Principal API Engineer

Job Description:

The Role 

Fidelity Labs is looking for a Principal API Engineer to join us. As a key member of a growing engineering team, this role will be hands-on building the technology and architecture of world class end-to-end systems. 

The Team 

We are Fidelity Labs, Fidelity Investments’ in-house fintech incubator with a mission to build new businesses to drive growth for Fidelity. We seek to shape the future of our industry by building new products and services to improve the lives of the diverse set of customers, businesses and financial institutions we serve. 

Fidelity Labs is a dynamic workplace that combines the best parts of startup life—building from scratch, adapting quickly, and moon-shot ambition—with the scale and stability of an industry leader. We provide a safe space for startup teams to explore new business ideas, quickly test them with customers, and scale the most promising concepts within an existing business unit, or as a new venture. 

This opportunity is brought to you by Fidelity Labs. Learn more at labs.fidelity.com. 

The Expertise You Have 

• Expert level knowledge of RESTful APIs (Java & Node), SQL, system design, data structures, and algorithms. 

• Expert level development experience (currently hands on) in Java, Spring Boot including Spring Data REST and Spring Data. 

• Expertise in developing and a proven track record of delivering full-stack cloud-based applications. 

• Strong experience with sophisticated distributed systems, micro services and event-based architectures. 

• You are comfortable working in an Agile software delivery environment, with exposure to continuous integration and continuous delivery tools. 

• You have a passion for clean, maintainable code and are always looking to improve your engineering skills in fast-paced, ambiguous environments. 

• You have a passion for testing as a core part of the development process and can build or contribute to automated testing frameworks that can detect any anomalies in functionality, performance and integration. 

• Learning, adapting and adopting new concepts & technologies quickly and implementing them optimally. 

• Understanding of fundamental design principles for building a modular, scalable and resilient platform. 

• You build positive relationships with other team members and have excellent verbal and written communication. 

Certifications:

Category:Information Technology

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.