Fidelity Investments · 1 day ago
Principal Software Engineer
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$107K/yr - $216K/yr
7+ years expFidelity Investments is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join Fidelity Labs, their in-house software incubator. The role involves building out an API Platform with opportunities for greenfield development, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating across teams to enhance processes and documentation.
Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial ServicesRetirementWealth Management
Responsibilities
Attention to detail: An eye for detailed code review, writing clean code, and thoroughly reading documentation
Leadership: A track record of mentoring junior engineers and explaining to them not only what standard methodologies are, but why they exist
Shipping features and debugging production incidents in event-driven distributed systems
Excellent technical interpersonal skills and a desire to make existing documentation better both for fellow developers and external customers
Curiosity: Interest in the tools and abstractions used and how they work
TypeScript expertise: A strong instinct for writing accurate and specific type annotations, and knowledge of features such as the distinction between classes, types, and interfaces
Technical Expertise: Deep expertise in software architecture, cloud services, microservices, and event-driven paradigms
Production Expertise: Significant experience shipping features, debugging production incidents, and optimizing performance in event-driven distributed systems
Experience with using logging and observability platforms like Datadog and Amazon Cloudwatch
Qualification
Required
Attention to detail: An eye for detailed code review, writing clean code, and thoroughly reading documentation
Leadership: A track record of mentoring junior engineers and explaining to them not only what standard methodologies are, but why they exist
Experience with cross-team collaboration
Shipping features and debugging production incidents in event-driven distributed systems
Excellent technical interpersonal skills and a desire to make existing documentation better both for fellow developers and external customers
Curiosity: Interest in the tools and abstractions used and how they work
TypeScript expertise: A strong instinct for writing accurate and specific type annotations, and knowledge of features such as the distinction between classes, types, and interfaces
Technical Expertise: Deep expertise in software architecture, cloud services, microservices, and event-driven paradigms
Production Expertise: Significant experience shipping features, debugging production incidents, and optimizing performance in event-driven distributed systems
Experience with using logging and observability platforms like Datadog and Amazon Cloudwatch
Minimum of 7 years in software development, with a focus on platform engineering or API development
Experience with AWS cloud services such as ALB, Aurora, and S3, and relational databases such as PostgreSQL
Preferred
Experience with identity management platforms like Auth0
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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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (3)
2024 (8)
2023 (4)
2022 (6)
2021 (8)
2020 (30)
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
2026-01-07
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