Principal Software Engineer (SRE Engineer/DevOps)

Fidelity

Fidelity

Software Engineering

Boston, MA, USA

Posted on Apr 15, 2026

Job Description:

The Role
The Workplace Investment Quality Engineering Center of Excellence (CoE) is seeking a skilled individual contributor to support the resilience and observability of Workplace Investment (WI) applications across pre-production and non-production test environments. This role involves hands-on technical development and partnership, cross-functional collaboration, and a strong focus on proactive issue resolution and environmental stability.

The successful candidate will drive monitoring initiatives across WI product lines—including Health Care (HC) and Stock Plan Services (SPS)—and work closely with development, engineering, and operations teams to identify and address root causes. This role also includes regular reporting to leadership and partnership with Enterprise Infrastructure (EI) to align monitoring practices with production standards.

Required Qualifications and Experience

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field

  • 9+ years of experience supporting and operating complex, largescale production environments

  • Deep technical expertise and extensive hands-on experience with monitoring and observability platforms, including CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk, and the ELK stack

  • Strong proficiency in distributed systems and technologies, including Java, Python, and cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Azure

  • Experience working with both batch processing and online transaction processing (OLTP) applications

  • Proven hands-on experience with CI/CD and DevOps tooling, including GitHub, Jenkins, Concourse, Ansible, Maven, JUnit, Docker, JMeter, Artifactory, Sonar, Veracode, Kubernetes, and UDeploy

  • Practical experience with container orchestration platforms, including Kubernetes, AKS, EKS, and ECS

Core Competencies & Leadership Skills

  • Collaborates effectively with operations teams and business stakeholders to improve stability, reliability, and performance

  • Supports operational readiness, incident response, and continuous improvement, with a strong focus on root cause analysis

  • Communicates complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences

  • Engages stakeholders effectively, balancing technical constraints and business priorities

  • Designs, scales, and sustains automation initiatives across teams and environments

  • Breaks down complex initiatives into actionable work with clear business value

  • Self-directed professional with strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills

  • Demonstrates a collaborative mindset, strong ownership, and continuous improvement focus

The Team
The WI Quality Engineering CoE is committed to driving innovation, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing customer experience. Our mission is to promote stability through engineering excellence across all WI environments, reducing friction in the software development lifecycle, and increasing transparency throughout the organization.

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Information Technology

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles. Some roles may have unique onsite requirements. Please consult with your recruiter for the specific expectations for this position.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

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Benefits that balance life and work

From our fully paid parent leave to our on-site health and wellness centers, our benefits support the belief that more balance you have, the better you can achieve your goals.

Benefits

Company overview

Company overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experience.

Reasonable accommodations

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, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

Equal opportunity employer

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.

Hybrid work schedule

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.

Applicant screening

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 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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