How Your Work Impacts the Organization

Underneath this stable and trusted brand is one of the most interesting innovation practices you never heard of – The Fidelity Center of Applied Technology (“FCAT”). FCAT is a centralized function whose mandate is to catalyze innovation across the firm. Our FCAT teams prototype and pilot new businesses and capabilities that continue to distinguish our brand as the best customer experience in the financial services industry. These teams focus on exploring big industry game-changing technologies such as crypto currencies, artificial intelligence, virtual/augmented reality & cloud computing. Additionally, FCAT’s world class research team identifies trends and works with partners across the innovation ecosystem to “bring the outside in.” We collaborate with MIT, Harvard, Stanford and other academic institutions, and partner with Accelerators, Start Ups and other industry leaders to drive new ideas and innovation practices across the firm.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

• Bachelor level degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other technical field
• Strong development skills and 5+ years of software development experience or (or MSc + 3)
• Experience in creating high quality digital assets and prototypes
• Ability to quickly learn and adopt diverse emerging technologies such as Spatial Computing, XR (VR, AR, MR), Blockchain, and AI/ML
• Experience with rapid prototyping and iterative development methodologies
• Ability to quickly learn and adopt diverse technologies
• Strong problem-solving skills, creative thinker with a strategic mindset
• Hands on work style: Dynamic can-do attitude, proactive and curious in nature.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Work across peer groups to understand and resolve complex technical/design issues.

The Skills You Bring

• Experience with Virtual or Augmented Reality, Cognitive Computing
• Familiarity with modern web technologies and frameworks, containerization and orchestration tools
• Understanding of API design principles and experience with RESTful APIs and GraphQL
• Experience in developing native mobile apps for Android or iOS
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, microservices, and serverless computing
• Familiarity with 3D tools and game engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, Blender, or others
• Knowledge of computer vision, machine learning, and neural networks
• Strong Object-Oriented skills and experience with design patterns
• Analyze data from existing services for use in Data Visualizations
• Strong 3D visualizations skills
• Experience with Agile/iterative software delivery methodologies
• Knowledge of cybersecurity expectations at the application layer

Nice to Have

• Patents or Papers on financial services, 3D data visualizations, or emerging technologies.
• Experience with Digital Twins, 3D avatars, motion capture, spatial audio, or other 3D and spatial computing areas.
• Knowledge of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI), LLM, IoT, 5G, 3D Printing or other cutting-edge technologies
• Experience Scaling XR applications on the web and native devices

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.