Vice President, Architecture - Digital Assets

Job Description:

Vice President, Platform Architecture - Digital Assets

The Role

As a Vice President, Platform Architecture for Digital Assets, you will be responsible for driving platform innovation and keeping our custody platform on the cutting edge. The position is responsible for designing and building software for projects spanning multiple Engineering groups at Fidelity Digital Assets℠. This is a hands-on role where you will be working directly with development teams and providing architectural oversight. You will be responsible for defining technology vision, strategy and solutions to align with requirements and collaborate with architects across other product areas and business units to drive overall architecture of the Fidelity Digital Assets℠ platform.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Strong software architecture skills and knowledge with proven track record in delivering complex software systems
• Bachelor's degree in computer science
• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience designing and building large scale production distributed systems with a focus on customer experience, scale, resiliency and performance
• Deep experience with Java and Spring Boot
• Proficient in principles of API design
• Experience with reactive and functional programming concepts
• Familiarity with AWS services architecture and solution patterns is preferred
• Exposure to infrastructure as code, test automation, CI/CD, and containerization
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks at a given time
• Ability to collaborate stake holders to understand business requirements
• Experience in managing technology vendor relationships

The Team

Fidelity Digital Assets℠ , a Fidelity Investments Company, is developing a full-service enterprise-grade platform for storing, trading, and servicing digital assets, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Fidelity Digital Assets℠ embraces an entrepreneurial culture and startup mindset while serving as one of the most innovative business units within Fidelity Investments. Our global, diverse team of hundreds of forward-thinking professionals lead with agility and creativity to build solutions that bridge the gap between traditional institutional investors and their exposure to digital assets. The firm's tenure and experience across multiple business lines present our employees with unprecedented access to knowledge, technology, and resources that help our team reshape the future of finance.

Within Fidelity Digital Assets℠, the Architecture Team is responsible for the technical vision across the organization. The team works with both technology and business teams to design secure, scalable, resilient cloud based services while ensuring that all user requirements are met.

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Information Technology
Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

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): Boston, MA, Merrimack, NH, Westlake, TX

Job ID: Fidelity-2109573

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-05T23:45:12