Principal Software Engineer (Java, API Gateway, Swaggerhub)

Job Description:

Fidelity Workplace Investing – API Market Technology Center of Excellence to build and support outstanding products for its highly business critical API Gateway. Our engineering team is innovative, diverse, passionate, and self-driven. We work in a very dynamic agile environment.

The Purpose

Lead Workplace Investing in crafting a modern, digital API ecosystem delivering better customer experiences faster, enabling expansion to new markets and providing access to legacy and third-party systems.
As a lead engineer on the team, your primary role will be building, testing, and engineering REST APIs on our API marketplace platform which is hosted on Open source api gateway. You are encouraged to quickly gain an understanding of all the components of our platform to be able to lead and chip into strategic roadmaps and initiatives related to the improvement, maintenance, and support of the platform.

The Team
Fidelity's Workplace Investing (WI) Technology team designs, develops, implements, and supports WI's suite of Internet products and services. Drive WI API Strategy forward working with enterprise teams & product partners with a dedicated commitment to innovation.

Required Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering
• 8+ years of development experience (currently hands on) in Java, Spring MVC / Spring boot / Web Services (REST) and configuring web containers.
• Ability to make significant contributions to our technology platform.
• Working Knowledge of API management software such as envoy-based API Gateway
• Hands on experience using SwaggerHub to Build, Collaborate & Integrate APIs
• IDE’s Spring Tool Suite, and Eclipse, within a UNIX and Windows environment.
• Application build, deploy using Continuous Integration/ Deployment (CI/CD) tools -- Jenkins, Maven, uDeploy, etc.
• Leadership: Team player, self-starter, collaborative, innovative, eager to learn every day. Agile/Scrum methodology
• Understanding & hands on knowledge of docker, cloud-computing / cloud services platforms (e.g., AWS or azure) and API Gateway
• Able to clearly articulate API strategies to all partners

Responsibilities

• Assist in coordinating multiple development work streams through integration and ensure architecture is scalable and extensible.
• Define, maintain, and support Java development environment and best practices, such as Maven, Sonar, and other Open-Source tools.
• Assist in identification, isolation, resolution, and communication of problems within the production and nonproduction environment and perform troubleshooting.
• Deliver API Platform capabilities using open-source Envoy, Microgateway, JWT, Key Management, External Identity Mapping, Datadog, Security & many more.
• API design using SwaggerHub to Build, Collaborate & Integrate APIs
• Create API common framework.
• Migration of existing APIs to Kubernetes/Azure
• Perform code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing using Open-Source frameworks.
• Provide mentorship to junior team members.
• Contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Driving new API products available in the marketplace.
• Consumer adoption of new API products
• Decommissioning legacy assets in line with enterprise goals and objectives
• Responsible for WI infrastructure needs as it relates to the API Platform offering from Enterprise Cloud computing.

The Value You Deliver

• Understand the leadership vision and execute on that vision.
• Help strengthen further the culture of innovation by setting examples.
• Find creative ways to get things done and do them right.
• Develop a culture of outstanding software engineering practices.
• Exercise a passion for keeping your knowledge up to date with the latest and greatest.
• Help maintain the high level of integrity in the team.
• Take ownership and accountability for determining what needs to be done.
• Establishing an API marketplace for Fidelity and trusted external partners
• Providing unified experience to access technical assets and resources.
• Implement consistent standards for API development, deployment.
• Coordinate publishing and consumption in the API Marketplace
• Mandate versioning and adoption policies

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

Our ever-evolving technology stack ensures a phenomenal learning culture in the team. We are always exploring new technologies and new ways to continually provide value to our customers. This team has a direct and positive impact on Fidelity’s customers.

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.