Principal Software Engineer/Developer

Fidelity Investments•Durham, NC

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

Position Description: Develops Web applications in a hybrid technology stack -- Angular, GraphQL, and Java. Programs software solutions using Angular, NgRx, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and HTML. Integrates Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and Representational State Transfer (REST) Web services, using JSON, XML, REST, SOAP, and Spring Framework. Builds automation pipelines according to DevOps methodologies, using Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools -- Jenkins, Artifactory, and GitHub. Automates the setting up infrastructure components in Amazon Web Services (AWS) stack IAM roles, security policies, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS) cluster. Uses business knowledge to translate the vision for divisional initiatives into business solutions by developing complex software applications and conducting 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) designing, architecting, and developing Web applications, using Angular and RESTful APIs in a Financial Services domain.
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) designing, architecting, and developing Web applications, using Angular and RESTful APIs in a Financial Services domain.
Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) architecting, designing, and delivering enterprise-scale Web applications, and providing technical direction across User Interface (UI), API, and backend layers, using Angular, TypeScript, GraphQL, Java, and Spring Boot; and establishing best practices for modular design, scalability, Cloud readiness, and maintainability across engineering teams, using SonarQube and ESLint.
DE guiding and mentoring cross-functional engineering teams, driving development of secure and performant customer onboarding and profiling platforms for high-net-worth clients, using Angular security best practices and JWT-based authentication mechanisms; and promoting reusable UI patterns, responsive design with Bootstrap frameworks, and accessibility standards, using Smart Web Component and Lighthouse technologies to ensure compliance and maintainable front-end architecture.
DE setting technical strategy and governance across distributed microservices and Cloud-native architectures, defining standards for API design, authentication (OAuth and SSO), CI/CD pipelines, and observability; and guiding the adoption of DevOps practices and tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, and Kubernetes), with deployment and monitoring in Cloud environments (AWS or Azure).
DE completing the full software development lifecycle -- project scoping, sprint planning, stakeholder alignment, strategic thinking, and team mentoring -- using Jira and Confluence; and enabling Agile delivery through tools (Git, Stash, and Maven) and implementing frameworks for measurable code quality and process feedback.

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 sup-porting several divisional initiatives.
Develops original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts.