Senior UI Developer

The Purpose of This Role

As part of the Green Meadows program within the Fidelity Center for Applied Technologies (FCAT), the candidate will be part of a team which is focused on building a modern brokerage platform from scratch. FCAT is embarking upon a unique journey which typically happens only once every 20-30 years within an organization to build a new Brokerage platform from the ground up. This new platform will be completely on the cloud and will provide various new additional & improved features to the end customer.

The Value You Deliver

The ideal candidate will play the role of a Senior Developer for the squad that builds the web applications for Operations users and end customers. The candidate is expected to design and develop features, manage code reviews & deployments, and coordinate with various collaborators for development. The candidate will have an opportunity to work in fast paced core-brokerage financial industry domain along with an opportunity to learn new functionality and technology.

The Skills that are Key to this role

• Experience developing and maintaining applications written using modern JavaScript frameworks (Angular, Vue, React JS), Angular experience is preferred
• A proven, practical understanding of JavaScript and TypeScript
• Proficiency using HTML and CSS, including an understanding of accessibility needs and cross-browser compatibility
• Experience working with Git/Version control
• Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups, both in person and virtually, in a constructive and collaborative manner
• Ability to apply a long-term mentality to help produce scalable, maintainable solutions
• Experience developing and designing your own user interfaces using wireframes, visual designs and UX specifications & principles
• Commitment to quality and high standards
• Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other partners
• The desire to learn and grow. To seek out ways to challenge yourself and expand your knowledge of both the business and the technology you work with
• Good communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Able to understand a complex and global systems environment
• Working knowledge of basic investment terms and practices is desirable

Your experience with the following will be a plus:

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and driving automation
• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• You adopt customer-first mentality and enjoy developing user-friendly web applications that solve real life problems
• An understanding or familiarity with financial technology and the stock market
• Experience using Figma or similar tools to design user interfaces

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

At Fidelity, we are focused on making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want— from the 23 million people investing their life savings, to the 20,000 businesses managing their employee benefits programs, to the10,000 advisors and institutions needing innovative technology solutions to invest their clients’ money. To do this well, as a privately held company, we place a high degree of value in nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to being an employer of choice.

FCAT – Fidelity Center of Applied Technology – is a centralized function whose mandate is to catalyze innovation across the firm. Our FCAT teams’ prototype and pilot new businesses and capabilities that continue to distinguish our brand as the best customer experience in the financial services industry. These teams focus on exploring big industry game-changing technologies such as crypto currencies, artificial intelligence, virtual/augmented reality & cloud computing. Additionally, FCAT’s world class research team identifies trends and works with partners across the innovation ecosystem to “bring the outside in.” We collaborate with MIT, Harvard, Stanford and other academic institutions, and partner with Accelerators, Start Ups and other industry leaders to drive new ideas and innovation practices across the firm.

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.