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Director, Software Engineering

Fidelity

Fidelity

Software Engineering
Durham, NC, USA
Posted on Jun 4, 2025
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Job Description:

***Multiple Positions Available***

Position Description:

Drives the design and development of applications using architecture patterns -- distributed, serverless, event-driven, and microservices -- on Cloud-based infrastructure (Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and Google Cloud Platform). Leads the building of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), data models, consumer-facing applications, and scaling Cloud-based solutions. Improves and promotes DevOps metrics to drive engineering practices. Draws on in-depth knowledge of the business or function to provide business unit-wide solutions by developing complex, multi-faceted software applications. Researches external industry trends, advancements, and innovations and recommends new technologies in support of the strategic direction of the business unit. Participates in the research and recommendation of appropriate models, methods, tools, and technologies to achieve business-unit-wide solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Translates and incorporates business vision and strategy to architectural strategy recommendations at the functional level.

  • Builds visions, roadmaps, and expectations for engineering teams to achieve enterprise goals.

  • Identifies and consults with internal and external technical resources to produce cross-company strategic designs.

  • Consults on development and delivery of major technology initiatives for the business unit.

  • Consults on deployment of major project deliverables.

  • Consults on the documentation of major technology application.

  • Oversees the technical implementation of cross-divisional or company architectural components.

  • Initiates and drives project or strategy discussions with users or external groups to resolve issues.

  • Sets vision, goals, and direction of team/organization.

  • Plans and leads organization-wide initiatives.

  • Provides leadership, technical supervision, and expertise to multiple teams in broad technical areas on complex organization-wide projects.

  • Advises senior management on technical strategy.

  • Collaborates across the enterprise to establish technical direction and ensure alignment on technology strategy.

  • Ensures engineered solutions meet requirements for security, scale, reuse, and high availability.

  • Works across groups to identify opportunities for organization-wide technology initiatives.

  • Collaborates to define the team’s standards, resource allocation, and overall work direction.

  • Regularly provides guidance, training, and coaching to other team members for performance and career development.

  • Creates workforce plans to hire, develop, and retain a pool of motivated and diverse personnel.

  • Identifies and plans for future resource needs.

  • Determines technical approaches at a strategic level for the business unit.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and six (6) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) analyzing and developing Java applications (batch services and web application frameworks) within a financial services environment using Cloud services platforms.

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and four (4) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) analyzing and developing Java applications (batch services and web application frameworks) within a financial services environment using Cloud services platforms.

Skills and Knowledge:

Candidate must also possess:

  • Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) analyzing, designing, and guiding teams and stakeholders using UML diagrams (class, sequence, and component) to breakdown and implement business requirements; and performing data analysis for SQL and NoSQL databases using visualization techniques and No-code applications (Power BI or Tableau).

  • DE coordinating programs and creation of product roadmaps; driving strategic and tactical trade-offs on solutions; resolving functional and technical roadblocks in a highly dynamic and complex ecosystem, using Affinity mapping, cost/benefit analysis, and decision making trees.

  • DE building software frameworks to enable and accelerate data modeling and data ingestion; building data pipelines and writing APIs to maintain fault tolerant and highly-distributed applications and Cloud platforms (IAAS) using Object Oriented Programming, within a financial services environment.

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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.

Company overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at:

accommodations@fmr.com

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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).

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.

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 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.

Benefits
Learning & development
Culture

Benefits that adapt to everything life sends your way

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

16-week maternity leave & 12-week parental leave

Student loan assistance

Fidelity is invested in you

Committed to Professional Development

At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our employees to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills and connections that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.

We offer a wide range of options for professional development including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions. Special interest and networking groups are also part of our culture of empowerment, personal and professional enrichment, diversity and inclusion, and knowledge sharing.

Continuing Education & Training

  • Assess, build, and align your development plan through resources like our skill-building classroom and online courses.
  • Video-based training for technology, leadership, management & more.
  • Ongoing skills development and coaching opportunities.
  • Paid training with a facilitator who is dedicated to your onboarding and will track and evaluate your progress, giving you strategies to improve.
  • A range of talent development programs to support career mobility.

Mentoring

  • Utilize the skills of experienced leaders to enrich your career.
  • Dedicated mentors to help you grow into new areas of Fidelity’s business as you develop new skills.
  • An open atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Opportunities to pay it forward, sharing the knowledge you develop and as you help others define how they want their career to take shape.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

"Fidelity believes in, and is committed to, fair and equitable treatment for every associate and customer, and to creating a safe and respectful environment, in which everyone is treated with kindness, compassion and respect." Abby Johnson | Chairman and CEO Fidelity Investments

At Fidelity, we are committed to building an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging that will attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce.

Fidelity’s ten affinity groups are self-organized groups of employees with common interests in areas such as race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation, or who share similar interests based on similar sets of experiences.

These Employee Resource Groups and Special Interest Groups are models of inclusion for Fidelity. They’re also a powerful form of engagement and development and can provide a pathway to visible leadership roles. Our affinity groups make a large contribution on the business, helping to ensure our products and services are delivered in a welcoming and equitable environment.

  • Over 22K employees participate in an affinity group.
  • Over 1,400 affinity group members volunteered for Fidelity Cares in 2020.
  • 74% increase in affinity group memberships over the last three years.

Giving Back to Our Communities

Throughout Fidelity, you’ll find a genuine commitment to social responsibility – where we strive to make an impact for customers, while also making an impact on the world.

Fidelity Cares

  • Provides associates with opportunities to actively volunteer and share their talents.
  • Hosts numerous company-wide volunteer events (in-person and virtual).
  • Partners with nonprofit organizations to support our local communities.
  • More than 12,000 associates donate time annually – from interns to SVPs.
  • Impact includes refurbishing schools, donating books and supplies, and teaching financial literacy.

Fidelity Charitable®

  • Created to make it easy for people to support charitable organizations they care about.
  • Helped deliver $7.3 billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2019.
  • Supported more than 300,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $42 billion has been given to public charities.

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