Principal Software Engineer at Fidelity Investments in Durham, NC

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Fidelity Digital Assets, a Fidelity Investments Company, is developing a full-service enterprise-grade platform for storing, trading and servicing digital assets, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

As a Principal Software Engineer you will play a critical role in developing Fidelity Digital Assets’ wallet infrastructure. This is a hands-on role where you will write code and promote the use of modern software development practices within the team. You will work closely with our architects to design secure, scalable, resilient cloud-based services. You will guide engineers and help develop their technical skills. You’ll get the opportunity to develop your skills, collaborate across Fidelity teams and continue to learn in a fun, collaborative, iterative, and rapidly changing environment. This is a unique opportunity to have a direct impact on the overall strategy of digital assets at Fidelity.

The Team

The Wallet Team is responsible for the backend services and APIs that support digital asset transactions on networks such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The Expertise You Have

• Experience in building production cryptocurrency and tokenization platforms
• Solidity development experience is nice to have
• Proficient with core Java technologies and frameworks like Spring Boot
• A solid understanding of databases and SQL
• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms and containerization technologies such as Docker
• Comfortable in developing asynchronous workers using resilient messaging services
• An understanding of microservices architecture and twelve factor app patterns
• Ability to build reliable software that can withstand unreliable environments
• Unit and integration test automation using JUnit
• Experience in building and deploying applications using continuous integration pipelines and automated deployment tools such as Jenkins

The Skills You Bring

• A solid foundation in software engineering – bachelor’s degree preferred, 8+ years’ experience
• Possess full-stack software development knowledge and critical thinking skills to design end-to-end solutions
• An understanding of cryptography techniques and algorithms
• Passionate and committed to learning new concepts and developing with the latest technologies and frameworks
• Work well in both a small agile team and independently, having a strong customer focus
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks at a given time
• Lead advancement of engineering practices such as code and design reviews, environment strategy, and build and deployment pipelines

The Value You Deliver

• Understand detail requirements and deliver solutions that meet or exceed customer expectations
• Produce scalable, resilient, cloud-based system designs aligned with our long-term strategy
• Produce high-quality code with high test coverage following Fidelity processes, standards, and methodologies
• Provide outstanding support, including on-call support when necessary
• Mentor and develop technical staff across global sites

Why Fidelity Digital Assets?

Fidelity Digital Assets embraces an entrepreneurial culture and startup mindset while serving as one of the most innovative business units within Fidelity Investments. Our global, diverse team of 130+ forward-thinking professionals lead with agility and creativity to build solutions that bridge the gap between traditional institutional investors and their exposure to digital assets. The firm’s tenure and experience across multiple business lines present our employees with unprecedented access to knowledge, technology, and resources that help our team reshape the future of finance.