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Senior Mobile Developer

Fidelity

Fidelity

Software Engineering
Durham, NC, USA
Posted on Oct 15, 2025

Job Description:

Position Description:

Writes clear and maintainable code in Java, Python, and Kotlin to scale projects. Modifies and maintains existing features in applications to correct errors. Adapts to new hardware on real mobile devices and improves overall performance using Insomnia, Android Studio, and Postman. Debugs and tests Application Programming Interface (APIs). Builds new features using Java and user interfaces to give users access to a broad choice of investments, expert insights, and investing tools. Plans new application features. Responsible for several high impact/visible product deliveries in the Android framework; works closely with essentially all the Product teams, App teams and external partners/app developers on every release of Android in designing and implementing Android Framework features required for their use cases.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Analyzes information to determine, recommend, and plan the installation of new systems and modification of existing systems.

  • Collaborates with design and product teams to understand the hypothesis for new features requirements.

  • Analyzes user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.

  • Confers with data processing or project managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities for data processing projects.

  • Reviews code developed by other developers and provides feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

  • Contributes to existing documentation or educational content and adapts content based on product/program updates and user feedback.

  • Estimates and assesses feasibility for technical and product efforts, setting up data points in applications for analysis if business objectives for Fidelity’s customers user experience, engagement and retention.

  • Makes the application design more modular easier testing and reusability.

  • Determines and maintains Android application’s performance standards by following our mobile engineering guidelines.

  • Confers with systems analysts and other software engineers/developers to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.

  • Develops and oversees software system tests and validation procedures, programs, and documentation.

  • Triages product or system issues and debugs/tracks/resolves by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience as a Senior Mobile Developer (or closely related occupation) developing and deploying Android applications in a financial services environment, using Android Studio, Jetpack compose, Kotlin, Jenkins, and Git.

Or, alternatively, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and one (1) year of experience as a Senior Mobile Developer (or closely related occupation) developing and deploying Android applications in a financial services environment, using Android Studio, Jetpack compose, Kotlin, Jenkins, and Git.

Skills and Knowledge:

Candidate must also possess:

  • Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) supporting quantitative analysis in the development, modeling, research, and building of Python and R based packages using Object-Oriented Programming.

  • DE performing iOS and Android mobile development using Java, Kotlin, Objective-C, and Swift in a brokerage trading, research, and asset management environment.

  • DE publishing Android apps using Java and Kotlin.

  • DE design and development of J2EE web applications using core Java design patterns and MVC frameworks (Struts or Spring) in a service-oriented architecture.

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Category:

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.

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:

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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 [email protected], 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

Discover opportunities to build a fulfilling career within a supportive culture that celebrates individuality. We empower our associates to pursue career paths that align with their unique goals and personalities.

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 12,500 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 $14.9billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2024.
  • Supported more than 433,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $100 billion has been given to public charities.

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