Principal Software Engineer (Java, Spring Boot, REST)

Fidelity Investments•Smithfield, RI

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

Fidelity is looking for a Principal Full Stack Engineer to join the Fidelity Institutional Technology Development Team. This role involves applying strong software development and test automation skills to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve FIT customer-facing software solutions. The Principal Engineer will also enable their Scrum team in adopting development and automation frameworks and standard methodologies to ensure high-quality product delivery. Fidelity is a privately held company focused on making financial expertise accessible, valuing a diverse and inclusive work environment that attracts and retains top talent.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, computer engineering, or information systems (preferred).
At least 8 years of development experience.
Expertise in building scalable web and middle-tier applications using Java, JavaScript, Spring, Spring Boot and Angular.
Solid understanding and hands-on experience with API authentication, RBAC Authorization and SAML/OIDC.
Strong foundation of software design, data structures and algorithms.
Strong experience with web services (JSON, XML, REST, SOAP, etc.).
Experience building cloud enabled applications leveraging 12 factor design.
Experience with Docker containerization and AWS cloud deployment/application management.
Experience with unit testing and test automation libraries/strategies.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Terraform and Jenkins.
Experience in delivering software in the Agile environment.
Experience in coaching and mentoring junior engineers and performing code reviews.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to understand and parse business logic into technical requirements, experienced in an agile scrum environment.
Multi-stack engineer with knowledge in a breadth of development technologies and test automation frameworks (Java/J2EE, Springboot, Junit, Cucumber, Selenium, Serenity, Angular/JavaScript, TypeScript, Web Services, REST, HTTP).
Passionate about business-driven development, developing robust software, writing testable and maintainable code.
Strong leadership skills to guide, encourage, mentor, and motivate other software engineers within the squad and the product area.
Strong communications and problem-solving skills.
Desire to collaborate and work closely with others within the product area.
Ability to step in the customer’s shoes and truly understand the value that is being delivered with each sprint.
Has keen attention to detail and wants to not only detect hard problems but also solve them.
Able to learn large software systems end-to-end quickly.
Keenly interested in learning new technologies and their adoption.
Able to work with remote and international team members.
Obsessed with creating the best end-to-end customer experience.
Owns the outcome by taking personal accountability for delivering strong results.
Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks at a given time.
Must take initiative, be a decisive decision maker, show confidence in decisions being made and see tasks through to completion.

Nice To Haves

Experience with brokerage and financial services application development.
Working knowledge of design system.
Knowledge of web security attack methods and measures to defend against them.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve FIT customer-facing software solutions.
Enable Scrum teams in accepting development and automation frameworks and standard methodologies.
Develop and deploy software in a fast-paced environment.
Collaborate with colleagues on technical implementation and process improvement.
Work closely with Architecture, Development, User Experience, and Product Owner to design new features.
Keep up to date with latest technologies and frameworks.
Mentor junior team members to improve team velocity.
Work and collaborate with new technologies to solve test challenges and process improvements.