Lead Java Fullstack Developer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 12, 2026.
Job Description:
Lead Software Engineer
The Purpose of this Role
The FFIO Technology team is looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to design, develop, and support next-generation cloud-native applications and platforms. This role will be responsible for hands-on software development, technical leadership, and mentoring engineers while partnering with product and technology teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and innovative solutions. The position is based in Bangalore, India.
The Skills That Are Key to This Role
- Strong software engineering fundamentals with 8+ years of experience designing and developing Java/Spring Boot based full-stack applications.
- At least 3 years of experience as a Lead Engineer, driving technical design, mentoring engineers, and delivering enterprise-scale applications hosted on AWS.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, Claude, or similar solutions to improve developer productivity, code quality, testing, documentation, troubleshooting, and accelerate delivery of complex solutions.
- Strong understanding of object-oriented design, design patterns, clean code principles, test-driven development, and software engineering best practices.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services and cloud-native technologies, including EKS, ECS, S3, CloudWatch, Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
- Strong experience with Java 17/21+, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, REST APIs, Maven, Swagger/OpenAPI, Kafka/Artemis, and Reactive Programming.
- Experience with test automation frameworks such as JUnit 5, Mockito, WireMock, Cypress, Playwright, Cucumber, or equivalent technologies.
- Minimum 3 years of experience with SQL and PL/SQL development; Oracle database experience preferred.
- Experience building and deploying cloud-native applications following 12-Factor App principles and modern microservices architecture patterns.
- Experience implementing and supporting CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent DevOps tooling.
- Experience designing and troubleshooting distributed systems in production environments, with a strong focus on scalability, resiliency, observability, and operational excellence.
- Experience with Angular, TypeScript, RxJS, HTML5, and modern web application development is preferred.
- Passionate about learning new technologies and continuously improving engineering practices.
- Ability to work effectively within Agile teams as well as independently, with strong ownership and customer focus.
- Excellent analytical, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Proven experience collaborating with globally distributed teams and managing challenging technical and business stakeholders.
The Value You Deliver
- Partner with Product Owners, Architects and Engineering Leads to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Drive technical design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions for strategic platforms.
- Break down large initiatives into executable work streams and lead delivery across multiple engineers.
- Develop high-quality, maintainable and testable software while promoting engineering excellence across the team.
- Conduct code reviews, design reviews and provide technical mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers.
- Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform root cause analysis and implement preventive improvements.
- Champion performance, scalability, resiliency and operational excellence across applications.
- Collaborate effectively with global teams and communicate technical solutions to both technical and business stakeholders.
- Act as a technical lead when required, helping coordinate deliveries and driving execution across the team.
How Your Work Impacts the Organization
Fidelity Fund Investment Operations (FFIO) provides accounting and investment management support services for Fidelity mutual funds and other retail and institutional investment products. These services include calculating and distributing NAVs, holdings, distribution rates and yields for a wide variety of investment products; preparing fund financial statements, dividend estimates and tax returns; monitoring delivery of fund trades to custodian banks; processing corporate actions; collecting securities income on behalf of the funds; reconciling, reporting and moving money in support of fund shareholder transactions; and managing fund liquidity.
The Expertise We’re Looking For
- Bachelors in Information Systems, Computer Science or Information Technology.
- Great demeanor, positive attitude with a hunger to learn and grow in a diverse work environment and a standout colleague!
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 experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer.