Job Description:

Principal Software Performance Engineer

Location: Boston, Merrimack, Smithfield

Are you striving to be the best engineer that you can be? Are you interested in joining a team that is building a next generation platform for one of the most strategic technology platforms in Fidelity? We are seeking an individual with a strong background in performance testing and has knowledge of multiple application infrastructures.

TheExpertiseWe're Looking For

• Experience working with a large-scale engineering team defining and developing performance test strategies
• Expert in defining fundamental design principles for building a scalable application on cloud infrastructure like AWS
• Deep knowledge of middleware Java stack, Oracle, messaging technologies and web containers
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced Agile software delivery environment, with exposure to continuous integration and continuous delivery tools.
• Performance tuning, analysis in distributed systems

ThePurposeof Your Role

You will work with your squad to develop test strategies using project artifacts as well as in depth interviews of architects and development leads to assure capacity and stability of the applications meets requirements for production deployment. Assist the team in defining SLA's for various functional components in the platform and communicating performance testing results and identify areas for improvement with stakeholders. You will help in building the automated performance suite for various components in the platform.

TheSkillsYou Bring

• Excellent analytical skills and extensive troubleshooting experience of performance throughput issues.
• You have experience with enterprise cloud enabled distributed systems.
• Thorough understanding of distributed systems, Internet principles and statistical data analysis
• Ability to identify application bottlenecks and assist engineers with improving application performance and reducing latency through profiling.
• Extensive experience with monitoring tools such as, Datadog and Splunk.
• Extensive experience with load generation tools such as JMeter.
• Extensive experience troubleshooting and tuning Oracle performance issues including optimizing queries and resources.

TheValueYou Deliver

• You willparticipate in design and implementation of software solutions and ensure they meet non-functional requirements and that are aligned to the program's strategic direction.
• You will ensure that component and system level SLA's for a mission critical platform are adhered to.
• You will engage with a global team of engineers in leading best practices for performance engineering.

How Your work Impacts the Organization

The position aligns to Strategic Advisors Technology (SAT) division of Asset Management Technology (AMT) which provides worldwide technology and support to the Investment Management, Research, Trading and Investment Operations functions. SAT provides the technology platforms for our investment community to build and support our Managed Accounts Product Offering.

Why Fidelity?

• A company that is committed to innovation and being an industry leader by investing in technology
• More than 12,000 technology professionals utilizing an Agile methodology enterprise-wide
• Access to top-tier technology platforms, tools and frameworks
• Challenging positions and numerous opportunities for personal and professional growth

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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.

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 top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. 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.

Fidelity's hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

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.