Principal Software Engineer/Developer - 1911276

Company: Fidelity Investments
Location: Merrimack, NH
Posted on: October 11, 2019

Job Description:

Position Description:

Creates innovative tools to support and enhance the investment process using Microsoft Excel VBA and Python within
rapid application development environments. Uses business knowledge to translate the vision for divisional initiatives
into business solutions by developing complex or multiple software applications and conducting studies of
alternatives. Analyzes and recommends changes in project development policies, procedures, standards, and
strategies to development experts and management.

Primary Responsibilities:

Participates in architecture design teams.
Defines and implements application level architecture.
Develops applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division.
Recommends development testing tools and methodologies and reviews and validates test plans.
Responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables.
Develops comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems.
Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms.
Responsible for meeting project goals on-time and on-budget.
Advises on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects.
Plans and coordinates project schedules and assignments for multiple projects.
Acts as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues.
Provides technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives.
Advises senior management on technical strategy.
Mentors junior team members.
Performs independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects supporting several
divisional initiatives.
Develops original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts.

Education and Experience:

Bachelors degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology,
Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and five (5) years of experience in the job offered
or five (5) years of experience developing, testing, and maintaining investment applications within a distributed
environment.

Or, alternatively, Masters degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information
Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience in
the job offered or three (3) years of experience developing, testing, and maintaining investment applications within a
distributed environment.
Skills and Knowledge:

Candidate must also possess:

Demonstrated Expertise (DE) delivering time-to-market solutions using rapid application development techniques
leveraging Oracle and Access databases in Microsoft Excel VBA and Python.
DE developing and enhancing applications of mortgage and asset-backed securities -- prepayment analysis and
modeling, option-adjusted spreads and durations, and price moves and cash flows.
DE performing automated testing of fixed income applications -- trade processing, netting and settlement, and
security offerings -- using QTP; and performing manual testing of Bloomberg trade processing and trade offering
functionalities using Bloomberg Data Point and Bloomberg API.
DE performing Object-oriented design and development of application deployment automation using Object
Oriented languages (Python and Perl).

To apply please visit https://jobs.fidelity.com and search for job code: 1911276.

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