Lead - Software Engineering

Job Description:

Job Title: Lead - Software Engineering

The Purpose of Your Role

Workplace Investments(WI) technology team is seeking a highly motivated individual to contribute as a lead software enginer for next gen API platform in Participant recordkeeping application. You will be part of the team which creates the highly scalable high performing API's and shape the experience of 30+ million customers of Fidelity across the world. In this role, you will partner closely with the business, squad leaders, technical architects and other stakeholders to create the next generation of API's as a product, which will be used by multiple channels concurrently.

The initiatives that this team is involved in, have visibility at executive level and part of the firm's multi-year commitment towards tech advancement.

The Value You Deliver

The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated team player committed to delivering high quality products aligned to good engineering principles

• You will have an opportunity to leverage your skills and knowledge to contribute to the team's success through analysis, design, development and delivery
• You will develop an understanding of the business domain in order to participate in discussions, planning, and provide feedback to drive the team and product forward
• You will provide pro-active consulting in the definition phase about the non-functional requirements and its financial implications.
• You will work with architects, project team, technical leads to understand the design and develop applications.
• You will work with the team to manage technology obsolescence of the product and align to enterprise directives.
• You will work towards Identifying opportunities to bring emerging technologies/solutions to deliver innovative solutions to meet business objectives
• You will embrace and promote the principles of Agile development, Continuous Integration/Delivery and DevOps

• You know C++, .Net, .Net Core, C#.
• You know Object Oriented design and development skills.
• You have handson experience with azure cloud platform
• You are highly competent in Web Services (SOAP, REST), Multithreading and design patterns.
• You are comfortable with Devops Technologies and GIT/Stash
• You have expierince in design, development and maintence of highly scalable and reliable API applications
• You have passion for technology and the financial domain with demonstrated ability to learn quickly
• You have Experience in reverse engineering and understanding existing applications
• You are comfortable with SQL (Oracle experience preferred), Unit testing
• You know Acceptance test-driven development
• You are Delivery focused with the ability to take full ownership
• You have Experience working with distributed teams in different time-zones
• You are Strong commitment to quality, documentation and engineering excellence
• You have Strong communication skills, problem solving skills and adaptability
• You have excellent collaboration and Interpersonal skills

• Knowledge of java and other distributed systems
• Azure Certification of cloud skills
• Knowledge of VC++, C++ and other legacy technologies
• Awareness of unix and shell scripting basics
• You have Great attitude, being a mentor, team player and effective contributor
• You are Self-Motivated and resourceful. Confident and able to work alone as effectively as in a team

• 6-8 years of IT experience