Principal Full Stack Engineer

Fidelity Investments Inc.; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Fidelity Investments Inc. in Westlake, TX is seeking a Principal Full Stack Engineer to join the Shared Services Engineering team, supporting Brokerage Notification and Messaging Platforms.

You will help modernize the Event Distribution Platform and migrate the Fidelity Electronic Notification System (FENS) to a cloud-native, event-driven architecture. You will collaborate with software engineers, architects, product owners, and business partners to deliver scalable, real-time communications for

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka and scalable messaging platforms.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and microservices on AWS cloud.

Responsibilities

• Own critical platforms end-to-end including architecture, design, implementation, and operational readiness.
• Lead modernization efforts and drive engineering excellence across testing, CI/CD, and observability.
• Identify risks, make trade-offs, and guide teams through complex modernization initiatives.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

RESTful APIs

Microservices

AWS

CI/CD

Observability

High availability

Tools

Apache Kafka

Job description

Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Job Description:

Principal Full Stack Engineer

The Role

We are seeking a Principal Full Stack Engineer to join our Shared Services Engineering organization, supporting our Brokerage Notification and Messaging Platforms. In this role, you will contribute to the development of the Event Distribution Platform and help modernize the Fidelity Electronic Notification System (FENS) from a legacy mainframe-based solution into a scalable, cloud-native, event-driven BNS platform. These platforms will enable real-time, compliant, and personalized communications for millions of Retail and Institutional Brokerage clients.

As part of a collaborative and highly skilled engineering team, you will work alongside software engineers, architects, product owners, and business partners to build modern event-driven solutions that support Fidelity's strategic messaging and communication capabilities. You'll have the opportunity to work with cloud technologies, event streaming platforms, modern APIs, and distributed systems while contributing to solutions that operate at enterprise scale.

We value innovation, continuous learning, teamwork, and engineering excellence. You will be empowered to solve challenging technical problems, contribute new ideas, and grow your expertise in cloud-native and event-driven architectures.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• 10 plus years of deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Kafka, event streaming patterns, and scalable messaging platforms.
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices. and enterprise-grade cloud solutions on AWS.
• Proven ability to own critical platforms and services end-to-end, driving architecture, design, implementation, operational readiness, and long-term sustainability.
• Experience establishing and advancing engineering excellence, including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, resiliency engineering, operational monitoring, and software quality practices.
• Deep understanding of system design, scalability, high availability, fault tolerance, and operational maturity in large-scale distributed environments.
• Ability to identify technical risks, make sound engineering trade-offs, and lead teams through complex modernization and transformation initiatives.
• Passion for solving complex engineering challenges, continuously improving platform capabilities, and delivering innovative business-critical solutions.

The Team

The Brokerage Record Keeping Technology (BRT) Shared Services Engineering Notification team builds and supports Fidelity’s core alerting systems. The team delivers real-time alerts across Fidelity Institutional, Institutional Wealth Management Services, Workplace Investing, and Wealth businesses.

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.