Principal Software Engineer - Digital Assets (Java, Spring Boot, AWS)

Fidelity•Merrimack, NH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Fidelity Digital Assets®, a Fidelity Investments Company, is developing a full-service enterprise-grade platform for storing, trading and servicing digital assets, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Our goal in Core Custody product area is to design and build a suite of digital asset services and investment applications to serve the unique and varying needs of our institutional and retail investors. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be an integral part of the Platform engineering team. You’ll get the opportunity to develop your skills, collaborate across Fidelity teams and continue to learn in a fun, collaborative, iterative, and rapidly changing environment. This is a hands-on role where you will write code for product features. You will work closely with the architects to build secure, scalable, resilient cloud-based microservices utilizing modern software development practices. You will help design and implement REST API clients and services, exchange asynchronous messages between services, and use SQL databases to manage data. You will also write automated unit and integration tests, package software using containers, coordinate builds using continuous integration pipelines and prepare your services for deployment on AWS.

Requirements

Expert in core Java technologies and frameworks like Spring Boot
Proficient in databases and SQL
Understanding of AWS or other cloud platforms and containerization technologies such as EKS and Docker
Experience working with version control systems like GIT.
Experience with asynchronous workers and resilient messaging services such as Kafka, SNS and SQS
An understanding of microservice architectures and twelve factor app patterns
Ability to build reliable software that can withstand unreliable environments
Unit and integration test automation using Junit and spring boot test framework
Bachelor’s degree plus preferred, 8 plus years’ experience
Possess critical thinking skills to build end-to-end solutions
Passionate and committed to learning new things and developing with the latest technologies and frameworks
Work well in both a small agile team and independently, having a strong user focus
Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks at a given time
Able to clearly articulate API strategies to all partners
Lead engineering practices such as code and design reviews, environment strategy, and build and deployment pipeline.

Nice To Haves

Experience using AI-assisted coding tools for code generation, refactoring, and debugging is an advantage
Experience building and deploying applications using continuous integration pipelines and automated deployment tools such as Jenkins.

Responsibilities

Write code for product features.
Work closely with architects to build secure, scalable, resilient cloud-based microservices utilizing modern software development practices.
Design and implement REST API clients and services.
Exchange asynchronous messages between services.
Use SQL databases to manage data.
Write automated unit and integration tests.
Package software using containers.
Coordinate builds using continuous integration pipelines.
Prepare services for deployment on AWS.
Provide actionable feedback in Pull request reviews.
Work with product management on requirements, decompose epics into stories, and deliver solutions that meet or exceed customer expectations.
Build scalable, resilient, cloud-based systems aligned with our long-term strategy.
Provide outstanding support, including on-call support when necessary.
Provide technical leadership on the team and mentor software engineers.