Lead Engineer

Fidelity Investments • Westlake, TX

54d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Lead Engineer at Fidelity Labs, you will lead the development of innovative, customer-facing Blockchain products for a greenfield project. You will architect and build secure, scalable, and user-centric digital asset solutions from the ground up, driving the DeFi vision for Fidelity Labs' Blockchain initiatives. Collaborating with product managers, designers, and cross-functional teams, you will develop and implement ground breaking blockchain-based systems focused on FinTech use cases, ensuring robust security, performance, and flawless user experiences. Additionally, you will mentor engineers, contribute to open-source communities, and represent Fidelity Labs' Digital Assets startup as a thought leader in the Blockchain space. We are Fidelity Labs, Fidelity Investments' in-house software incubator and digital studio. Founded in 2005, Fidelity Labs has played a critical role in driving growth and innovation for the firm. The Fidelity Labs organization has a portfolio of new businesses and is constantly prototyping concepts for Fidelity's next new ventures. Fidelity Labs is a dynamic workplace that combines the best parts of startup life-building from scratch, adapting quickly, and moon-shot ambition-with the scale and stability of an industry leader. Learn more at labs.fidelity.com.

Requirements

• 10+ years of proven experience designing and leading all aspects of large-scale, secure, and highly available financial or Blockchain systems, including architecture reviews, vendor selection, and migration planning.
• 10+ years of proven experience designing and delivering secure, scalable developer platforms and cloud-native applications on AWS, combining API-first architecture, microservice and container-based design, and automated infrastructure management to enable reliable, observable, and extensible systems for internal and external developers.
• Proficiency with document, distributed, and relational databases such as MongoDB, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL (JSONB), and MySQL, along with experience in large-scale data stores and analytics systems like BigQuery, Elasticsearch, or Snowflake for managing and querying unstructured and structured data.
• Experience in TypeScript, Python, Rust, or Go in developing server side, API driven application
• Experience with agile development, rapid prototyping, iterative feature validation, and continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide engineering teams, encouraging technical excellence and innovation through collaboration and effective communication in a hybrid work environment.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with designers, product managers, multi-functional teams, senior partners, and customers to communicate, explain, and align technical solutions with product vision, business goals, and strategic priorities.
• Experience utilizing, integrating, and ideally contributing to open-source software projects, with an understanding of community standards, licensing, and best practices for open collaboration.
• Passion for staying at the forefront of Blockchain innovation, with a proactive approach to exploring emerging blockchain technologies and trends
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, Cryptography, Engineering, or a related field (preferred but not required)

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of innovative, customer-facing Blockchain products
• Architect and build secure, scalable, and user-centric digital asset solutions
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and cross-functional teams
• Develop and implement ground breaking blockchain-based systems focused on FinTech use cases
• Mentor engineers
• Contribute to open-source communities
• Represent Fidelity Labs' Digital Assets startup as a thought leader in the Blockchain space

Benefits

• comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
• market-leading retirement
• generous paid time off and parental leave
• charitable giving employee match program
• educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees