Job Description:

Software Engineer

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

A passionate software engineer with a strong academic foundation or equivalent hands-on experience across the full software development lifecycle, this individual brings expertise in modern programming languages, frameworks, and development practices. They thrive in Agile environments, continuously delivering high-quality, scalable solutions while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams. Committed to excellence, they emphasize clean code, rigorous testing, and continuous improvement, both individually and across their team.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Strong passion for programming with solid proficiency in Java and JavaScript
  • Familiarity with MVC frameworks (AngularJS, Backbone.js, React JS, or similar) and common JavaScript design patterns
  • Passion for continuous integration and continuous delivery practices
  • Ability to contribute across all phases of software development, including design, implementation, and deployment
  • Proven collaboration skills, working effectively with developers and cross-functional team members
  • Consistently produce clean, well-structured, and unit-tested code

Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position

The Role

A collaborative and results-driven software engineer, this individual excels at designing and delivering innovative solutions that meet functional, performance, scalability, and reliability requirements. They bring a strong foundation in object-oriented design and modern engineering patterns, along with hands-on experience building both backend APIs and front-end web interfaces. Thriving in Agile environments, they actively contribute to high-performing teams and play a key role in shaping next-generation user experiences.

  • Build and deliver web user interfaces, RESTful web services and APIs
  • Work collaboratively as part of a high-functioning Agile team
  • Contribute to driving next-generation user experiences for Fidelity Donor, Representative, and Advisor web applications

The Team

Fidelity Charitable is established in 1991 with a mission to further the American tradition of philanthropy by making charitable giving simple and effective. Since its founding, it has helped donors support over 180,000 nonprofit organizations with more than $18 billion in grants. Fidelity Charitable Services (FCS) aims to be the premier provider of charitable solutions, offering innovative and satisfying ways for customers to give, and operates the nation’s largest donor-advised fund, which has introduced tens of thousands of donors to more impactful ways of achieving their philanthropic goals.

Fidelity Charitable Technology group develops the next-generation technology that directly impacts how customers accomplish their philanthropic goals. As a Software Engineer within the technology business unit, you will help take Fidelity Charitable applications to the next level of evolution through hands-on software development, technical mentoring, and cross-team collaboration with a diverse, co-located engineering team, while also visualizing customer issues as drivers for internal change.

Certifications:

Category:

Information Technology

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.