Principal Engineer

Principal Full Stack EngineerThe Brokerage Technology Trades Processing & Settlements Team in Fidelity Wealth Technology is looking for a Principal Full Stack Engineer to collaborate and deliver top quality scalable systems solutions. You will serve as a Technical Lead working closely with the Tech Lead, Product Owners, and Architects to define and implement technical strategies and design solutions.You will be responsible for designing and building high-quality solutions that align with the technology blueprint and standard development processes. This includes collaborating closely with architects to solve complex business challenges and contributing significantly to design strategies and development efforts to ensure quality outcomes. Leveraging your business knowledge, you will translate divisional initiatives into effective software solutions by developing sophisticated or multi-component applications and evaluating alternative approaches. Additionally, you will analyze and recommend improvements to development policies, procedures, standards, and strategies, providing valuable insights to both technical experts and management.Principal Cloud Engineer – ExpectationsTechnical Stack (Must Be Expert-Level)AWS (5–8+ years real production experience)Java / Spring BootKafkaKubernetes ecosystemEnterprise-scale architecturesResponsibilitiesAct as a technical leadSet engineering standardsGuide architecture and design decisionsIdentify and mitigate security risksProvide technical direction to the teamEngineering PracticesStrong testing discipline:AutomationSonarCucumberJestMockitoDeep understanding of:Observability (logs, metrics, alarms)Resiliency patternsHigh availability systemsAI / Copilot UsageHeavy use of CopilotExpected to understand:Prompt engineeringUsing AI responsibly to improve delivery qualityDomain KnowledgeBrokerage / financial services experience is a strong plusWhat They Are Explicitly AvoidingCandidates with:Only certificationsOnly POCsLimited real-world production exposureThese are mission-critical, high-traffic systems — no room for experimentation.The PurposeThe Principal Software Engineer in Fidelity Brokerage technology is responsible for design and development of highly available, scalable and distributed data platforms to process high volume, high velocity and wide variety of structured data.The Principal Software Engineer will also be a technical lead for the team and have responsibility for solution design, solving key technical challenges and mentoring the team.The Expertise You HaveYou have a passion for technology and can navigate your way across sophisticated and rapidly-changing landscapes by staying on top of the latest trends and thrive by sharing knowledgeExperience in brokerage or financial services application development is a plusAre a creator, a doer, and a disruptor who will help us tackle real-life problems and meet real customer needsSelf-starter, who actively challenges status-quo, is curious and not afraid to ask “Why” and “What if”?Are experienced with the tools of the trade including a variety of modern programming languages and frameworksUses CI/CD practices, tools to rapidly deploy changes to customers while minimizing risk using practices like A/B tests, blue-green deployments, and feature togglesStay on top of Algorithms, Data Structures and Design Patterns and love the challenge of building highly scalable systems that can support thousands of transactions/secHave a mindset of test first development and are experienced in modern test frameworksAre data-driven and can measure, collect and use data to make decisionsHave strong communication skills and technical expertise in driving and participating in discussionsThe Skills You BringBachelor's degree in computer science or related field required10+ years strong proficiency in Java, Spring Framework, Kafka development environment; Use (CI/CD) Jenkins pipelineExperience leading a teamProficient in designing micro services by applying software design patterns, twelve-factor app methodology, and SOLID principlesExperience container orchestration technologies such as KubernetesExperience with asynchronous workers and resilient messaging services such as Kafka, SNS and SQSExperience with Brokerage systems, especially Trade processing and Settlements.Proficient in databases and SQLUnit and integration test automation using Jest, Cucumber, Junit and MockitoAbility to build reliable software that can withstand unreliable environmentsPossess critical thinking skills to build end-to-end solutionsPassionate and committed to learning new things and developing with the latest technologies and frameworksStrong analytical and communication skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks at any given timeParticipate in engineering practices such as code and design reviews, environment strategy, and build and deployment pipelinesStrong organization skills and attention to detailsThe Value You DeliverDesigning, building and supporting critical applications to provide the best customer experienceExploring new technology trends to simplify our data ecosystemDriving innovation and leading the team to implement solutions with future thinkingCollaborating with our internal and external teams to deliver technology solutions for the business needsGuiding teams to improve development agility, code quality and automationResolving technical roadblocks and mitigating potential risksDelivering system automation by setting up continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines