Technology
Director, Software Engineering
- Boston, MA
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Job Description:
Position Description:
***Applicants are permitted to work remotely from an at-home work site anywhere in the United States.***
Builds robust front-end experiences and user-centered software applications, services, and platforms at scale, using Angular 8+/React,VueJs, Typescript, Core JavaScript, HTML 5, and CSS. Architects, develops, and deploys software using Microsoft Azure Console, Elastic Containers, and Command Line Interface. Architects user interfaces (UIs) and backend applications using deployment principles, immutable infrastructure and event driven architecture. Develops and configures content management platforms, using SiteCore 8+, Sitecore JSS, and Sitecore Helix. Performs web user interface development using latest tools — WCAG 2.0 AA, WCAG 2.1 AA, and WAI-ARIA, Section 508 web standards. Performs full stack software development including front-end development, back-end development, database integrations, network and hosting management, user Interface, user experience, services and system integration using .NET MVC, Sitecore 8+, VueJS, and Azure. Draws on in-depth knowledge of the business or function to provide business unit-wide solutions by developing complex, multi-faceted software applications.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Translates and incorporates business vision and strategy to architectural strategy recommendations at the functional level.
- Participates in high-level, cross- functional architecture design teams.
- 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.
- Researches and recommends new technologies.
- Mentors junior team members.
- Performs independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects supporting several divisional initiatives.
- Develops original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts.
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field and six (6) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) designing, developing, automating, and architecting full-stack digital solutions according to Agile methodologies, using JavaScript frameworks in a financial services environment.
Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field and four (4) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) designing, developing, automating, and architecting full-stack digital solutions according to Agile methodologies, using JavaScript frameworks in a financial services environment.
Skills and Knowledge:
Candidate must also possess:
- Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) performing Web user interface development using latest Web standards, and advising team on standards, principles, and techniques using common screen readers JAWS, NVDA, MAC/IOS VoiceOver, or TalkBack.
- DE architecting, developing, and deploying Web applications using Microsoft Azure Console, Elastic Containers, or Command Line Interface; and configuring content management platforms using SiteCore 8+, SiteCoreJSS, or SiteCore Helix.
- DE building observability solutions to monitor and optimize digital services from end-user perspectives using Catchpoint, Datadog, or Splunk; and building custom dashboards, tracking user interactions, page load times using Splunk, Catchpoint, or implementing Pendo for usage behavior insights.
- DE building Monorepo applications to enable seamless code sharing, dependency management, and to ensure optimal performance and reliability using NX across NestJS, Angular, or GraphQL projects.
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Company Overview
Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.
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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 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 all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office.
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, detailed in this document, 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.
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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.
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.
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What tech makes you tick?
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.
Licenses & Certifications
- Pursue excellence in new coding languages or tech applications across a broad range of technical paths.
- Tuition reimbursement for online or in-person course work in pursuit of new certifications.
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.
- 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.
Web-Based Learning
- Online, video-based training that covers a broad range of technology, leadership, and management topics.
- Access to thousands of the latest and most relevant business books – all summarized in just a few pages.
- Train from your desk or the comfort of your home.
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.
