Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.
Position Description:
Architects microservices and web platforms using modern backend and frontend frameworks, with logging, observability, and build automation. Designs client‑side applications with current web technologies and testing frameworks. Applies established engineering practices for architecture consistency, continuous integration and delivery, code quality, and Agile processes to support reliable system delivery. 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 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) building and maintaining Web applications using Angular, JavaScript, and RESTful Web services in a financial or technology services domain supporting student debt repayment programs.
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) building and maintaining Web applications using Angular, JavaScript, and RESTful Web services in a financial or technology services domain supporting student debt repayment programs.
Skills and Knowledge:
Candidate must also possess:
Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) designing, developing, testing, implementing, and maintaining secure, distributed, low‑latency, and scalable web and client/server applications in the financial services industry supporting student debt repayment programs, using Java and J2EE technologies (Spring, Spring Boot, Servlets, and JSP), Angular, JavaScript, HTML, Node.js, RESTful web services, Apache Camel, Apache Kafka, and Tomcat.
DE applying web security technologies (OAuth and SAML), Agile methodologies, and unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Jasmine, and Karma) in the software development and testing; gathering and analyzing functional requirements and translating them into technical designs; developing algorithms and business process flowcharts using Microsoft Visio and Confluence; and creating Splunk dashboards to deliver data metrics, analytics, and product usage insights for business stakeholders.
DE performing release management and providing production support for business‑critical distributed applications, including building and maintaining Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, automating build, test, and deployment processes using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, AWS, Maven, uDeploy, Stash, Artifactory; monitoring system performance using Splunk, and Datadog; and debugging code and analyzing logs using Eclipse and Visual Studio.
DE analyzing, designing, developing, testing, and implementing complex client/server and distributed applications using Java/J2EE, SQL, Spring, Apache Kafka, JavaScript, and Angular, including optimizing application performance, scalability, and reliability within containerized environments and Kubernetes clusters.
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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, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field, or equivalent foreign education
- Five years of experience as a Principal Software Engineer/Developer or closely related role
- Experience building and maintaining web applications using Angular, JavaScript, and RESTful web services
- Experience in the financial or technology services domain supporting student debt repayment programs
- Alternatively, a Master's degree in a related field with three years of relevant experience
- Expertise with Java/J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, Servlets, JSP, Angular, JavaScript, HTML, Node.js, RESTful web services, Apache Camel, Apache Kafka, and Tomcat
- Experience with OAuth, SAML, Agile methodologies, JUnit, Jasmine, and Karma
- Experience gathering requirements, creating technical designs, developing flowcharts, and using Microsoft Visio and Confluence
- Experience with CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, AWS, Maven, uDeploy, Stash, and Artifactory
- Experience monitoring and troubleshooting applications using Splunk, Datadog, Eclipse, and Visual Studio
- Experience optimizing complex distributed applications in containerized environments and Kubernetes clusters
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.
