Principal Software Engineer/Developer

Responsibilities

• Design and implement application-level architecture and develop complex applications, components, and subsystems.
• Build backend systems and APIs using Python and modern frameworks including FastAPI and Flask.
• Design distributed data lakehouse architectures and advanced data engineering pipelines using Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Snowflake, and cloud-native tools.
• Develop and maintain test automation frameworks spanning unit, component, integration, and system testing.
• Deploy and maintain applications in AWS or Azure environments using DevOps practices and CI/CD workflows.
• Implement messaging integrations and data movement workflows using Kafka and EMS.
• Perform data analysis and visualization using Pandas, NumPy, matplotlib, Power BI, Tableau, and Oracle DB.
• Plan project life cycles, schedules, assignments, risk strategies, and delivery against project goals.
• Advise senior management on technical strategy and mentor junior team members.
• Act as a liaison with business units to resolve project and technology issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field and five years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree in one of these fields and three years of relevant experience.
• Five or three years of experience, depending on degree level, designing, developing, and supporting Python backend systems for high-performance data storage and retrieval in AWS or Azure.
• Expertise designing backend systems and APIs with Python, FastAPI, Flask, and Delta Lake.
• Expertise with distributed data lakehouse architectures, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Snowflake, Kafka, and cloud-native AWS or Azure tools.
• Experience with Pandas, NumPy, matplotlib, Power BI or Tableau, and Oracle DB.
• Experience applying Agile methodologies and deploying and supporting applications with Git, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
• Experience with software architecture, test planning, project coordination, risk management, technical analysis, and mentoring.

Benefits

• Fidelity is transitioning toward a full-time onsite working model through a phased regional and role-based rollout; current onsite expectations vary and may evolve.
• Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.