Hiring: Director, Software Engineering Company: Fidelity Investments Location: Covington, KY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 11:24:03 Employment Type: Full-time / Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, CI/CD, Event-Driven, IAM, Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, Microservices, OpenAPI, REST, Spring Boot, Swagger About the job Required Skills: •Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position. •Provide strong technical leadership guiding architectural decisions, ensuring alignment between business objectives and technical strategy, and enabling teams to deliver high-quality solutions. •Drive engineering excellence through mentorship, technical coaching, and the establishment of scalable development practices that improve delivery effectiveness, quality, and operational resilience. •Own engineering delivery for your domain end-to-end: from specification through production, including testing strategy, pipeline design, and operational readiness. •Manage external technical partnerships where your domain is the integration point — own API contracts, integration test harnesses, and ongoing governance as partner platforms evolve. •Establish and enforce engineering standards across the platform: contract-first API development, OpenAPI specifications, code review standards, CI/CD pipeline design, and observability practices. •Drive engineering excellence by guiding technical strategy, influencing solution design, and fostering the adoption of proven engineering patterns and practices. Lead the integration of AI-powered tools and streamlined delivery methodologies that accelerate innovation and improve delivery outcomes. •Guide teams in making sound technical decisions by focusing on business impact, challenging conventional thinking, and driving solutions that improve efficiency, scalability, and customer experience. Qualifications: •The Expertise and Skills You Bring •Advanced proficiency in Java and Spring Boot for production backend service development. •Strong working knowledge of event-driven and distributed systems: Kafka-based architectures, messaging patterns, microservices, and asynchronous design — sufficient to evaluate architectural decisions, lead technical discussions, and set direction for the team. •Contract-first API development: deep understanding of OpenAPI/Swagger standards, RESTful API design, API lifecycle management, and consumer-driven contract practices. •Cloud-native platform experience: AWS (preferred), container orchestration (Kubernetes), IAM, secrets management, and multi-account operational patterns. •Engineering practice leadership: building and enforcing standards for testing, delivery pipelines, observability (distributed tracing, structured logging, metrics), and code quality. •Operational familiarity with AI-assisted engineering practices — spec-driven development, code transformation, AI-accelerated delivery — and a track record of driving adoption across a team. •Background in financial services, brokerage technology, or communications-heavy platforms. •How Your Work Impacts The Organization •Enterprise Digital Operations is embarking on a multi-year strategic initiative to bolster the digital experience for our clients and customers by leveraging consistent patterns and adhering to higher security standards to keep the client and technology secure and resilient. Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!