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Fidelity Investments

Principal Front End Developer

Durham, NC

Job Description:

The Role

Fidelity Institutional Technology is looking for a Principal Front End Developer as a member of our team. While working to deliver business capabilities across a globally distributed team of IT professionals, the team continually strives to advance engineering excellence, technology innovation and agile practices. Must be a self-starter, able to work well with others, and communicate software changes to business partners, system analysts, QA engineers, etc.

The Expertise We're Looking For

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field
  • Solid foundation in Computer Science, with competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
  • Experience with the following technologies (or similar):
  • 10+ years of development experience with strong working knowledge of Angular TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, HTML5 and CSS3
  • Strong experience with web services (JSON, XML, REST, SOAP, etc.)
  • Continuous Integration - Jenkins / Stash / Git
  • Unit Testing - JUnit / Jasmine
  • Application Framework - Angular 2+ / Spring
  • Knowledge of mock frameworks and service virtualization
  • Perform troubleshooting and triaging in Assist in production and nonproduction environment
  • Standout colleague, self-starter, collaborative, innovative and eager to learn every day.
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills.
  • 1-2 years of experience in Agile development
  • Experience with Jira
  • Cloud Computing a plus

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The Purpose of Your Role

This role will focus on the design and development of Fidelity Institutional products and services platform. The candidate will work with project managers, systems analysts, offshore resources, tech leads, quality assurance, and architects to build solutions that meet critical business needs. You should possess problem solving skills and be able to translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications.

The Skills You Bring

  • Initiative and self-motivation
  • Formal project life cycle methodology experience - waterfall and agile
  • Organizational and presentation skills
  • Willingness to explore and learn new technologies
  • Understanding of building net new UI's as well as integrating with other applications and services
  • Help maintain code quality, security, organization, and automation

The Value You Deliver

  • Design and implementation of software solutions that meet requirements and are aligned to the project/program strategic direction
  • Adhere to engineering best practices and participate in design and code reviews
  • Develop and maintain partnerships across the organization
  • Working as part of a team in a collaborative environment to deliver an exceptional experience for our clients

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

Fidelity Institutional Technology enables business partners to win in their respective marketplaces by designing, building and maintaining technology platforms and products. As a Software Engineer your efforts will support this through delivering technology solutions that align with our goals. The build and design of software solutions that are flexible to meet the needs in the rapidly changing landscape that we compete in, and provide the best customer experience for our clients.

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients' money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you'll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples' lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don't need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you've always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

Client-provided location(s): Durham, NC, USA
Job ID: Fidelity-2092498
Employment Type: Other

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

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