Principal, Full Stack Engineer

Principal Full Stack Engineer – Asset Management Technology - Fidelity Asset Management Solutions (FAMS)

Location: Galway

Fidelity Asset Management Solutions (FAMS) is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join a full stack dynamic engineering team. You will be a hands-on developer contributing to building a suite of Micro-Services and UIs (User Interface), whilst also leading the squad on technical direction, design, and development. This will be done in collaboration with Team Leads, Product Owners, Architects, Business Partners, your Peers, and other Team Members.

In this role, you will be responsible for the development of quality software components that are used by Portfolio Analysts and Managers in managing of over $950 Billion AUM (assets under management) in Retirement & College Savings portfolios. You will have chance to engage, shape and contribute to our GAAWS platform, which provides Portfolio Implementation & Construction capabilities.  Portfolio Implementation is moving our holdings to their targets with the aim of increasing performance whilst abiding by the product strategy. Portfolio Construction is the process of generating the targets used by Portfolio Implementation.

In addition to building software, you will have an opportunity to help define and implement development practices, standards, and strategies across multiple teams. We are looking for product-aware engineers who are passionate, inquisitive, and responsible individuals to help us deliver best in class products for our customers. Your ideas will improve our products as well as develop your skills. We're looking for highly motivated individuals who work well in a collaborative, iterative, and fast-paced environment.

The Expertise we’re Looking For

• You care deeply about doing excellent work with excellent people.
• You have a BS/MS in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology with a strong focus on Math’s or equivalent and you want to learn more.
• A minimum of 10 years of design & development experience.
• You have extensive experience in SpringBoot, Angular (RXJS) / Java, RESTful services / Oracle SQL & PLSQL and deep familiarity in at least one other.
• Ability to set ambitious standards in applying practices across the squad in areas such as Unit testing, Automation, ATDD, DevOps, CI/CD, design, and code reviews.
• Working experience on ATDD, Karate, Cypress, Storybook or similar frameworks is a plus.
• Exposure to Cloud Technologies such as AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Kubernetes would be an advantage.
• You enjoy working in Agile Teams, focused on delivery incremental business value.
• Investment Management/Business Domain business insight would be advantage, but it is not required.

The Purpose of your Role

We will welcome you onto an agile track that is at the forefront of engineering in Asset Management Technology with a high level of focus on Continuous Integration/Delivery and engineering excellence. We want to work with an engineer who is versatile, always eager to take on new problems and share solutions as we push the technology forward. Working independently as well as collaboratively, it is paramount for this person to have a positive ‘can-do’ approach to teamwork.

The Skills You Bring

• Having excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to run with multiple tasks at a given time.
• You thrive in a team environment, collaborating openly and actively contributing to how work gets completed. Ability to triage, complete root cause analysis, and be decisive under pressure
• Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups, both in person and virtually, in a constructive and collaborative manner and build and maintain effective relationships
• Positive relationship building, interpersonal, and influencing skills
• Critical problem-solving skills
• Passionate, opinionated about writing clean, testable, readable, and easily maintainable code with a test-first development approach

The Team

• We have a passion for technology and love fixing and solving complex problems
• We enjoy working in teams, love to collaborate, share and learn
• We are self-motivated, take initiative, and make decisions with a bias for action
• We care about the quality of our work, favor strong coding standards and patterns, and build with testability in mind

Company Overview Why Fidelity?

• A company that is committed to innovation and being an industry leader by investing in technology
• More than 12,000 technology professionals utilizing an Agile methodology enterprise-wide
• Access to top-tier technology platforms, tools and frameworks
• Challenging positions and numerous opportunities for personal and professional growth

COMPANY CULTURE

At Fidelity, we reward ambitious, passionate individuals with a work environment that fosters diversity, teamwork and collaboration as well as encourages innovative ideas and fresh thinking. We recognize the value that employees’ individual differences can contribute to the bright and strong future of our company.

At Fidelity, we are focused on 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. Fidelity established an Ireland presence in 1996 and we currently employ 1000 staff across IT and shared services, with offices in Dublin (City West) and Galway (Parkmore East).

For information about working at Fidelity, visit www.fidelityinvestments.ie.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer.