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Principal Architect

Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments Salary
Durham, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/2/2026

Job Description:

This is an end-to-end Technical Solution Architecture role that spans across multiple product areas within the Fidelity Insurance domains. You will work with business and technology leadership to define interim and target architectures, roadmaps, and blueprints to help deliver technical products that enable business capabilities for our clients.

You will be working on all aspects of architecture including infrastructure, data, application, business architecture, security, resilience, integration, performance and others to build next generation software components at one of the largest high-volume FinTech companies in the world.

You will partner with business sponsors, product owners, engineers and other architects in an agile (scrum) environment to design, test, and implement technology solutions while mentoring engineers throughout the process using architecture standards and guidelines.

As a member of the architecture team, you will work with platform, product and engineering teams to help champion innovation, drive standardization, and deliver modern technology patterns across the technology stack for our customers. You will drive Fidelity’s architecture vision through contributing to product road maps and influencing business vision.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

An ideal candidate will have a solid computer science foundation, an effective combination of interpersonal and technical skills, as well as passion for learning and expanding in various technologies. You will have demonstrated experience in integration projects and familiarity with industry standard integration patterns with focus on reusability and scale when it comes to building and deploying capabilities.

10 years’ experience engineering/developing web enabled applications and some combination of the following:

  • Proven track record as a Solution Architect designing and building scalable solutions

  • Experience with Agile development methodologies

  • Experience with various architecture styles such as SOA and Micro-Services

  • Experience in all aspects of AWS cloud computing environments and resources

  • Experience with event-driven, serverless architecture, design, and implementation.

  • Experience in full-stack development of N-tiered applications

  • Experience developing applications using Java, and Angular

  • Working knowledge of frameworks like TOGAF and Amazon Well-Architected Framework

  • Working knowledge of SDLC including test automation and CI / CD

  • Ability to work both independently and as a team player across organizations.

The Team

This role will support 1 to 3 scrum teams delivering technology products to help Fidelity drive and implement Fidelity’s business vision for our customers. This role will coordinate closely with the product owners and other colleagues across the enterprise to ensure teams’ alignment on overarching enterprise architecture, business and technology goals.

Certifications:

(Desired not required)

AWS Certified Architect Associate or AWS Certified Architect Professional

Certifications:

Category:

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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