Fidelity Investments · 19 hours ago
Principal Blockchain Engineer (DeFi Trading)
Jersey City, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$107K/yr - $216K/yr
8+ years expFidelity Investments is a leading financial services company that is developing a full-service enterprise-grade platform for digital assets. The Principal Blockchain Engineer will collaborate with engineers to build a secure crypto yield generation platform and mentor other engineers in software development best practices.
Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial ServicesRetirementWealth Management
Responsibilities
Develop your skills and collaborate with engineers across Fidelity in a fun and dynamic environment
Work closely with technical leaders and Architects to build a secure crypto yield generation platform utilizing modern software development practices
Mentor engineers on the best practices for Software development
Participate in engineering practices such as code and design reviews, environment strategy, and build and deployment pipelines
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field required
8+ years' of progressive experience in software engineering using programming languages like RUST
Hands-on experience with L1 & L2 blockchains such as Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum
Hands-on experience building highly performant and low latency applications
Proficient in databases and SQL
An understanding of microservice architecture
Ability to build reliable software that can withstand unreliable environments
Experience building unit and integration tests
Experience building and deploying applications using continuous integration pipelines and automated deployment tools such as Jenkins Core
Possess critical thinking skills to build end-to-end solutions
Passionate and committed to learning new things and developing with the latest technologies and frameworks
Work well in both a small agile team and independently, having a strong user focus
Strong analytical and communication skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks at any given time
Participate in engineering practices such as code and design reviews, environment strategy, and build and deployment pipelines
Strong organization skills and attention to details
Preferred
Familiarity with protocols such as Aave, Uniswap is a plus
Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms and containerization technologies such as Docker is a plus
Experience with asynchronous workers and resilient messaging services such as SNS and SQS is a plus
Benefits
Comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
Market-leading retirement
Generous paid time off and parental leave
Charitable giving employee match program
Educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career
Company
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity’s mission is to strengthen the financial well-being of our customers and deliver better outcomes for the clients and businesses we serve.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$152.82MKey Investors
Apple
2020-12-28Secondary Market· $2.5M
2018-01-14Secondary Market· $1M
2017-05-03Secondary Market· $12.5M
Leadership Team
Abigail Johnson
Chairman & CEO
Jeanmarie Ward
Senior Vice President of Architecture
Recent News
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