Principal Front End Engineer
Job Description
Job Description:
Role
Our teams build and contribute to Fidelity’s digital presence. As a web developer, you will help us build the web user experience and the underlying platforms needed to support our digital presence. You’ll work on building end to end features as part of our autonomous, multi-functional teams. You’ll own entire features from concept to deployment working on cross-functional teams. You'll have opportunities to share your ideas on how to improve our products as well as develop your skills, learn new technologies and languages, and continue to learn. We're looking for highly motivated individuals who work well in a collaborative, iterative, and fast-paced environment.
The Expertise and Skills We’re Looking For
You have a passion for technology and can navigate your way across complex and rapidly-changing landscapes by staying on top of the latest trends and thrive by sharing knowledge.
Are a creator, a doer, and a game-changer who will help us solve real-life problems and meet real customer needs. You’ll be helping us build things, taking an idea, and creating rapid prototypes that are shippable and learn from real-life feedback.
Are comfortable to be a self-starter, who actively challenges status-quo, is curious and not afraid to ask “Why” and “What if”?
Are experienced with the tools of the trade including a variety of modern programming languages and frameworks
Care about cycle time and use CI/CD practices, tools to rapidly deploy changes to customers while minimizing risk using practices like A/B tests, blue-green deployments, and feature toggles
Stay on top of Algorithms, Data Structures and Design Patterns and love the challenge of building highly scalable systems that can support thousands of transactions/sec.
Have a mindset of test first development and are experienced in modern test frameworks. We believe in testing and that quality is everyone’s job.
Are data-driven and can measure, collect and use data to make decisions. We understand the value of intuition and the need to balance decisions accordingly.
Have strong communication skills and technical expertise to drive and participate in meaningful discussions.
5+ years of software development experience
Solid understanding of HTTP based APIs, Networking and how the internet works.
Strong JavaScript, Typescript, CSS, HTML & Browser Developer tools.
Understand Async code (Promises, Callbacks, Event Loops)
JS Tooling (ESLint, Webpack, Grunt, Gulp)
JS MV* frameworks (Angular, React)
Comfortable with Visual Design & Rapid Prototyping
Expert at one IDE of choice (VS Code, WebStorm)
Node.js frameworks NPM, Express
Automation Tools/Frameworks (Mocha, Jasmine, Selenium, Protractor)
Advanced Git skills
API Design & Development, MicroServices Architecture.
DevOps, Automated Testing and Continuous Delivery
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N/ACertifications:
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 Best Place to Work in 2023. 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.
At Fidelity, our goal is for most people to work flexibly in a way that balances both personal and business needs with time onsite and offsite through what we’re calling “Dynamic Working”. Most associates will have a hybrid schedule with a requirement to work onsite at a Fidelity work location for at least one week, 5 consecutive days, every four weeks. These requirements are subject to change.
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, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.