Lead - Software Engineering – Java Full Stack

Job Title - Lead - Software Engineering – Java Full Stack

The Purpose of This Role

As Lead – Software Engineer, you will serve as a full-stack developer in the application development team of FCAT’s (Fidelity Center for Applied Technology) Green Meadows Project that focuses on delivering some intuitive trading experience in financial services domain. In the Green Meadows project, we design, build and deploy the features that benefits the user and the business. In this role you will be responsible for building software solutions using the MSA (MicroServices Architecture) on the cloud that interacts with various other downstream systems to deliver a seamless trading experience to the customer. You will work on all phases of projects, from design to deployment into production along with a team of full stack developers, DevOps engineers and other Software Engineers.

The Value You Deliver

As a Lead - Software Engineer in FCAT Green Meadows project, you will be

• Developing production scale front-end and as well as back-end applications which often interact with various other downstream systems of the platform to deliver an end-to-end seamless trading platform to the customer

• Working closely with the project manager, architects, UX designers and other developers to design, build, test, and deliver features that make up the product. 

• Performing code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing using Open Source frameworks.

• Providing mentorship to junior team members.

• Contributing to continuous process improvement initiatives.

• Troubleshoot problems and work with peers to resolve.

The Skills that are Key to this role

Required Technical skills

• Full stack application development expertise with extensive hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security, MongoDB, Kafka

• Full understanding of software development process including analysis, design, coding, system and user testing, problem resolution and planning.

• Design and development skills in RESTful Webservices and Event-based systems

• Good understanding and experience on RDBMS

• Experience with messaging middleware like Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ or AWS SQS

• Strong knowledge of responsive web design and technologies

• Experience in Agile development methodology and Jira tool

• Experience with the following is a plus: GIT, Maven, Jenkins, JIRA

• Working experience in applying design patterns

Behavioral Attributes

• Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups, both in person and virtually, in a constructive and collaborative manner

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to solve issues by making timely decisions based on facts, knowledge, experience, and judgment

• Ability to present formal and informal presentations in various settings; one-on-one, small and large groups, with peers, and senior management

• Commitment to quality and high standards

• Works under minimal direction

The Skills that are good to have for this role 

• Exposure to Solution Design

• Development experience of building reactive RESTful web services using Spring

• Development experience of building event driven systems using Kafka

• Development experience with NoSQL storage systems like MongoDB is an added advantage

• Knowledge about Docker and Kubernetes

• Knowledge about cloud-computing / cloud services platforms (like AWS or AZURE)

• Supports and performs all phases of testing leading to implementation

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

At Fidelity, we are focused on making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want— from the 23 million people investing their life savings, to the 20,000 businesses managing their employee benefits programs, to the10,000 advisors and institutions needing innovative technology solutions to invest their clients’ money. To do this well, as a privately held company, we place a high degree of value in nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to being an employer of choice.

FCAT - Fidelity Center of Applied Technology - is a centralized function whose mandate is to catalyze innovation across the firm.  Our FCAT teams’ prototype and pilot new businesses and capabilities that continue to distinguish our brand as the best customer experience in the financial services industry.  These teams focus on exploring big industry game-changing technologies such as crypto currencies, artificial intelligence, virtual/augmented reality & cloud computing.  Additionally, FCAT’s world class research team identifies trends and works with partners across the innovation ecosystem to “bring the outside in.”  We collaborate with MIT, Harvard, Stanford and other academic institutions, and partner with Accelerators, Start Ups and other industry leaders to drive new ideas and innovation practices across the firm.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or any other discipline

• 5+ years of IT experience

• Have proven experience API design, API modeling languages and annotations (Swagger), RESTful APIs, Event-based systems

• Have an adversarial approach be just as good at breaking code as creating it

• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment