The Team
Fidelity is looking for a Principal Full Stack Engineer to join the Fidelity Institutional Technology Development Team. This candidate will be applying strong software development and test automation skills to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve FIT customer-facing software solutions. You will also be enabling your Scrum team in accepting the development and automation frameworks and standard methodologies to ensure we are building the right product the right way.
The Expertise You Have
- A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, computer engineering, information systems preferred, with at least 8 years of development experience
- Expertise in building scalable web and middle-tier applications using Java, JavaScript, Spring, Spring Boot and Angular.
- Solid understanding and hands-on experience with API authentication, RBAC Authorization and SAML/OIDC
- Strong foundation of software design, data structures and algorithms.
- Strong experience with web services (JSON, XML, REST, SOAP, etc.)
- Experience building cloud enabled applications leveraging 12 factor design
- Experience with Docker containerization and AWS cloud deployment/application management
- Experience with unit testing and test automation libraries/strategies.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Terraform and Jenkins
- Experience in delivering software in the Agile environment
- Experience in coaching and mentoring junior engineers and performing code reviews
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to understand and parse business logic into technical requirements, experienced in an agile scrum environment.
- Experience with brokerage and financial services application development is a plus
- Working knowledge of design system is a plus
- Knowledge of web security attack methods and measures to defend against them is a plus
The Skills You Bring
- Multi-stack engineer with knowledge in a breadth of development technologies and test automation frameworks (Java/J2EE, Springboot, Junit, Cucumber, Selenium, Serenity, Angular/JavaScript, TypeScript, Web Services, REST, HTTP)
- Passionate about business-driven development, developing robust software, writing testable and maintainable code
- Strong leadership skills to guide, encourage, mentor, and motivate other software engineers within the squad and the product area
- Strong communications and problem-solving skills.
- Desire to collaborate and work closely with others within the product area.
- Experience working in an agile environment
- Exposure to test automation
- Ability to step in the customer’s shoes and truly understand the value that is being delivered with each sprint
- Has keen attention to detail and wants to not only detect hard problems but also solve them
- Able to learn large software systems end-to-end quickly
- Keenly interested in learning new technologies and their adoption
- Able to work with remote and international team members
- Obsessed with creating the best end-to-end customer experience
- Owns the outcome by taking personal accountability for delivering strong results
The Value You Deliver
Developing/Deploying software in a fast-paced environment
Collaborating with colleagues on technical implementation and process improvement
Working closely with Architecture, Development, User Experience, and Product Owner to design new features
Keeping up to date with latest technologies and frameworks
Mentoring junior team members to improve team velocity
Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks at a given time
Must take initiative, be a decisive decision maker, show confidence in decisions being made and see tasks through to completion
Working and collaborating with new technologies to solve test challenges and process improvements
Company Overview
At Fidelity, we are focused on making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associate for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com.
Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer.
Certifications:Category:Information TechnologyPlease 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
- At least 8 years of development experience
- Expertise building scalable web and middle-tier applications using Java, JavaScript, Spring, Spring Boot, and Angular
- Hands-on experience with API authentication, RBAC authorization, and SAML/OIDC
- Strong foundation in software design, data structures, and algorithms
- Experience with web services (JSON, XML, REST, SOAP, HTTP)
- Experience building cloud-enabled applications leveraging 12-factor design
- Experience with Docker containerization and AWS deployment/application management
- Experience with unit testing and test automation libraries/strategies (e.g., JUnit, Cucumber, Selenium, Serenity)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Jenkins
- Experience delivering software in an Agile environment
- Experience coaching and mentoring junior engineers and performing code reviews
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with brokerage and financial services application development
- Working knowledge of design systems
- Knowledge of web security attack methods and defense measures
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.
Fidelity Investments Insights
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.
