Principal Engineer (AVD)

FFB | Fidelity International; Kronberg im Taunus; Hybrid; EUR 110.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Comprehensive benefits package

Wellbeing support

Flexible working arrangements

Zusammenfassung

Fidelity International is seeking a Principal Engineer – Altersvorsorgedepot in Frankfurt am Main/Kronberg (hybrid). You will own end-to-end delivery of pension product solutions, collaborating with product owners, analysts, and UX designers to create value for clients in the German financial sector.

The role requires extensive full-stack Java EE experience, strong design and coding skills, and fluency in German (B2+) and English.

Qualifikationen

• Extensive hands-on experience as a full-stack software engineer in Java EE web applications.
• Strong ability to design and implement scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Fluent in German (B2 or above) and English with clear communication across levels.

Aufgaben

• Spearhead a squad of engineers with a focus on agile delivery.
• Design and code technical solution designs, gathering and analysing requirements.
• Plan agile sprints and coordinate with release management.
• Drive architectural improvements and refactoring initiatives.
• Manage technical vendors and ensure alignment across products.

Kenntnisse

Full-stack software engineer

Java EE

Spring MVC

Struts

Hibernate/JPA

Oracle RDBMS

AWS

German language proficiency

English language proficiency

Communication skills

Tools

Oracle RDBMS

AWS

Jobbeschreibung

About The Opportunity

Job Type: Permanent

Application Deadline: 31 October 2026

Job Description

Title Principal Engineer – Altersvorsorgedepot

Department Altersvorsorgedepot/Proposition

Location Frankfurt am Main/Kronberg (hybrid)

Reports To Product Owner - Altersvorsorgedepot

Level Senior Manager

We’re proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our Proposition team and feel like you’re part of something bigger.

About Your Team

The Proposition Management team is the driving force behind creating and evolving investment solutions and digital journeys for advisers and retail investors in Germany. In our dynamic and dedicated team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a collaborative environment that thrives on rethinking the status quo and delivering meaningful innovation. If you're ready to grow in an inspiring team and shape the investment experience of tomorrow, join us and be part of our exciting journey!

While being part of the proposition organization you will also head up and run the Altersvorsorgedepot team. It is building one of our most strategic new product propositions, creating a scalable, compliant and customer-centred retirement offering that will shape how clients invest for their future.

About Your Role

You’ll take end-to-end responsibility for delivering scalable, performant, clean, and maintainable solutions for our pension products. Partnering closely with product owners, business analysts, and UX Designers, you’ll build solutions and journeys that create real value for our clients in the financial sector.

Your Key Responsibilities Include

• spearheading a squad of engineers with a focus on agile delivery
• Designing and coding technical solution designs, gathering and analysing requirements
• Planning agile sprints and coordination with release management
• Driving architectural improvements and refactoring initiatives
• Managing technical vendors and ensuring technical alignment across products. Collaborating closely with delivery leads, analysts, technical support teams and business stakeholders

About You

You have strong experience in business analysis, journey design or requirements management within financial services, ideally in a regulated investment, platform, pension or retirement context.

You are confident working across business, operations and technology teams and can translate complex rules, processes and product requirements into clear, structured deliverables. You bring a strong customer lens, but also understand the importance of operational feasibility and regulatory precision.

You are comfortable mapping end-to-end journeys, identifying dependencies and driving clarity in environments where products and processes are still being built.

Experience working on digital transformation or product delivery in cross-functional squads would be highly valuable.

You’re someone who is eager to grow - in both knowledge and leadership. You thrive in a collaborative environment and have technical expertise to guide others.

You’ll Succeed In This Role If You Have

• Extensive hands-on experience as a full-stack software engineer, ideally in in Java EE-based web applications
• A commitment to high-quality, maintainable code
• Practical experience with web MVC frameworks (preferably Spring MVC and Struts), and API design
• Solid knowledge of ORM frameworks and relational databases (preferably Hibernate/JPA and Oracle RDBMS)
• A proactive mindset - you refactor and improve code as you go
• Exposure to microservice architecture and cloud technologies(ideally AWS)
• Strong communication skills across all levels and teams
• Fluency in both German (must be B2 or above) and English

Feel rewarded

For starters, we’ll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We’ll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we’ll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It’s all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.

For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.