Vice President, Software Engineering (Electronic Trading)

Fidelity•Jersey City, NJ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Fidelity Wealth’s Trade Management Engineering group is responsible for building world-class electronic trading solutions for Fidelity’s Capital Markets division. This is a high-performing, fast-paced technology team working with cutting-edge tools to deliver low-latency, high-throughput trading platforms. The role is for a highly experienced software engineer to lead the design and development of next-generation trading systems. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on building scalable, resilient, and high-performance trading infrastructure. The individual will collaborate across teams, mentor engineers, and drive innovation in a mission-critical environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent.
20+ years of hands-on software design and development experience in the electronic trading domain.
10+ years of technical leadership, managing a team, and mentoring software developers
Experience in building algorithmic trading systems for equities and options
Experience with equities and options market data
Expertise in C/C++ , Python , and Linux .
Deep experience with low latency messaging systems (e.g., 29West/Ultra-Messaging, Kafka).
Proficiency in KDB+ or other time-series databases.
Strong background in building scalable , distributed , asynchronous , and event-driven applications.
Advanced knowledge of low latency design patterns and performance optimization techniques.
Experience in Capital Markets or Brokerage systems , especially order management .
Solid understanding of the FIX protocol and FIX engines.
Experienced with using GenAI developer assist tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot).
Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy.
Experience with deploying applications and services in AWS
Ability to understand complex, end-to-end systems and identify performance, scalability, or resilience bottlenecks.
Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and thrive in a collaborative team environment.
Self-driven innovation and comfort working with leadership.
Willingness to support production systems and participate in on-call rotations, including occasional weekend support.

Nice To Haves

Series 57 and 24 license preferred

Responsibilities

Architect and develop distributed, event-driven electronic trading systems optimized for low latency and high throughput.
Design and implement complex algorithmic trading systems for equities and options.
Collaborate with internal and external teams to deliver robust and resilient systems.
Lead performance tuning and optimization efforts across the platform.
Lead and mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices.
Support production and non-production environments, including off hours or weekend support as needed.