Principal Software Engineer

Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

The Role

You will be part of a squad responsible for MQ and multi-site infrastructure software development and maintenance. This software is used across the brokerage platform to allow switching the mainframe sites they are connected to. This is mission critical software which processes millions of transactions every day. Additional responsibilities include participation in an on-call rotation for all software owned by the team. You will also work with the team leads and stakeholders from other organizations to help prioritize the backlog and plan out major initiatives.
 

The Expertise You Have

• BS/BA Degree or equivalent experience preferred

• 8+ years of mainframe application development experience which utilize CICS, DB2, MQ

• Experience designing, building, deploying, and supporting mainframe applications.

• Expertise with the following: CICS, COBOL, VSAM, MQ, SQL, CPSM, VSAM RLS, CAFC, COBOL native stored procedures, Abend Aid and Intertest

• Knowledge in Assembler, REXX, JCL, JAVA, IIDR replication, Control-M a plus

This role may be hired at a grade 5 or grade 6

The Skills You Bring

• You have experience and feel confident working in an agile environment (Scrum and Kanban)

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• You are a strategic problem solver, bring your curiosity and excitement; desire to collaborate with team members

• Enjoy learning the business behind the applications outside of our own team

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work with minimal direction and significant autonomy

The Value You Deliver

• Collaborating across a wide range of teams within and outside our own organization

• Being an excellent teammate developing/deploying software in a fast-paced and highly flexible environment

• Being a tech lead for the team, coaching and mentoring the junior developers

• Continued focus on improving test coverage, release velocity and production stability

• Forever learning and growing your skillsets to be an active contributor to a well-rounded team

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.