AWS, Oracle Database, Oracle Exadata, and Oracle GoldenGate in large-scale production environments
  • Expertise implementing, installing, and maintaining Oracle GoldenGate, Oracle Data Guard, and High-Volume Replication
  • Expertise in database architecture, physical and logical data modeling, capacity planning, indexing, partitioning, archiving, compression, and HA/DR strategy
  • Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining highly resilient Oracle databases exceeding 500 TB on Oracle Exadata and Oracle Database@AWS
  • Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining Snowflake environments with 50 or more databases and petabytes of data

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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