Principal Software Engineer/Developer

Fidelity Investments•Westlake, TX

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

Position Description: Architects and writes microservices using Java, JavaScript frameworks, JEE technologies, Spring Boot, and Kafka. Creates Spring batch applications using Control-M scheduling platform. Performs functionality testing to resolve data integrity related issues and system enhancements. Builds databases and analyzes large streams of data using Snowflake. Builds automated pipelines using Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools (Jenkins, Docker, and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)). Uses business knowledge to translate the vision of divisional initiatives into business solutions by developing complex software applications and studying 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) executing data modeling, developing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and building data capabilities to scale within a financial services environment, using Cloud computing and distributed databases.
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) executing data modeling, developing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and building data capabilities to scale within a financial services environment, using Cloud computing and distributed databases.
Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) designing enterprise-grade solutions to support optimized application deployment and high performance, and building lightweight microservices and APIs, using Object-Oriented programming languages (Java, Spring Boot, and Dropwizard), IntelliJ IDEA, Postman, and GitHub; and developing RESTful Web services to enable seamless interaction with distributed database applications, using Oracle.
DE developing event streaming processes to enable real-time data integration between internal and external systems, using Confluent, open-source Kafka, and Kafka Connect; and performing log collection and monitoring, using Splunk to consolidate and analyze logs, efficiently troubleshoot, and safekeep data across development and production environments.
DE developing solutions and re-platforming legacy applications to Cloud-based architectures on AWS, to enhance cost efficiency, scalability, and security across development and production environments, using AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and CloudFormation to modernize application workflows; and performing DevOps engineering, building CI/CD/Continuous Testing (CT) pipelines to automate application build, packaging, deployment, and testing processes, using Jenkins, UDeploy, and version control systems (Git).
DE developing PL/SQL stored procedures, functions, and packages to encapsulate reusable database logic across multiple applications, and analyzing and optimizing SQL queries, using Explain Plan, AWR reports, SQL Developer, and TOAD in both development and production environments; performing data vault modeling to support historical data tracking and flexible reporting structures, migrate data sources into Snowflake, enable self-service analytics, and reduce report generation times, using Snowflake; and designing Snowpipe processes for continuous data ingestion from external stages using AWS and SQL.

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.