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Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

locationWestlake, TX, USA
PublishedPublished: 5/30/2025
Full Time

Job Description:

Be part of an exciting new incubator in FCAT geared at rapidly moving ideas from concepts to scale to help bring these game-changing ideas to market. If you are a highly skilled leader with a passion for creating products and services that make lives better, a career in FCAT may be right for you!

At FCAT, we use emerging technologies and human-centered design to create visionary products and services that improve people’s financial lives. As the innovation engine for Fidelity Investments, we provide expertise to the rest of the firm on new tools and techniques, while also incubating potential new lines of business.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

  • Bachelor’s degree Computer Science or other related discipline

  • Strong development skills and 8+ years of software development experience

  • Learn and adopt new concepts & technologies quickly and implement them effectively in projects.

  • Demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring experience.

  • Rapidly develop large scale distributed enterprise applications based on requirement documents, prototypes, or verbal requirements

  • Work across peer groups to resolve and understand complex technical/design issues.

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal skills

  • Motivated, self-directed, results oriented

The Skills You Bring

  • Full stack engineer

  • Strong experience in middle ware like Java spring boot/batch framework

  • Must have experience with user interface frameworks/platforms (NextJS, Angular, React, etc.)

  • Experience with system and application design and architecture patterns

  • Experience with event driven architecture and products like Kafka

  • Experience with AWS services such as s3, ec2, lambda etc.

  • Experience with relational and NoSQL databases

  • Experience using source control for feature-driven development in Bitbucket/Stash

  • Strong Object-Oriented skills and experience with system design and microservice architecture

  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins & Artifactory

  • Work experience in an Agile development environment

  • Ability to learn new things, new technology, and balance problems; your drive to get things done

  • Collaborate with digital product managers and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful product experiences.

The Value You Deliver

  • Rapid development of prototypes, pilots, and full-scale applications

  • Strong technical skills and a passion for programming

  • Full stack developer

  • Ability to learn new technologies quickly

  • Provide technical leadership to all team members

  • Escalate issues and risks to executive management for timely resolution

  • Mentor junior team members

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.