Job Description:
Director of Software Engineering (Chapter Leader) – Associate Experience Platforms
The Role
Are you a customer-obsessed engineering leader looking for an opportunity to work across domains to drive and develop great platforms and solutions? As an AXP Chapter Leader, you blend strong software engineering & full-stack development experience with a passion for coaching, mentoring, and developing associates. You are intellectually curious and are committed to developing your own expertise and empowering others by bringing the latest thinking to your role.
The Value You Deliver
The AXP Chapter Lead will be responsible for:
Directly managing a team of full-stack engineers that work across multiple squads within the product area
Providing technical leadership and coaching for engineers, with particular focus on web application development, AWS, Adobe Experience Manager and Salesforce
Driving end to end application portfolio strategy - roadmaps, TLM, standards – and ensuring scale & reuse across the portfolio
Partnering with product owners to prioritize technical efforts and provide input on product features and capabilities.
Collaborating with Architecture and Platform Engineering teams to set technical direction and ensure alignment with the wider Fidelity technology strategy.
Creating a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters a sense of belonging, connection, and community
Managing talent reviews, performance, compensation, goal setting, development, and recruitment
Facilitating learning across the chapter to promote skills and career growth
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
10+ years’ experience in technology management and/or leadership, with a proven record of developing high-performing engineering teams
Significant experience with web application development on the cloud – Angular, Vue, Node.js, REST/Graph APIs, AWS
Experience managing engineers working on SaaS based vendor products
Confident and influential leader with the ability to create a positive & collaborative culture
Ability to influence and build strong relationships with technical and non-technical partners, including senior leaders
Experience working within a large & complex company with a mature development ecosystem
Proven track record of managing a diverse application portfolio, including TLM and production support responsibilities
Proven record of evaluating and implementing new technologies and engineering practices
Strategic thinker with experience developing and executing technical roadmaps
High degree of organization and the ability to quickly context switch in a fast-paced environment
A positive attitude and the ability to quickly build partner confidence in chapter strategy
Desire and ability to mentor and coach engineers to achieve their full potential
The Team
The AXP team builds and maintains solutions that enable Fidelity associates and clients to collaborate on critical sales, service, and operations transactions. Our applications are used by many thousands of Wealth & Brokerage associates and Fidelity customers to complete a variety of important transactions, such as scheduling an appointment with their advisor.
We are looking for a strong development leader who can help evolve our engineering practices & take us to the next level!
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Company Overview
Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients' money.
Join Us
At Fidelity, you'll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples' lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don't need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you've always imagined.
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 all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office.
At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.
We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.
Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.
Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.