Job Description:Principal Software Engineer in TestThe Role We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced lead Software Engineer in Test to become a member of our Quality Engineering Center of Excellence. You will apply your deep knowledge of quality engineering to define testing best practices. Using your quality engineering leadership experience, you will consult and mentor a significant number of teams to implement these practices. You will use your organized and detailed problem-solving methodologies to identify testing challenges and work to resolve them. You will measure the quality maturity of teams and automate the collection and presentation of these measurements to drive transparency and continuous improvement. You will guide teams as they engineer and experiment with new innovations and process improvements. Using your broad experience across multiple teams and products, you will analyze emerging tools, technologies, and methodologies, and determine which to advance. You will also have an opportunity to work hands-on with AI and large language models to find new ways to improve our quality engineering practices.
The Expertise and Skills You BringTechnical / Behavioral- Experience in Agile methodologies.
- Experience leading teams that build test automation.
- Hands-on experience building test automation (UI, API, ETL).
- Ability to adapt to new programming languages and new tools and practices.
- Experience implementing test data management strategies and test environment approaches.
- Confidence to champion quality engineering.
- Ability to teach and mentor team members.
- Detailed and organized approach to solving problems.
- Communication skills that prioritize collaboration over conflict.
- Good understanding of quality engineering in Agile to provide constructive feedback to improve sprint deliveries.
- Experience with requirement analysis, defect tracking, test reporting, and signoff.
- Strong analytical and technical skills to address sophisticated issues.
- High level of dedication, initiative, vision, and passion.
- Ability to create clear, comprehensive, and user-friendly documentation to support self-service and knowledge sharing within the organization.
- Proven experience identifying a vision and organizing the work to achieve it.
The Skills That Are Good to Have for This Role- Familiarity with AI, deep learning, and some hands-on prompt engineering.
- Experience with unit testing.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms and containerization technologies.
- Familiarity with Jira and Xray.
The Team The Engineering Excellence Quality Engineering COE defines the optimal quality practices across the delivery lifecycle, educates and coaches teams to adopt them, measures quality maturity and implements automated measurements, works to solve testing challenges, and evaluates new tools, technologies, and practices. The COE works across technology and product organizations to build trust and establish a culture that embeds quality into every delivery.
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 working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).
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.
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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
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Certifications: 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 working model
blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).
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
.
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
.