Principal Software Engineer (Full-Stack)
Location: Galway
Our workspace encourages fresh ideas, creative thinking and rewards visionary, passionate individuals. We pride ourselves on a culture that allows you to share, collaborate and be yourself in a highly dynamic and inclusive workplace. We are currently seeking a Principal Full Stack Engineer to support the delivery teams developing, implementing and maintaining a Product core to Fidelity’s Investment organization.
Are you looking for a collaborative new opportunity? Do you want the opportunity to work closely with business and technology partners across Ireland and the US?
The Expertise You Have
BS or MS Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.
8+ years’ experience in software application design and development.
Demonstrated Experience in the following: Java/J2EE, Spring/Spring Boot, Angular, REST Services, Cloud, deployment technologies, AWS, SQL, Oracle, Junit, Cucumber.
Experience developing automated unit testing, integration testing, end-to-end testing, and performance testing.
Solid understanding/experience of Cloud technologies and deployments in AWS using EKS, EC2, RDS and Docker is an advantage.
Track record of leading and delivering complex technology solutions.
The Skills You Bring
A working knowledge of the Agile software development methodology.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, allowing you to convey technical concepts with internal customers, technical team members, and/or other technical contributors across the organization.
An ability to solve complex technical and functional issues.
The aptitude to learn and adopt new technologies in the cloud.
An innovative mindset committed to automating and streamlining manual processes.
Can collaborate well with the Business, your team members, work independently, and influence your technology peers.
Leadership and mentoring skills.
Good understanding of new GenAI dev assist tools and how to best leverage to improve SDLC
The Value you Deliver
Deliver high quality, innovative and maintainable software solutions in an agile environment.
Lead and drive Architecture and Application design.
Passion for excellence, automation, innovation, and collaboration
Ensure that technology solutions are aligned with our long-term strategy.
Mentoring and developing more junior technical staff across multiple global sites.
Ability to quickly learn, adapt and thrive to meet the needs of a fast paced, changing environment.
How Your Work Impacts the Organization
The position aligns to the Fidelity Fund Investment Operation FFIO Technology organization which provides worldwide technology and support to the Investment Management, Research, Trading and Investment Operations functions. In this role, you will support the team in achieving their delivery goals by using the best architecture practices.
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. Fidelity established an Ireland presence in 1996 and we currently employ 1000 staff across IT and shared services, with offices in Dublin (City West) and Galway (Parkmore East).
For information about working at Fidelity, visit www.fidelityinvestments.ie.
Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer.
We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.
Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact [email protected].
Category:Information TechnologySkills Required
- BS or MS Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent
- 8+ years' experience in software application design and development
- Experience in Java/J2EE, Spring/Spring Boot, Angular, REST Services, Cloud technologies, AWS, SQL, Oracle
- Experience in automated unit testing, integration testing, end-to-end testing
- Solid understanding of Cloud deployments in AWS
- Leadership and mentoring skills
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.
