Principal Performance Engineer (Trading)

Job Description:

The Role

Principal Performance and Automation Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing performance tests using Java/JMeter/Cloud-test/Rush-hour and other performance testing tools to ensure comprehensive performance testing. The person in this position is also responsible for designing and developing test strategies and ensuring high-quality scripts and performance tests. The role also includes troubleshooting performance issues, root cause analysis and most importantly driving problems to appropriate solutions. Below are expectations for the person in this role:

• Build  performance testing and automation solutions for the Fidelity Digital Asset business Trading team

• Working closely with our business partners to contribute to business critical initiatives.

• Demonstrate testing trading platforms and automation of frontend and backend applications.

• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders/large cross functional teams as part of work delivery.

• Follow practices and contribute towards innovative solutions to increase productivity.

• Define Performance Test Strategy Document: set approach, metrics, benchmarks, baseline, user response requirements environments, technical environment and data conditions, and toolsets to use in executing the performance testing.

• Design, implement, and maintain performance test frameworks, which will validate to a high degree of confidence, the production readiness of software applications and infrastructure for stability and performance.

• Develop test execution scenarios for various types of tests such as load, stress, duration/endurance, and run them.

• Create and publish Performance Test Result Report with recommendations on the quality improvement.

• Prepare reports about the product/product component’s readiness for release to users.

• Review and recommend improvements to existing test procedures.

• Suggest new tools and techniques to improve testing efficiency.

• As needed, provide leadership and guidance to multiple engineers supporting performance engineering and testing efforts by assigning tasks, receiving updates, removing blockers, and reporting progress to the rest of the Scrum team

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field required

• At least 10 years of software engineering experience

• Extensive experience with core Java Technologies. Understanding of Java all the way down to hardware level (aka Mechanical Sympathy)

• Background in designing and developing solutions for Performance testing in low latency systems preferably front office trading systems.

• You are proficient in JMeter/Cloud-test/Rush-hour and other performance testing tools.

• You have proficiency in automation tools like Cypress ,Cucumber Serinity, Selenium etc

• You have Good experience with performance testing types: Load testing, Stress testing, Scalability testing, Spike testing, Volume testing, Endurance/Soak testing

• Experience in test automation scripting using Java, Python and shell scripting.
  Solid understanding of AWS services and experience setting up test environments on AWS (S3, EC2, RDS, etc.).

• Scientific mindset and tenacity

• Experience identifying memory leakage, connection issues & throughput bottlenecks in various technologies such as web application(s), infrastructure, and Cloud

• Hands on experience with one or more observability tools(Data-dog, Splunk, Kibana, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, OpenTelemetry, etc).

• Knowledge and experience with Oracle, SQL , postgress , cockroach db and relational databases.

• You have experience with low latency messaging products, such as Aeron, Solace and 29West

• You have the spirit and willingness to contribute to org level innovation.

• You have a learning mindset and can demonstrate versatility in addition to your specialization.

• You should have the ability to work effectively with both partners and project team members.

• You know Agile methodologies or iterative development processes.

• You have Ability to take ownership.

• You have Excellent collaboration and Interpersonal skills.

• You have Great attitude, being a mentor, team player and effective contributor.

• You have Focus on productivity.

• Experience in Capital markets or Crypto Currency specifically with exposure to Trading is a plus

• Experience of FIX protocols or other binary protocols in trading platform is a plus

The Team

Fidelity Digital Assets℠ , a Fidelity Investments Company, is developing a full-service enterprise-grade platform for storing, trading and servicing digital assets, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Fidelity Digital Assets℠ adopts an entrepreneurial culture and startup approach while serving as one of the most innovative business units within Fidelity Investments. Our global, diverse team of hundreds of forward-thinking professionals lead with agility and creativity to build solutions that bridge the gap between traditional institutional investors and their exposure to digital assets. The firm’s tenure and experience across multiple business lines present our employees with unprecedented access to knowledge, technology, and resources that help our team reshape the future of finance.

As a Software Engineer you will be an integral part of the Trading team. You’ll get the opportunity to develop your skills, collaborate across Fidelity teams and continue to learn in a fun, collaborative, iterative, and rapidly changing environment.

This is a hands-on role where you will write code for product features. It is a great opportunity to build secure, scalable, resilient cloud-based services utilizing modern software development practices. You will get the opportunity to develop your skills, collaborate across Fidelity teams and continue to learn in a fun, collaborative, iterative, and rapidly changing environment.

The Fidelity Digital Assets℠ Trading Team is responsible for platform services and APIs that manage trading of crypto currency. Platform contains a crossing engine, smart router, market data aggregator among other trading modules running in low latency and high throughput environment.

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Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.   

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home.  These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career.  Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

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.

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 every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.

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