Principal Full Stack Engineer (Angular, Java, Azure)

Job Description:

Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

The Team

The Health Care Technology Group supports the recordkeeping and administration of health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans—for Fidelity’s corporate clients, their employees, and retirees. We build and maintain highly scalable, resilient, and secure systems that underpin business‑critical services.

HCG is seeking a Principal Full Stack Engineer who is passionate about modern engineering, cloud adoption (Azure), and AI‑first development practices. You will play a critical role in architecting world‑class solutions, accelerating the use of intelligent developer‑assist tools, and mentoring teams in modern full‑stack and cloud‑native engineering.

As a hands-on technical leader, you will collaborate closely with business partners and engineering teams across global locations, driving technical excellence and fostering innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of modular, reusable Angular front‑end components, enabling cross‑product standardization and rapid UI delivery.

• Architect, design, and build scalable, secure microservices using Java, Spring Boot, multithreading, SQL, and Azure, with strong focus on performance and maintainability.

• Champion cloud‑native architectural patterns, including micro-frontends, shared libraries, event‑driven integrations, and Kubernetes‑based deployments (AKS).

• Model and promote an AI‑first engineering culture, including the use of AI developer-assist tools, code-generation accelerators, and intelligent automation.

• Collaborate with product, UX, and engineering peers to translate functional needs into robust technical solutions.

• Drive adoption of modern CI/CD pipelines, DevOps best practices for reliable, automated delivery.

• Monitor and track engineering metrics and reporting, including code quality, API performance, cloud efficiency, operational health, and delivery KPIs.

The Expertise You Have

• 10–15 years of hands-on full stack development experience delivering high-quality, scalable, enterprise-grade solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, with strong grounding in systems design, algorithms, and engineering fundamentals.

• Proven ability to lead architecture and design decisions, evaluate tradeoffs, and guide teams toward modern, maintainable solutions.

• Deep expertise in:

  • Angular and modern front-end architectures

  • Cloud-native engineering with Azure, especially Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

  • Databases such as PostgreSQL and Aerospike

• Demonstrated experience with AI technologies, developer‑assist tooling, and automation frameworks to improve speed, quality, and developer experience.

• Strong proficiency in designing and developing RESTful APIs using Spring Boot and Tomcat.

• Advanced command of Java 8 and enterprise frameworks, including:

  • Functional programming (lambdas, streams, functional interfaces)

  • Core Spring modules (IoC, MVC/REST, Batch)

  • Spring Boot ecosystem

  • OAuth2 and Spring Security

• Hands-on experience building cloud-ready applications leveraging Azure services, Kubernetes, containerization, and modern build/deploy pipelines.

• Experience establishing engineering best practices, architectural guidelines, and modernization strategies.

• Prior success leading cross-team initiatives and mentoring engineers at multiple levels.

The Skills You Bring

• You thrive in team-based, collaborative environments and enjoy solving complex, ambiguous problems.

• You communicate clearly and effectively with engineers, product partners, and leadership.

• You provide strong technical leadership and are energized by coaching and mentoring other developers.

• You bring curiosity, initiative, and a strong sense of ownership to your work.

• You actively contribute perspectives, challenge assumptions constructively, and help chart the technical direction for teams.

The Value You Deliver

• Leading independent and collaborative research into new technologies, tools, and patterns, and partnering with Architecture to recommend enhancements for future releases.

• Contributing to a culture of engineering excellence through active participation in peer reviews, design sessions, and hands-on coding.

• Translating business requirements into high-quality design specifications, ensuring solutions meet standards for performance, security, usability, reliability, and scalability.

• Acting as a senior technical influencer who drives cloud maturity, platform modernization, and adoption of intelligent tooling across teams.

Fidelity’s Onsite Working Model
Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.

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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.