Principal Software Engineer/Developer

Fidelity Investments•Durham, NC

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Position Description: Designs and develops reusable financial services mobile applications based on industry analysis and research. Designs test automation solutions for iOS and Android platforms, and creates automated tests to verify developed applications match functional specifications (iOS, Swift, Android, Appium, and Python). Maintains Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline for seamless application delivery. Monitors application installations to iOS and Android app stores. Uses business knowledge to translate divisional initiatives into business solutions. Develops complex or multiple software applications and conducts studies of alternatives. Analyzes and recommends changes in project development policies, procedures, standards, and strategies to development experts and management.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Principal Software Engineer/Developer (or closely related occupation) developing Test Automation Frameworks within a Financial Services domain, using Selenium (TestNG), Cypress, and Playwright.
Or, alternatively, Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience as a Principal Software Engineer/Developer (or closely related occupation) developing Test Automation Frameworks within a Financial Services domain, using Selenium (TestNG), Cypress, and Playwright.
Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) architecting and designing Test Automation frameworks for testing front-end, User Interfaces (UI), Web services, and back-end platforms; and designing and executing automated tests, using Java, Maven, TestNG, Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright.
DE testing techniques (Functional testing, Security testing, Data migration testing, and Webservices testing) using tools -- Java, Cucumber, SOAP UI, and RestAssured.
DE establishing Test Infrastructure and Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, using Selenium grid, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Maven, and Jenkins; and working with Test Management and Release management tools – Jira and HP Application Lifecycle Management.
DE developing and maintaining data mining scripts and complex queries, using Oracle, SQL Server, and SQL Stored Procedures.

Responsibilities

Participates in architecture design teams.
Defines and implements application-level architecture.
Develops applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division.
Recommends development testing tools and methodologies and reviews and validates test plans.
Responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables.
Develops comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems.
Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms.
Responsible for meeting project goals on-time and on-budget.
Advises on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects.
Plans and coordinates project schedules and assignments for multiple projects.
Acts as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues.
Provides technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives.
Advises senior management on technical strategy.
Mentors junior team members.
Performs independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects supporting several divisional initiatives.
Develops original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts.