Director, Software Engineering - 2028827
Company: Fidelity Investments
Location: Boston, MA
Posted on: June 25, 2021
Job Description:
Develops Web enabled applications and architect frameworks in
Cloud-based architectures (AWS, GCP, RESTful Web services, and
Azure) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Designs cognitive
services with Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Natural
Language Understanding (NLU) interactions between cognitive
platforms. Researches and recommends new technologies in support of
the strategic direction of the business unit and participates in
the research and recommendation of appropriate models, methods,
tools, and technologies to achieve business-unit-wide
solutions. Primary Responsibilities: Partners with squad leaders to establish the standards for the
chapter, influencing strategic decisions and solution
development. Develops application and channel assistants that communicate
with third-party and internal NLP engines. Ensures the team composition aligns with business needs,
including workforce planning necessary to deliver value and results
for clients and the business. Supports, coaches, and mentors team members as a leader and
expert. Enables an Agile and frictionless organization by modeling Agile
behaviors. Measures performance through established Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs). Sets and enforces standards and ensures work performed is
aligned with established road maps. Removes impediments to deliver value. Ensures team adherence to software development standards and
best practices. Allocates chapter members across teams to ensure utilization of
talent while creating appropriate learning opportunities for talent
development. Develops talent within the team by identifying proficiency,
expertise, and resource gaps, and recruiting, training, and hiring
staff. Analyzes user needs and develops software solutions. Designs software or customizes software for client use with the
aim of optimizing operational efficiency. Confers with systems analysts, engineers, and programmers to
design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and
capabilities, and performance requirements and interfaces. Designs, develops, and modifies complex and major software
systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to
predict and measure outcome and consequences of design. Develops and directs software system testing and validation
procedures, and programming and documentation. 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 six (6) years
of experience in the job offered or six (6) years of experience
designing and building scalable, high volume, Cloud ready
enterprise applications within retail investing, brokerage, and
financial services environments. Or, alternatively, Masters degree (or foreign education
equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information
Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely
related field and four (4) years of experience in the job offered
or four (4) years of experience designing and building scalable,
high volume, Cloud ready enterprise applications within retail
investing, brokerage, and financial services environments. Skills and Knowledge: Candidate must also possess: Demonstrated Expertise (DE) developing rich internet
applications, using Machine Learning (ML) APIs, Artificial
Intelligence (AI) algorithms, JavaScript, RESTful Web services,
AngularJS, React, and NodeJS; and performing unit testing of
JavaScript applications, using Mocha and Karma open source
frameworks. DE recognizing customer interactions and architecting
personalized data providers and usecase flow based on patterns
obtained, using LEX or Nuance. DE generating reports and creating dashboards for application
usage analysis, and customer and identify interaction patterns,
using Splunk, Qlik, and Hadoop. DE planning, implementing, and managing high-scale, performant,
and secure customer-facing applications built on Google Cloud
Platform (GCP), Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or RESTful
Webservices. For full job details and to apply, please visit
https://jobs.fidelity.com/ and search for job number: 2028827.
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