Job Description:

Principal Software Engineer – Asset Management Equity Technology

Location: Galway

FTE

We have an outstanding opportunity for a Principal Software Engineer to work in a delivery team within Fidelity Ireland’s Asset Management Technology group. Our team is responsible for designing, developing & implementing products for the Equity Technology Research division which focus on, and are critical to, the workflows that interface between the Fidelity’s corporate investment research analysts and key corporate financial disclosure events held by third‑party companies within Fidelity’s investment universe.  This interaction is at the very heart of Fidelity’s investment research value proposition.

The Expertise we’re looking for

• You care deeply about doing excellent work with excellent people.

• Minimum 10 years of design & development experience.

• You are proficient in Java, Spring, RESTful services, as well as the usual DevOps enablers like Maven, Jenkins Core.

• Previous exposure to AWS is required

• Experience with messaging and streaming platforms is desirable

• Experience with Angular is a plus

• Building Continuous Integration pipelines, trying novel practices and investing in an automated deployment suite.

• Experience with API Design including versioning, isolation and micro-services.

• You have a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent and you want to learn more.

The Purpose of your Role

You will be a Principal Engineer and a team leader of an agile track, building world class solutions in Asset Management Technology with a high level of focus on Continuous Integration/Delivery and engineering excellence. We want to work with an engineer who is versatile, always eager to take on new problems and share solutions as we push the technology forward. Working independently as well as collaboratively with a positive ‘can-do’ approach to teamwork.

The Skills You Bring

• Excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to run with multiple tasks at a given time.

• Ability to provide technical guidance to your team.

• Proven mentoring and coaching skills

• You thrive in a team environment, collaborating openly and actively contributing to how work gets completed.

• You are able to act independently under general direction.

• Familiarity with event driven and service-oriented processing is desired.

The Value you Deliver

• Deliver high quality, timely, cost effective and maintainable software solutions in an agile environment to meet functional and non-functional business requirements.

• Actively contribute to evangelize engineering practices such as code and design reviews and the definition of source control strategy, environment strategy, and build and deployment pipeline.

• Work with product owner, technical leads and architect as required to influence technical improvements to the platform.

• Develop a keen understanding of the business domain you are working on and actively participate in technology discussions with business partners and other external parties.

• Investigate creative practices and share them with your team-mates.

How Your work Impacts the Organization

The position aligns to the Equity Technology division of Asset Management Technology (AMT), which provides technology and support for the Equity Asset Class. The role focuses on projects that power Fidelity’s global investment calendar—core platforms that manage the scheduling, coordination, and workflow surrounding key corporate financial disclosure events held by third‑party companies within Fidelity’s investment universe. These solutions enable our investment professionals to efficiently prepare for, access, and analyze the high‑value corporate interactions that inform Fidelity’s equity research and decision‑making processes. Research analysis of these companies is core to Fidelity's value proposition.

COMPANY CULTURE

At Fidelity, we reward ambitious, passionate individuals with a work environment that fosters diversity, teamwork and collaboration as well as encourages innovative ideas and fresh thinking. We recognize the value that employees’ individual differences can contribute to the bright and strong future of our company.

At Fidelity, we are focused on making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. Fidelity established an Ireland presence in 1996 and we currently employ 1000 staff across IT and shared services, with offices in Dublin (City West) and Galway (Parkmore East).

For information about working at Fidelity, visit www.fidelityinvestments.ie.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer.

Category:

Information Technology