Principal Software Engineer/Developer

Fidelity•Durham, NC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves deploying applications in a DevOps environment using CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, Jira, GitHub, and Docker. The engineer will design and integrate automated tests into CI/CD workflows, including database testing with SQL and API testing using Rest Assured and Playwright. The position requires translating business initiatives into technical solutions by developing complex applications and evaluating alternatives, while also providing strategic recommendations to improve development policies, procedures, and strategies. The engineer will use business knowledge to translate divisional initiative visions into business solutions by developing complex or multiple software applications and conducting studies of alternatives. Additionally, they will analyze and recommend changes in project development policies, procedures, standards, and strategies to development experts and management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Applied 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, developing, documenting, and maintaining automated tests for Web-based applications.
Master’s degree in Applied 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, developing, documenting, and maintaining automated tests for Web-based applications.
Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) developing automated test scripts, plans, and cases to test APIs using Java, TypeScript, JUnit, Postman, SoapUI, and SQL.
DE writing User Interface (UI) automated tests, using Playwright and Selenium WebDriver.
DE creating hybrid automation frameworks using Selenium and Behavior and Test-Driven Development (BDD and TDD).
DE integrating automated test cases with Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipeline using Jenkins.
DE creating and maintaining automation test scripts, functional scenarios, and regression tests, using Selenium, REST Assured API, and Playwright.
DE performing automated testing of front-end, UI, Web services, and back-end digital platform applications to validate responsive UI designs, using JMeter, Soap UI, and Rational Functional Tester.
DE building Continuous Integration of test suites to pipelines to achieve delivery, efficiency and agility in the deployment of software applications, using automated DevOps processes -- Maven, Jenkins, Stash, and Sonar.
DE writing declarative pipelines and integrating them with DevOps systems jobs.
DE testing and delivering products, collaborating between team members, and delivering consistent value to stakeholders in Agile environment, using X-Ray/JIRA.

Nice To Haves

Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

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.