Principal Software Engineer/Developer

Fidelity Investments•Durham, NC

14h•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves deploying software on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud platform and building automation pipelines using Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools. The role implements process improvements using Agile methodologies, enhances data engineering components, and develops front-end, middle-tier, and back-end technologies. The engineer will use business knowledge to translate divisional initiative visions into business solutions by developing complex software applications and conducting studies of alternatives. Additionally, the role involves analyzing and recommending changes in project development policies, procedures, standards, and strategies to development experts and management. Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Requirements

Deploying software on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud platform
Building automation pipelines using Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools -- Maven, GIT/Stash, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy
Implementing process improvements using Agile Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies -- Agile and Scrum
Enhancing data engineering components using database tools -- SQL and PL/SQL
Developing front-end, middle-tier, and back-end technologies -- Java, Angular, Spring framework, Oracle, and REST Application Program Interface (APIs)
Programming in KornShell (ksh) and Bash scripting languages
Using business knowledge to translate the vision for divisional initiatives into business solutions by developing complex or multiple software applications and conducting studies of alternatives
Analyzing and recommending changes in project development policies, procedures, standards, and strategies to development experts and management
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) performing full-stack software development using Java in a financial or technology services environment.
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) performing full-stack software development using Java in a financial or technology services environment.
Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) designing and deploying high-performance APIs (streaming APIs (using Spring WebFlux) and non-streaming APIs (using MyBatis and JPA)) in a financial and investment domain
Integrating Swagger-Hub with Open API Specs Generator
Coordinating API Gateway, implementing API authentication, and maintaining API subscription portals, using ESG and JSON Web Token (JWT) for secure and seamless access
Developing and maintaining front-end applications, using Angular, TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3
Integrating UI components with high-performance REST APIs
Writing unit and integration test cases using Jasmine and Karma
DE executing performance, chaos, and automation testing, using Cucumber Automation across all stages of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Conducting resource-intensive tests (CPU, memory, and latency) to ensure application reliability under high loads within financial systems
Configuring Datadog for API log monitoring, creating dashboards and alerts, and analyzing chaos testing logs, using Gremlin to validate system stability
DE optimizing database architectures and creating PL/SQL stored procedures, using Oracle SQL Developer
Supporting streaming and non-streaming API frameworks using IntelliJ IDEA, VS Code, Insomnia, SpringBoot framework, Grafana, Stratum, and Datadog within a financial services environment, and documenting them with Confluence
Performing JUnit and utPLSQL unit testing to enhance back-end reliability and automate deployment pipelines, using Jenkins
Maintaining secure certificate handling using AWS, Advanced Central Monitoring (ACM), and Venafi
DE streamlining development processes to reduce time, effort, and costs within Agile environments, using JIRA and Confluence
Performing back-end software development using Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) and CodeIgniter
Supporting production deployments using Jenkins
Researching and analyzing new business requirements to develop effective solutions, report findings, and recommend improvements to existing systems, using best practices in CI/CD, AWS operations, and cloud infrastructure

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 complex 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.