Job Description:

Position Description: 

 

Designs functional and scalable Web infrastructures, using Angular, NodeJS, GraphQL, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Designs and consumes RESTful APIs. Delivers, measures, and iterates on products and features, using Test Driven Development (TDD), automation, and DevSecOps. Designs User Experiences (UXs) and leads new product development. Draws on in-depth knowledge of the business or function to provide business unit-wide solutions by developing complex, multi-faceted Web applications. Researches and recommends new technologies in support of the strategic direction of the business unit and participates in the research and recommendation of appropriate models, methods, tools, and technologies to achieve business-unit-wide solutions. 

 

Primary Responsibilities: 

 

• Leads a team of software engineers responsible for building, maintaining, and deploying Web applications.  

• Sets the technical direction for the software engineering team and defines architectural standards. 

• Develops a cohesive and comprehensive technical strategy and roadmap. 

• Analyzed needs and drives technical decisions in support of firm wide goals. 

• Designs, develops, and modifies complex and major software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design. 

• Develops and directs software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation. 

• Consults on development and delivery of major technology initiatives for the business unit. 

• Consults on deployment of major project deliverables. 

• Consults on the documentation of major technology application. 

• Oversees the technical implementation of cross-divisional or company architectural components. 

• Initiates and drives project or strategy discussions with users or external groups to resolve issues. 

• Sets vision, goals, and direction of team/organization. 

• Plans and leads organization-wide initiatives. 

• Provides leadership, technical supervision, and expertise to multiple teams in broad technical areas on complex organization-wide projects. 

• Regularly provides guidance, training, and coaching to other team members for performance and career development. 

• Identifies and plans for future resource needs. 

 

Education and Experience: 

 

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and six (6) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) designing and developing Web based applications in a financial services environment. 

 

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and four (4) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) designing and developing Web based applications in a financial services environment. 

 

Skills and Knowledge: 

 

Candidate must also possess: 

 

• Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) designing and developing high performant event driven financial applications, using JAVA/J2EE, and Web technologies (Angular, JavaScript, and Node JS). 

• DE performing application design and development according to design patterns, Test Driven and Behavior Driven Development (TDD and BDD), using Karma, Selenium, Mocha, Junit and Cypress, and Agile methodologies. 

• DE evaluating new features in technology and business processes by creating Proof of Concepts (POC) and optimizing application performance, using Performance API, and SiteSpeed.io. 

• DE developing and maintaining Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, using automated quality and application performance testing on Jenkins and Docker environments. 

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Information Technology

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.