Senior Java Engineer

About the Opportunity

Job Description

Title Senior Java Engineer

DepartmentTechnology

Location Gurgaon India

Reports To Senior Manager

Level 6

Fidelity International offers world class investment solutions and retirement expertise. As a privately owned, independent company, investment is our only business. We are driven by the needs of our clients, not by shareholders. Our vision is to deliver innovative client solutions for a better future.

Our people are passionate, engaged, smart and curious, and we give them the independence and the confidence to make a difference. While we take pride in the excellence of our investment solutions and client service, we know we can always do better. We are honest, respectful and make tough calls, challenging the status quo to achieve better outcomes through innovation. Above all else, we always put our clients first.

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GPS Tech stack and engineering ecosystem needs to evolve at a fast pace to cater to strategic technology drivers and to meet end customer experience demands. There is need for a seasoned technologist leader who can lead / drive this space with dedicated energy, passion and inspiration.

As a Senior Java Engineer, you will play a key role in a global program, collaborating with senior business leaders, product owners, and technology teams within Fidelity International to deliver and enhance Fidelity's record-keeping platform. Working alongside the business proposition team and technology architects, you will utilize your expertise in core Java, multithreading, collections, data structures, algorithms, and databases to assist with the engineering aspects, design, definition, exploration, and delivery of an end-to-end solution to scale Fidelity's record-keeping platform.

You must have a passion for delivering high-quality and scalable solutions with a continued focus on customer needs. You should be both willing to challenge and be challenged on where things can be improved and be comfortable working alongside other engineers in a pair programming environment.

This position requires a strong self-starter with a solid technical engineering background and influencing skills, who can lead the way, assist development teams with architecture, cloud best practices, troubleshooting, and any other technical issues related to the implementation of a customer-facing proposition.

• Responsible for delivering and providing technical expertise as part of the engineering team from both design and day-to-day coding.
• Work with product owners to identify new improvements, customer requirements, and follow through to delivery.
• Ensure delivery in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
• Manage stakeholders across various technology and business teams.
• Ensure that technical solutions are fit for purpose, including functional, non-functional, and support requirements, and aligned with Global Technology Strategies.
• Be the trusted advisor to the business.
• Partner closely with architecture, business, and supporting central groups while working within a global team.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years experience working as a software engineer with:

• Expertise in solution design and architecture, with a focus on scalability, performance, and security.
• Strong coding and development skills in core Java, multithreading, collections, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience in technical analysis, integrations, and development.
• Functional understanding of business requirements and the ability to translate them into technical solutions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues.
• Proficiency in cloud and infrastructure technologies, particularly AWS.
• Working knowledge of APIs, microservices, and messaging systems.
• Experience with security and compliance best practices.
• Hands-on experience with automation and tooling, including CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains like Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and Bamboo.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience developing high-performance, scalable, and reliable applications on the cloud.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Experience with TDD and pair programming best practices.
• Strong communication skills and a customer-centric focus.
• Passion for continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and staying up to date with the latest technologies and trends.

Key Differentiators for Team Members:

• GenAI Proficiency:Experience with AI coding assistants, copilots, tooling, generative code, and documentation. Utilize GenAI for prototyping, automated testing, documentation, and intelligent code reviews.
• Observability First Approach:Implement metrics, tracing, and logs as code, with real-time dashboards for every service.
• Continuous Improvement:Conduct data-driven retrospectives powered by AI insights.
• Contract Driven Mindset:Enforce strict API contracts and versioning to enable parallel development and autonomous team delivery.
• Limitless Innovation Mindset:View legacy systems as launchpads for new solutions, challenge assumptions, and pioneer innovations.
• Code as Craft:Write clean, modular, future-proof code with a focus on transforming old platforms into next-gen systems.
• Self-Healing Systems:Build automated anomaly detection and remediation for platforms to recover without human intervention.
• Continuous Learning & Knowledge Sharing:Lead by example, host internal tech talks, publish open-source patterns, and mentor peers.
• Agile at Scale:Deliver incremental value rapidly, learn from feedback loops, and iterate without sacrificing stability.
• Legacy Modernization Mindset:Break down monoliths into modular microservices, delivering business value in small slices.
• Customer-Centric Engineering:Ground decisions in improving user outcomes, reducing friction, and accelerating time to value.

Feel rewarded

For starters, we'll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We'll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we'll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work - finding a balance that works for all of us. It's all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.

For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.