Job Description
Summary
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
Skills
- Communications Skills
- Development
- React
- Team Collaboration
- TypeScript