The Principal Cloud Engineer will join the Observability Platform team at Fidelity Architecture and Engineering, focusing on designing, building, and operating cloud-native observability solutions. This role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and engineering excellence in a cloud-first environment. The engineer will influence platform architecture and enhance developer experience across the organization. The position requires a strong background in cloud technologies, particularly AWS and Azure, along with a commitment to continuous learning and open-source contributions.

• 10+ years of software engineering or cloud engineering experience
• Deep expertise in AWS cloud stack, especially EKS and core services
• Strong experience working with Kubernetes and cloud-native ecosystems
• Hands-on experience with observability tools/platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog
• Proficiency in Python and/or Go for platform and tooling development
• Strong understanding of CI/CD practices and tools
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Familiarity with the Azure cloud stack and hybrid/multi-cloud environments
• Working knowledge of OpenTelemetry concepts and implementation

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud-native observability platforms across AWS and Azure environments
• Develop and operate highly scalable systems on AWS with a focus on reliability, performance, and automation
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of observability tooling, including hosting, maintenance, scaling, and optimization
• Drive adoption of OpenTelemetry standards for metrics, traces, logs, and profiling
• Build and enhance platform capabilities using Python and/or Go
• Architect and optimize CI/CD pipelines enabling rapid, secure, and reliable deployments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system visibility, debugging capabilities, and performance insights
• Define and promote best practices for cloud engineering, observability, and platform reliability
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across squads

• Fidelity offers competitive compensation, annual bonuses, retirement contributions, comprehensive healthcare coverage, parental leave, tuition assistance, wellness programs, and extensive professional development opportunities.