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Fidelity Bank · 1 month ago

Principal Software Engineer (C++, Market Data, LINUX)

Jersey City, NJ

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$107K/yr - $216K/yr

10+ years exp

Fidelity Technology Group is part of Fidelity Bank, focusing on providing trading solutions for the Capital Markets division. The Principal Software Engineer will be responsible for technical leadership, mentoring peers, and gathering technical and business requirements for trading systems.

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Responsibilities

Responsible for translating program priorities and features into deliverable tasks

Lead the requirements gathering of new features and/or enhancements for our retail and institutional financial services platform

Collaborate with technology and business teams to deliver high-quality solutions for business problems

Bring curiosity and a questioning mind-set to work, asking always about the why and the value of new features/enhancements to the platform

Contribute to enhancing systems analysis practices across a global team

Monitor documentation standards and best practices

Qualification

C/C++LinuxUNIX Shell scriptingEquity/Options trading systemsKDBMulti-taskingInterpersonal skillsCommunication skillsLeadership

Required

BS or Master's in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or Finance

10+ years of low latency systems development experience in C/C++ on Linux, with good understanding of UNIX IPCs

Very proficient in UNIX Shell scripting

Strong interpersonal, relationship management, and facilitation skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with business and technical team members across the organization

Ability to read/analyze code and logs for requirement gathering, defect/incident triage, and root cause analysis

Ability to understand and design the technology and software architecture of an application

Ability to quickly learn, adapt and strive to meet the needs of a fast paced, changing environment

Ability to multi-task effectively

Expert knowledge and experience of taking complex features and breaking them into clear and concise stories with well-defined business value and acceptance criteria

Experience analyzing, documenting, and modernizing legacy systems and workflows

Experience with minimum viable product definition and product backlog management

Ability to comprehend and articulate end-to-end system or financial workflows

Strong leader with a collaborative work style and hands-on team leadership

Ability to manage competing priorities and communicate impediments appropriately

Ability to establish and maintain trusted relationships between business partners and technology groups

Understands the value of trade off conversations with business partners

Experience working with QA and customer-facing resources to develop, document, and track use cases

Experience detecting and managing scope changes, as well as escalating and managing-to-resolution of issues

Effective management of project-related tasks, issues, and planning