Principal Software Engineer/Developer

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Durham, NC, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Fintech
The Role
Design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications and data engineering solutions on cloud platforms. Provide architecture direction, build recommendation systems and data pipelines, ensure QA readiness, mentor team members, liaise with business units, and deliver projects on time and budget.
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Position Description:

Designs, develops, and sustains high-impact enterprise applications that enhance overall customer experience and support strategic business outcomes. Provides architectural direction and delivers advanced data engineering solutions using modern cloud technologies to enable scalable, efficient, and reliable data processing. Partners closely with cross-functional business units to align technical solutions with organizational priorities while driving engineering best practices and ensuring delivery of robust, customer-centric systems.

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 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) performing real time analytics and recommendation application development using Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree in 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) performing real time analytics and recommendation application development using Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Skills and Knowledge:

Candidate must also possess:

  • Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) performing Object Oriented Programming (Java, Scala, and Python) within Python’s ecosystem, including using NumPy, Panda, sklearn and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build the infrastructure and pipelines to deploy the recommendation models.

  • DE performing full stack development using Java, Spring, RESTful services, relational and NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Postgres, and Graph database) with Cloud technologies AWS or Azure.

  • DE architecting and developing personalized recommendation applications using data movement technologies (ETL and ELT), messaging and streaming technologies (AWS SQS, Kinesis, and Kafka), and building data pipelines using Apache Flink, Snowflake, and AWS Glue.

  • DE automating the development processes using Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools Deployment Pipeline (Jenkins), version control (GitHub), code quality (SonarQube), orchestration and app hosting services (ECS or EKS).

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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 Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Information Systems or related field plus 5 years relevant experience
  • Or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Information Systems or related field plus 3 years relevant experience
  • Object Oriented Programming experience in Java, Scala, and Python
  • Proficiency with Python ecosystem: NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn
  • Experience building recommendation models and deploying them using AWS
  • Full stack development using Java, Spring, RESTful services
  • Experience with relational and NoSQL databases: Postgres, DynamoDB, and Graph databases
  • Experience with messaging and streaming: AWS SQS, Kinesis, and Kafka
  • Experience building data pipelines using Apache Flink, Snowflake, and AWS Glue (ETL/ELT)
  • Experience with CI/CD and automation: Jenkins, GitHub, SonarQube
  • Experience with orchestration and app hosting on ECS or EKS
  • Proven ability to design application architecture, perform risk assessments, and lead complex projects

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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