Principal Software Engineer - Java, Spring & Angular JS

Overview

As a Principal Software engineer you will be applying your strong software engineering practices (implementation and validation) to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve Fidelity customer-facing software solutions. You will also be supporting your team in adopting best practices to ensure we are building the right product and we are building it right. Being technically competent is telling only half of the story. We believe that delivering the best possible customer experience requires an artful blend of human ingenuity and technology. While we value smart technologists, we are fanatics about our Culture Code that promotes leadership at all levels.

The Value You Deliver

• Actively participate in the development process through writing and maintain application features and automated tests including unit tests, component tests, integration tests, functional tests,
• Collaborate with team members on improving team's test coverage, release velocity and production health
• Contribute to own entire features from concept to deployment working on cross-functional activities
• Use your experience and knowledge to influence better software design, promote proper software engineering and bug prevention strategies, testability and security
• Pro-active consulting in the definition phase about the non-functional requirements and its financial implications.
• Provide technology alternatives to business problems and clearly explain the advantages, problems and side-effects of alternatives.
• Ensure operability of technical architecture by partnering with the Enterprise Architects, project teams and taking responsibility for the technical design dispensations
• Manage technology obsolescence of the product and aligning to enterprise directives
• Identifying opportunities to bring emerging technologies/solutions to deliver innovative solutions to meet business objectives.
  
  

• Extensive experience in Java, JavaScript, Frameworks like Spring Core/MVC, Testing frameworks like JUnit/Mockito/Spring Test, Tools like Swagger/Git/Jenkins/uDeploy/Docker etc
• Deep knowledge of Azure/AWS offerings and well versed with cloud based solutions design/architecture
• Must have experience in designing Micro services and performance fine tuning of services
• Understands and applies fundamental design principles behind a scalable, low latency, high throughput distributed application
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns and their application
• Champions best practices for various aspects of engineering excellence like CICD, design reviews, code reviews, unit testing, test automation across technology stack
• Hands-on experience with Angular, Oracle, Serverless, SOA and Data integration tools
  
  

• Be Collaborative: Work in partnership with the users, Architecture and Engineering teams to design, build and deliver end-to-end solutions. This individual will also help the fellow team members in ramping up on the new architecture and technology landscape
• Be Creative: Promote and foster an environment of innovation to deliver new product solutions to market which help improve scale and efficiency, business growth and investment performance
• Influence Others: In partnership with the delivery and engineering leads in US, Ireland and India, help advance and support product, delivery and technical practices
• Inspire Others: Demonstrate a deep passion for technology and financial domain and create an ability to tap into the creative minds of the engineering team
  

• Exposure to Mainframe/C++ or other legacy tech re-platforming projects is desirable.
• Experience in US Workplace investing, Stock Plan services domain.
• You should have relevant experience working with Agile teams
• You should have the effective influencing and communication skills to lead a high performing technology team. Comfortable working with cross-functional team members and promotes the notion of full stack engineers
• You should have demonstrated ability to lead from front, motivate and empower your team to deliver the best
• Exposure to emerging technologies like Blockchain, AI/ML, Data Analytics/Visualization, and Speech Recognition will be an advantage
  
  

Workplace Investing (WI) helps millions of people save and invest through workplace savings plans. WI builds lifetime relationships with customers and provides employers with cost-effective, integrated employee benefit solutions. The company serves customers online, over the phone. WI business constitutes of four different product lines Defined Contribution(DC), Defined Benefits(DB), Health & Welfare(HW) and Stock plan services(SPS).

The Expertise We’re Looking For

• 12+ years of IT experience
• Location : Bangalore – Manyata / Chennai
• Shift timings: 11am – 8pm IST. The working hours will be flexible so that the incumbent can provide adequate overlap with the US based squads and other stakeholders.
  
  

Fidelity Investments is one of the world's largest providers of financial services. Headquartered in Boston, US, Fidelity's goal is to make financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. Privately held for nearly 70 years, Fidelity employs 45,000 associates who are focused on the long-term success of our customers. FMR (Fidelity Management & Research) India is the Global Inhouse Center of Fidelity Investments. Headquartered at Bangalore, where operations commenced in 2003, FMR India has another fully-functional unit at Chennai. To know more visit : FMR India

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