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Director, Software Engineering

Yesterday Westlake, TX

Job Description:

Director, Software Engineering

Location: Westlake, TX

The Purpose of Your Role

The Workplace Investing Quality Engineering (QE) leadership team is seeking a multifaceted, forward thinking organizational leader who is passionate about the customer and committed to quality. Strategic mentality coupled with technical competence of Quality practices drives our ideal candidate toward execution and delivery, while they lead a distributed team of Quality Engineers in the Workplace Stock Plan Services (SPS) domain.

As a Director of Software Quality Engineering, you blend a deep commitment to optimizing delivery through agile and QE practices with a passion for coaching, mentoring, and developing associates. You are committed to improving the value delivered to our customers. You collaborate with other leaders to establish standards for your chapter, influence strategic decision-making, and build solutions in your area of expertise. You manage a team of chapter members who primarily work within autonomous squads across product areas but report directly to you. You are dedicated to helping associates grow and develop in their knowledge area and ensure alignment on the "how" of the work they perform. You are committed to developing your own expertise and knowledge to bring the latest thinking to your role to empower others with that knowledge.

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The Experience and Skills that are Key to this Role

  • Seasoned technical global people leader focused on leading, coaching, mentoring, and developing people and teams to accelerate and achieve increased skill proficiency
  • Senior level quality leadership experience leading, coaching, mentoring, and developing agile development teams
  • A passion for Quality Engineering practices and proven record of implementing such practices
  • Deep technical expertise with confirmed ability to drive technical solutions and automation frameworks/pipelines such as Selenium, Playwright, Rest Assured, Karate, etc.
  • Investment as an Agile change agent to continuously improve and encourage an agile way of working
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to build and maintain strong multi-functional partnerships and relationships at all levels of the organization
  • Proven track record as an outspoken peer leader with peer coaching and strong communications and presentation skills working on collaborative teams to deliver high quality data solutions.
  • Uses a data-focused approach to decision making, in day-to-day leadership and strategic tradeoff analyses
  • Practical experience with quality engineering fundamentals such as test automation, data virtualization, and CI/CD integration
  • Authentic investment in implementing and sustaining quality gates with an audit and governance approach
  • An intellectual curiosity and passion to learn new skills and modeling a culture of continuous learning, mentoring, and coaching
  • Experience resource planning and talent allocation across large organizations
  • Actively share insights, knowledge, industry practices and developments across the organization

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

  • 10+ years of technical leadership: building an environment and culture to support software quality engineering practices of high quality
  • Strong Team builder, collaborator, and partner
  • BS or MS degree in a technical field such as computer science/engineering or related field
  • Software testing certifications preferred (ISTQB, CSTE, CAST, ICP-ATA, etc.)

The Team

The WI Technology teams design, develop, implement, and support a suite of products and services used across Workplace Investing and beyond. Our goal is to create an outstanding user experience that delights our Workplace Investing associates, anticipates their needs, and matches services or solutions to support effective decision making. Our work embodies a globally distributed, fast paced, dynamic Quality Engineering organization that is using innovative technologies to create the next generation of high-quality best in class experiences. The successful candidate will collaborate with other Chapter Leaders, people and product leaders aligned to Workplace Investing across the globe.

Certifications:

Category:

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.

Client-provided location(s): Westlake, TX
Job ID: Fidelity-2117085
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-08-27T23:50:08

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Snacks
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
    • Profit Sharing
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

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