Director, Engineering - Employer Digital

Fidelity

$130K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in technology leadership with a focus on Full-Stack/Front-End development
  • Strong experience in managing people and cross-functional development teams
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills with a collaborative mindset
  • Excellent communication and influencing abilities
  • Experience in an ambiguous, rapidly changing environment
  • Proficiency in Full-Stack/Front-end technologies like Angular and Java
  • Familiarity with Agile software development practices
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage Full Stack Engineering teams, including hiring and performance assessments
  • Coordinate development activities and prioritize backlogs in collaboration with product owners
  • Drive development standards to enhance quality and consistency
  • Influence strategic input for technology and product roadmaps
  • Foster a dynamic and collaborative team environment
  • Ensure delivery of scalable solutions that meet business requirements
  • Provide hands-on leadership to guide the development of user interfaces

Benefits

  • Career development opportunities through coaching and mentorship
  • A culture of innovation and continuous improvement
  • Flexible working environment
  • Participation in a technology-driven group of passionate professionals
  • Diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace
Full Job Description

Job Description:

Director, Engineering - Employer Digital

The Role

The Digital Platforms Employer Technology team within Workplace Investing (WI) is seeking an Engineering Leader to shape the strategy, technical direction, and delivery of digital capabilities that support the Plan Sponsor experience.  The role will lead engineering teams, partner closely with product leadership, and ensure delivery of scalable, resilient, and modern solutions that meet the needs of Plans Sponsors

The Team

Fidelity's Workplace Investing (WI) Digital Platforms Technology team designs, develops, implements, and supports WI’s suite of Digital applications. We are passionate about delivering innovative solutions that exceed our customers’ needs. We embrace diversity of thought and experience. Our team thrives with a steadfast dedication to innovation which promotes a culture of continuous improvement and significant product advancement. This is a fast-paced technology group that adopts modern technologies to build powerful tools and deliver an outstanding end user experience.

The Expertise You Have

  • 8+ years leading fast-paced technology with focus on Full-Stack/Front-End Teams
  • Strong experience managing people and cross functional development teams
  • Robust critical thinking and problem-solving skills coupled with a growth mentality and a desire to collaborate effectively with key business and technology partners across the company
  • Excellent leadership, communication, presentation, facilitation, and influencing skills
  • Ability to work in an unstructured environment and to deal well with ambiguity
  • Must be familiar with Full-Stack/Front-end tools such as Angular, Java, Rest
  • Experience working in an Agile software development framework
  • Bachelor's degree in MIS/Computer Science or related field

The Skills You Bring

  • Strong experience leading and managing Full Stack Engineering teams
  • Great communication and influencing skills and can foster a fun, collaborative and energetic team environment
  • You build a culture where the team can achieve their best results by providing continuous coaching, real-time feedback and development opportunities.
  • You can see the 'big picture' impact of small decisions made in the present and are able to influence and empower others to do the same
  • Ability to understand organizational dynamics and lead confidently through others

The Value You Deliver

  • Leading a Full Stack Engineering development team (including hiring, performance assessments and mentoring the team to their full potential)
  • Ability to lead direct and indirect engineering teams to successfully deliver upon business and technology requirements
  • You will help champion and drive development standards to improve quality, efficiency, and consistency
  • Work with product owners to plan releases, coordinate development activities, and prioritize backlogs to meet technical deliverables
  • Ability to collaborate with technology and business partners across Fidelity to provide strategic input into the long-term direction and roadmaps
  • Ability to learn quickly, be flexible, adapt and strive to excel in a fast paced, changing environment
  • Ability to be highly organized, very responsive, and committed to quality and high standards

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

Our goal within WI Digital Platforms is to build a user experience that delights our customers, anticipates their needs and matches services or solutions to support effective decision making. This leadership role sets direction across the development teams through hands-on leadership. You will be responsible for leading the development of high performance, responsive user interfaces.


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