Job Description:

Director, Mobile Architecture

Hiring for multiple positions and experiences ranges, placement is based on your background.

At Fidelity Enterprise Architecture (FEA), we are seeking an experienced Mobile Architect.

What you will be responsible for

At Fidelity, we have many types of customers we serve from retail brokerage, employers (401k providers), other financial institutions, and many more. With that comes many different apps that Fidelity provides, currently 12 distinct apps. These apps are owned by a variety of different business units. We have recently embarked on a journey to unify our mobile app architecture and share experiences cross apps. The challenge starts as we have a different variety of app architectures from fully native, hybrid/native, and full hybrid apps. The tech stacks range vastly in these.

This role will be a very hands-on role driving the overall technical experience architecture of our foundational mobile platform. This position will be directly responsible for driving the vision and strategy of how to build foundational reusable experiences and libraries that can be consumed by hybrid and native apps. Your work will be essential to Fidelity's mobile strategy on delivering industry leading mobile apps!

We are looking for someone that can dream up and help guide our engineering and product organizations to deliver this new platform! You will collaboratively work across other product areas and multiple business units influencing to ensure the new mobile platform can be shared and consumed with all parts of the company.

The Expertise we’re looking for…

The following is a selection of skills (but not a hard list of requirements) that will help you thrive in this role:

Experienced in engineering mobile applications end to end, with a focus on customer experience, scale, security, and performanceExperienced in defining architecture for mobile applications and SDKsAbility to break down user interfaces and other parts into smaller reusable piecesProficient in designing APIs for mobile and web appsExperience with enterprise API implementation, using REST and GraphQL [federation]8+ years of professional experience developing publicly available iOS or Android apps using Kotlin, Android Studio, Swift, Xcode.Have deep knowledge of mobile landscape, architectures, trends and emerging technologies used in creating performant and resilient iOS/Android Apps.Experience with a hybrid framework such as Ionic PortalsExperience presenting technical solutions to leadershipExcellent coding skill and ability to deeply understand and champion new coding patterns and techniques

What to expect?

An initial conversation with the assigned Technical Recruiter for overall job expectations and employment requirements. Then you will have a conversation with one of the Architecture Leads operating in the Fidelity Enterprise Architecture group. After that, 3-part multi-panel interview where you should expect to discuss questions and scenarios around end-to-end architectural solutioning, technical background, and leadership topics with a group of your potential future peers.

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Having the majority of our associates work onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most roles listed as Hybrid will require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to roles listed as Remote or Onsite.

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, detailed in this document, 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.

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

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.

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.