Principal Software Engineer/Developer

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Jersey City, NJ, USA
In-Office
161K-181K Annually
Senior level
Fintech
The Role
Designs, builds, and deploys REST/SOAP services and CI/CD pipelines; implements test automation and data validation for complex capital markets applications; troubleshoots production issues and advises on architecture, risk, and technical strategy across multiple projects.
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Job Description:

Position Description:

Builds and deploys REST Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) by leveraging tools such as Java and Springboot. Develops SOAP and REST Web Services, using Java/J2EE, JAX-WS, CXF, and Spring-WS. Builds, stores, and manages data using Amazon Web Services (AWS) and data quality tools. Implements Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Delivery (CD) practices using tools such as Jenkins and Maven. Troubleshoots and works on production issues utilizing tools such as Splunk and Datadog. 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 reviews and refinement of architecture design.
  • Develops automation and functional tests for 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 testing documentation for multiple applications or subsystems.
  • Establishes testing 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.
  • 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) writing complex queries and programming, using Java or J2EE in a Prime Service, Capital Markets, or Securities Finance environment.

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) writing complex queries and programming, using Java or J2EE in a Prime Service, Capital Markets, or Securities Finance environment.

Skills and Knowledge:

Candidate must also possess:

  • Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) validating complex trade flows in Capital Markets Security Finance specific to Agency Lending business area.
  • DE writing Java code to perform test automation and validate complex financial calculations and analytics in a complex testing environment, using Business Driven Development (BDD) tests in a Cucumber and Serenity framework; automating complex queries in SQL to validate calculations.
  • DE performing quality assurance database testing using SQL Developer; and developing multi-join queries for data mining and validating complex data flows in an integrated test environment.
  • DE integrating test automation frameworks with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and selenium grid to implement effective test reporting and analytics, using Xray, Git, Maven and Amazon Webservices -- Lambda, Dynamodb, Fargate, and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

Salary:  $160,625.00 - $181,000.00/year.

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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 plus 5 years experience as Principal Software Engineer OR Master's plus 3 years experience (or foreign equivalent).
  • Expertise validating complex trade flows in Capital Markets Securities Finance, specifically Agency Lending.
  • Proven experience writing Java/J2EE code and building REST and SOAP web services (Spring Boot, JAX-WS, CXF, Spring-WS).
  • Test automation and validation experience using BDD frameworks (Cucumber, Serenity) and automating SQL queries to validate financial calculations.
  • Quality assurance database testing experience using SQL Developer and developing multi-join queries for data validation.
  • Experience integrating test automation with CI/CD pipelines and Selenium Grid using Xray, Git, Maven, Jenkins.
  • Experience with AWS services including Lambda, DynamoDB, Fargate, and EC2; building, storing, and managing data on AWS.
  • Experience troubleshooting production issues using monitoring/logging tools such as Splunk and Datadog.
  • Experience working in Prime Service, Capital Markets, or Securities Finance environments.

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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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.

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