Lead - Software Engineering

Job Description:

Job Title : Lead - Software Engineering

The Purpose of This Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Software Engineer to join our Fidelity Health Benefits Platform (FHB) team within Workplace Investing (WI) . As a member of the FHB Product Development team, you will design, develop, and own scalable and resilient enterprise-grade solutions that powers FHB's platform capabilities. Using modern technology stacks and cloud-native architectures, you will build and continuously enhance systems aligning with enterprise software development practices. This role empowers you to contribute across the full development lifecycle while collaborating with multi-functional teams.

The Value You Deliver

As a Lead Software Engineer in Product Development, you'll build cloud-native solutions that drive the evolution of our FHB platform. In a culture that values agility, and continuous delivery, you'll play a key role in building scalable, resilient, and secure applications that meet the demands of a growing client base. You'll have the opportunity to demonstrate your expertise across the full development lifecycle-from developing microservices and integrating APIs to deploying on modern cloud infrastructure-while collaborating with multi-functional teams to deliver impactful features and enhancements.

The Skills that are Key to this role

Technical

• Advanced Java & Microservices: Designs and develops scalable microservices using Spring Boot
• Database Design: Strong SQL skills with experience in schema design and performance tuning
• Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
• CI/CD & Monitoring: Improves pipelines, uses monitoring tools
• System Design: Contributes to component and system-level design
• Security Practices: Implements secure development practices and mentors others
• Full-Stack Development: Preferred experience with frontend frameworks (e.g., Angular, Typescript)
• Event-Driven Architecture: Familiar with ActiveMQ and messaging patterns
• Dev Assist Tools: Familiar with GitHub Copilot, Gemini for code reviews and refactoring
• Mentorship & Collaboration: Mentors junior engineers, collaborates across teams

• Exposure to the US healthcare Payor domain is preferred

• Bachelor's degree - Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems with 4-8 years experience
• Proficiency in Java, REST API, Spring Framework , SQL
• Experience with enterprise grade distributed application and support