Fidelity is one of the largest providers of financial services with a longstanding commitment to technology. For more than 60 years, Fidelity has used innovative technologies to constantly improve customer service and create competitive advantage.

In today's competitive and rapidly evolving environment, Fidelity remains committed to hiring and developing smart, talented and motivated technology professionals like you. As a part of our dedicated team, you will build and implement the technology that supports Fidelity's continued growth.

Leap is a dynamic training and development program for new IT graduates. The program is designed to accelerate the development of recent IT graduates to become best-in-class software developers, systems analysts, infrastructure engineers, mainframe developers or quality assurance engineers. Participants in Leap will experience an enriched on-boarding process followed by specific technology, business and professional skills training. The training promises to challenge and excite participants with responsibility and visibility. Opportunities exist in New England, North Carolina and Texas.

The program offers five functional paths to choose from: Software Development, Systems Analysis, Technology Infrastructure and Engineering (TIE), Mainframe Development and Quality Assurance followed by a technical project assignment or case study project. Upon completion of the program, you will be placed in a dynamic role within Fidelity’s diverse technology organization. Descriptions of the three tracks are below.

Software Development Track

As a software developer in Leap, you'll learn OO development utilizing Java/J2EE and XML and Web application development using IBM's WebSphere, Web Services, and other Open Source technologies such as Linux, Struts, Spring MVC, Hibernate and IBATIS ORM. You’ll also learn database development and data manipulation using SQL and PL/SQL, as well as the software development life cycle: systems analysis, design, development, testing and support of software applications.

Software engineers within Fidelity develop critical applications used by our internal and external customers for trading, benefits management, and core application needs.

Systems Analysis Track

Systems analysts at Fidelity provide essential requirements gathering and software design expertise to software development teams whenever a new application is developed, or a current application is enhanced or modified.

Associates engaged in the Systems Analysis track gain expertise in business requirements elicitation and analysis, and system design specification, including user interface (UI) design. They will also gain quality assurance (QA) and project management skills. Focus is also placed on the waterfall and agile software development methodologies.

Technology Infrastructure and Engineering (TIE) Track

TIE participants gain exposure to a broad spectrum of infrastructure and engineering topics including systems architectures and administration (Windows, Linux, UNIX), network protocols and design, and database and virtualization technologies, among others, and gain specific knowledge of internal business units, standards and processes.

Graduates of the TIE track are placed in network/ systems engineering and systems administration/ support roles to evaluate, test, and implement technology solutions core to the firm’s ability to provide the best products and services to our customers.

Mainframe Development Track

Participants in the Mainframe Development Leap track learn a variety of technologies including: COBOL, TSO, JCL, DB2, VSAM and DB2 Stored Procedures. Employees in this track develop an in-depth understanding of mainframe applications, the importance of these applications and their use in Fidelity's environment.

Fidelity's mainframe developers work on crucial systems and applications that support upwards of 7.5 million transactions each hour and more than 1 million trades daily.

Quality Assurance Track

Quality Assurance (QA) engineers at Fidelity are responsible for the end-to-end quality of IT products and processes. In partnership with business analysts, systems analysts and software engineers, QA engineers ensure defect-free products that perform as expected and provide a positive user experience. 

Associates within the Quality Assurance track develop key skills such as test planning, test case preparation, test automation, defect troubleshooting, systems-integration testing and project management.