Director, Software Engineering

Fidelity Investments; Durham (AR); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity Investments seeks a Director of Software Engineering to lead the development and management of enterprise financial applications using Go, Java, and AWS. You will drive architectural decisions, participate in cross-functional teams, and mentor multiple engineering groups in delivering strategic technology initiatives.

The role emphasizes cloud-native practices, CI/CD, and guidance on technical strategy across divisions, with onsite work as part of Fidelity’s evolving model.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, IS or related field and 6 years as Director, Software Engineering developing enterprise financial apps using Go, Java and AWS.
• Or a Master's degree with 4 years of experience in the same scope and tech stack.

Responsibilities

• Translate business strategy into architectural strategy at functional level.
• Lead cross-functional architecture design teams.
• Oversee deployment of major technology initiatives and project deliverables.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship across multiple teams.

Skills

Go

Java

AWS

CI/CD

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud architecture

Mentoring

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT

6 years as Director, Software Engineering

Tools

Concourse

Artifactory

Splunk

ServiceNow

Snowflake

Job description

Job Description:

Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Position Description

Develops, builds, and manages market data products, Real-Time Pricing, and H&A product suites on cloud, including Amazon Web Services (AWS). Conducts code reviews and code merges. Builds software applications using infrastructure automation tools -- Splunk, Jenkins, Artifactory, and ServiceNow. Develops complex or multiple software applications and conducts studies of alternatives to translate divisional initiatives into business solutions. Draws on in-depth knowledge of the business or function to provide business unit-wide solutions by developing complex, multi-faceted software 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

• Translates and incorporates business vision and strategy to architectural strategy recommendations at the functional level.
• Participates in high-level, cross-functional architecture design teams.
• Identifies and consults with internal and external technical resources to produce cross-company strategic designs.
• 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 applications.
• 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.
• Advises senior management on technical strategy.
• Researches and recommends new technologies.
• Works across groups to identify opportunities for organization-wide technology initiatives.
• Regularly provides guidance, training, and coaching to other team members for performance and career development.
• Identifies and plans for future resource needs.
• Determines technical approaches at a strategic level for the business unit.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and six (6) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) developing enterprise financial applications using Go, Java, and AWS.

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and four (4) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) developing enterprise financial applications using Go, Java, and AWS.

Skills and Knowledge

Candidate must also possess:

• Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) developing enterprise financial services applications in distributed environments using, Java/J2EE, Spring (MVC, Boot, and Rest), Hibernate, and iBatis; and developing Web services, using JAX-WS, SOAP, JSON, WSDL, and Tomcat according to Agile methodologies.
• DE providing technical direction to teams in developing Java-based middleware services to ingest and extract market and reference data, using Oracle, Cassandra, and SQL/NoSQL databases.
• DE creating Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Concourse, Jenkins, Maven, go profiler, and Artifactory for business-critical, financial applications developed in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Go, Python, and Shell script.
• DE operating cloud-optimized applications using ECS, EKS, Lambda, Batch, and SNS with industry standards (IAM Roles, VPC, Subnets, and security groups) and containerization with Docker/Kubernetes and Snowflake.

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Fidelity’s Onsite Working Model
Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.

Certifications:

Category: Information Technology

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.