Director, Full Stack Software Engineering - Digital Assets
About The Position
As the Director, Full Stack Software Engineering, you will be responsible for a portfolio of applications and engineering associates assigned to the Core Custody team within Fidelity Digital Assets®. This is an engineering manager role where you will work very closely with product owners, architects, and engineering teams to deliver high quality cloud-based technology solutions to meet business requirements. You will translate vision, strategy, and business requirements into prioritized backlogs and technical deliverables. Lead with an enterprise perspective, engaging across business units to align priorities and shape shared roadmap. You will apply technologies and engineering methods to maximize operational capabilities. You will maintain a strong team of high performers and invest in their career growth. Additionally, with the help of the technical lead on your team, you will ensure that modern software development best practices are followed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field required
- 10 plus years of software engineering experience in building web applications that are scalable, resilient and secure
- 6 plus years of experience directly managing a team of software engineers
- Experience in hiring, motivating and retaining top talent
- Experience in managing associates in remote locations
- Software engineering background in frontend and backend services development
- An understanding of microservice architecture and cloud-based deployments
- Experience in modern software development practices such as infrastructure-as-code, test automation, CI/CD and containerization
- Strong background in managing software delivery for mission critical applications
- Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks at a given time
Nice To Haves
- Exceptional mentoring and coaching skills, and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
Responsibilities
- Translate vision, strategy, and business requirements into prioritized backlogs and technical deliverables.
- Lead with an enterprise perspective, engaging across business units to align priorities and shape shared roadmap.
- Apply technologies and engineering methods to maximize operational capabilities.
- Maintain a strong team of high performers and invest in their career growth.
- Ensure that modern software development best practices are followed.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations.
- Promote engineering best practices, architectural standards and consistency.
- Mentor and coach team members, fostering continuous learning and improvement.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health care coverage
- Emotional well-being support
- Market-leading retirement
- Generous paid time off
- Parental leave
- Charitable giving employee match program
- Student loan repayment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Learning resources to develop your career
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
