Director, Software Engineering

Fidelity Investments•Westlake, TX

8h•Hybrid

About The Position

Position Description: Draws on in-depth knowledge of the business or function to provide business unit-wide solutions by developing complex, multi-faceted software applications. Researches and recommends new technologies in support of the strategic direction of the business unit and participates in the research and recommendation of appropriate models, methods, tools, and technologies to achieve business-unit-wide solutions. Performs all aspects of software development, testing, and ensuring compatibility with enterprise and solutions architecture by harnessing modern development technologies. Defines and develops new capabilities and engages with multiple development teams and partners across the business unit.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Technology Management, Business Administration or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and six (6) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) developing software solutions in highly scalable environments, using Java and Spring.
Or, alternatively, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Technology Management, Business Administration or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and four (4) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) developing software solutions in highly scalable environments, using Java and Spring.
Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) designing and developing highly resilient, scalable, and secure Web applications, using Java/J2EE, Spring, Camel, Oracle, and Angular
DE initiating, planning, building, and implementing Content Management Solutions (CMS) to generate documents; and creating workflows, dynamic communication forms, and approval processes, using Quadient Inspire toolset -- Designer, Interactive, Scaler, and ICM.
DE implementing data lake strategies in Snowflake platform for structured and semi-structured data; and building and formulating data lake design patterns for data ingestion, processing, and extraction using Snowflake, SQL, Python, and data warehouses (Azure SQL and Oracle) according to advanced data modeling techniques.
DE developing testing strategies using Postman, Selenium, Jasmine, Chrome, and Axe; developing and automating SOAP and Restful Webservices using Java, AWS, Cloud Testing Infrastructure, and Cucumber; designing Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins, GIT Stash, and Maven; and performing application log monitoring and reporting using Splunk.

Responsibilities

Translates and incorporates business vision and strategy to architectural strategy recommendations at the functional level.
Participates in high-level, cross-functional architecture design teams.
Identifies and consults with internal and external technical resources to produce cross-company strategic designs.
Consults on development and delivery of major technology initiatives for the business unit.
Consults on deployment of major project deliverables.
Consults on the documentation of major technology applications.
Oversees the technical implementation of cross-divisional or company architectural components.
Initiates and drives project or strategy discussions with users or external groups to resolve issues.
Sets vision, goals, and direction of team/organization.
Plans and leads organization-wide initiatives.
Provides leadership, technical supervision, and expertise to multiple teams in broad technical areas on complex organization-wide projects.
Advises senior management on technical strategy.
Works across groups to identify opportunities for organization-wide technology initiatives.
Regularly provides guidance, training, and coaching to other team members for performance and career development.
Identifies and plans for future resource needs.
Determines technical approaches at a strategic level for the business unit.