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Principal Software Engineer

Fidelity

Location

Jersey City, NJ

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/9/2026

Compensation

$107,000 - $216,000 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.4% approval-62% YoY
💎 Strong sponsor

Job description

The Quant Developer role at Fidelity involves leading the design and development of next-generation trading systems within the Trade Management Engineering group. This team is focused on creating high-performance electronic trading solutions for Fidelity's Capital Markets division. The position requires a hands-on technical leader who will mentor engineers and drive innovation in a fast-paced environment. The role emphasizes building scalable and resilient trading infrastructure using advanced technologies.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent.
  • 10 years of professional experience in quantitative finance or trading systems.
  • Advanced proficiency in KDB/q, including time-series data modeling and high-performance querying.
  • Strong Python skills for quantitative analysis and AI/ML model development.
  • Experience working with large-scale, high-frequency, or noisy datasets.
  • Solid software engineering practices including Git, testing, and modular design.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy.
  • Hands-on experience in AWS or other cloud platforms.
  • Familiarity with object-oriented programming languages such as Java.
  • Experience in Linux, shell scripting, and production support.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and optimize KDB databases and q analytics for high-volume trading and market data.
  • Develop Python-based AI and quantitative models for research, prediction, classification, and signal generation.
  • Apply machine learning techniques to time-series data, including feature engineering and model evaluation.
  • Build research and backtesting frameworks integrating AI models with historical data.
  • Translate quantitative and ML research into robust, production-ready systems.
  • Integrate AI models into real-time and batch pipelines.
  • Optimize analytics and model evaluation for performance, stability, and scalability.
  • Collaborate with quants, product owners, and engineering teams on model deployment and monitoring.

Benefits

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

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Fidelity Technology Group Llc D B A Fidelity Investments

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

64

FY2026

Approval rate

99.4%

FY2026

LCA certified

1,080

FY2026

Entry-level share

1.5%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-62%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-35%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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