Position Description:
Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.
Designs, develops, tests, deploys, maintains, and enhances middle-tier (Java micro-services), back-end (Oracle and Postgres), and Cloud based (Amazon Web Services (AWS)) customer-facing software solutions. Applies technical tools and methodologies to enable efficiencies, performance, and automation of DevOps processes. Builds Cloud experiences and Cloud-based testing solutions using AWS. Designs and implements software development and delivery pipelines according to Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes using Jenkins, Udeploy, and Docker containerization. Participates in requirement analysis to identify and adopt best practices for product engineering. Develops and tests products and applications to support sales performance, services, reporting, and representative compensation processes. Uses business knowledge to translate the vision for divisional initiatives into business solutions by developing complex or multiple software applications and conducting studies of alternatives. Analyzes and recommends changes in project development policies, procedures, standards, and strategies to development experts and management.
Primary Responsibilities:
Participates in architecture design teams.
Defines and implements application-level architecture.
Develops applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division.
Recommends development 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 complex 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 Software Engineer/Developer (or closely related occupation) building multi-tier distributed software applications for regulatory disclosure reporting, within an equity compensation and financial services environment.
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 Software Engineer/Developer (or closely related occupation) building multi-tier distributed software applications for regulatory disclosure reporting, within an equity compensation and financial services environment.
Skills and Knowledge:
Candidate must also possess:
Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) developing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) based on event-driven architecture using Kafka and SNS topics, to trigger and communicate between decoupled microservices and microservices written in Java.
DE setting up, maintaining, and evolving the cloud infrastructure using core AWS services; processing data from heterogeneous upstream systems and calculating metrics needed for variable representative compensation, using AWS Lambda, S3, SNS, Event Bridge, and Glue; and writing infrastructure as code (IaC) using CloudFormation templates.
DE developing business rules using Drools, IBM ODM, InRule, or Decision Rules to implement decisions for variable compensation domain.
DE expanding data structure adding or modifying existing columns on on-prem Oracle, Aurora Postgres, and Snowflake on AWS to enhance variable compensation data store to accommodate new business features.
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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.
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 Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Information Systems or related field and five years as Principal Software Engineer (or equivalent)
- OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Information Systems or related field and three years as Principal Software Engineer (or equivalent)
- Proven development of Java-based microservices and APIs (event-driven architecture)
- Experience with Kafka and SNS topics for event-driven integrations
- Hands-on AWS experience including Lambda, S3, SNS, EventBridge, Glue and core AWS services
- Experience writing infrastructure as code using CloudFormation
- Experience with CI/CD tools and containerization: Jenkins, UDeploy, Docker
- Experience developing business rules using Drools, IBM ODM, InRule or similar decision engines
- Experience modifying/expanding schemas and data structures on Oracle, Aurora Postgres, and Snowflake
- Experience developing multi-tier distributed applications in financial services or related domain (regulatory disclosure or variable compensation preferred)
- Experience participating in architecture design, producing documentation, and mentoring junior engineers
- Ability to ensure QA readiness and recommend testing tools/methodologies
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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