Director, Software Engineering

Fidelity

$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in software or cloud infrastructure engineering with at least 12 years of experience.
  • Experience managing Tier-0 platform incidents and ensuring 24/7 operational excellence.
  • Ability to balance business priorities and make strategic tradeoffs.
  • Hands-on expertise with AWS cloud services and containerized applications (Java, Micronaut).
  • Demonstrated experience in Agile/Scrum environments leading technical teams.
  • A strong record of driving modernization from legacy systems to cloud-native architectures.
  • Preferred experience with AI tools to enhance engineering productivity.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the modernization of the authorization platform to cloud-native solutions.
  • Ensure Tier-0 reliability and 24/7 availability of mission-critical systems.
  • Align engineering efforts with business priorities, driving collaboration across teams.
  • Champion best practices in system design and operational excellence.
  • Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across teams.
  • Develop a multi-year technology strategy for authorization aligned with enterprise goals.
  • Drive architectural decisions to enhance security and scalability.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead a critical engineering team with a focus on cutting-edge technology.
  • Exposure to high-stakes environments in the retail financial sector.
  • Ability to influence architectural decisions and strategic direction.
  • Encouragement of a culture of learning, mentoring, and technical excellence.
Full Job Description

Job Description:

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

The Shared Services Engineering – Authorization team is seeking a hands‑on Director to lead and execute the modernization of the authorization platform into cloud‑native solutions, with direct accountability for Tier‑0 reliability and 24×7 availability. As Director, Software Engineering within Brokerage Recordkeeping Technology (BRT), you will lead high performing engineering teams and collaborate closely with product and platform partners to deliver a modern, unified authorization framework.

The ideal candidate for this position will have a strong backgroundincloud technologies, productdevelopment,and experienceleadingtechnical teams in an agile fashion.They willbe able to navigateandmanagetechnicalcomplexitieswhile developing secure and scalable solutions for our customers. You will be responsible for ensuring operational excellence and maintaining continuous availability of mission-critical systems that power our authorization platform.

The Team

This Team is Fidelitys core authorization team, responsible for building and operating the platform that underpins enterprise security and scalability. As part of Shared Services Engineering, the team modernizes authorization capabilities from mainframe to cloud‑native architectures and delivers secure platforms, and frameworks that enable Fidelity Brokerage Recordkeeping Technology to leverage the public cloud at scale.

The Expertise You Have

  • Bachelor's or master'sdegree with12years ofknowledge and experience working insoftwareandcloud infrastructureengineeringwith various technology platforms.

  • Experience Handling INC management / Problem Management of Tier 0 platforms and driving 24x7 operational excellence.

  • Experiencemanaging business priorities and understanding how to make tradeoffs when considering pace over perfection.

  • Proven expertise leveraging AWS cloud services to architect and deliver production‑grade, cloud‑native systems, with hands‑on experience designing and building containerized applications using Java and Micronaut.

  • Assist VP of Engineering in developing and implementing a multi-year technology strategy for Authorization platforms aligned with enterprise priorities.

  • Experiencedirectingtechnical teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.

  • Lead modernization of authorization components, migrating from legacy mainframe implementations to cloud‑native, policy‑driven, and scalable architectures.

  • Engineering Excellence Champion best practices in system design, development, and operationsemphasizing scalability, compliance, and fault tolerance.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration Align engineering efforts with business priorities and partner across product, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver integrated solutions.

  • Innovation and Culture Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement across globally distributed teams.

  • Architectural Influence Drive architectural decisions that enhance the security posture and operational scalability of enterprise platforms.

  • Preferred Experience leveraging AI‑assisted tools to improve engineering productivity, operational efficiency, or developer workflows.

  • Preferred experience in retail financial markets or another highly regulated industry.

The Skills You Bring

  • Solid leadershipskillswiththe abilityto Hire, Coach and develop new technical talent.

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with which you build andmaintainstrong cross-functional partnerships and relationships at all levels of the organization

  • Intellectually curious and model a culture of continuous learning,mentoring,and coaching

  • Youenjoy helping your team grow and develop into a stronger and more efficient team

  • You enjoy finding opportunities to innovate and take thoughtful riskstoget things done faster

  • You are truly client-obsessed and dedicated to understanding and learning about customer needs and requirements; both external and internal

  • You are comfortable working in an agile environment

The Value You Deliver

  • Influence strategic backlog and prioritization decisions related toBRT Application Solutions Engineering.

  • DeliveringCloud native Scalable Authorization solutions toBRTdevelopmentteamsand support them

  • Develop a point of view on new and emerging trends to advance solutions that result in efficiencies andfastertime to market

  • Organizing and driving the work for your team in the most efficient manner, delivering the most value to your technical and business partners in BRT

  • Actively sharing insights, knowledge, industrypracticesand developments across the organization

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