Job Description:

Director, Data Architecture – Fidelity Charitable (L7)

The Role

Fidelity’s Charitable Technology team is seeking a skilled and highly motivated Architect to join our development team. The Director, Architecture will be instrumental in driving platform innovation and in turn enabling the organization to stay on the cutting edge of digital philanthropy. This position is responsible for working across all Fidelity Charitable products/programs as a trusted advisor, providing direction and guidance on all aspects of technology delivery. Working with business stakeholders, executive leadership and agile development teams you will help oversee the delivery of technology projects, developing architectural blueprints, technical proof of concepts and solution designs. This role requires a combination of practical 'hands on'” implementation support alongside architectural design and oversight. Key areas of responsibility are:

• Defining technology solutions to align with business program priorities

• Working with business and technology stakeholders to architect solutions and support implementation

• Mentoring and growing technology team members

• Directly supporting agile development teams in developing solutions, engaging in both a 'hands on', and an architectural oversight role

• Working to continuously improve technology craft – patterns, practices, tools and methods

• Continuing to ‘sharpen the blade’ of technology patterns and techniques based on understanding changing trends

The skills and expertise you bring

• Strong software architecture skills and knowledge with proven track record in delivering complex software systems

• Data warehousing, ELT ('big data', modern data warehousing)

• Common data integration patterns and systems (Python Polars/ Pandas 'Dataframes'), traditional ETL tools

• Understanding of online analytics, reporting and visualization patterns, tools and practices

• Knowledge and experience with contemporary architecture patterns, practices, and technologies (e.g understanding of micro-services, REST, Single page applications)

• Knowledge of and experience of enterprise integration patterns to support back-end processing

• Understanding of cloud-based infrastructure and dev-ops practices

• Ability to communicate effectively and to maintain meaningful relationships with business and technology stakeholders

• Focus on being sufficiently hands-on , pragmatic and willing to step in to code reviews and implementation design discussions

• Ability to think strategically and deliver tactically – be a big picture thinker with the ability to jump in and help deliver on the vision

Education and Experience

• Bachelors or master’s degree in a technology-related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Software, etc.)

• 6+ years of experience in multiple IT areas that include analysis, design, evaluation, development, and implementation , with a focus on data and analytics

• Systems integration pattern knowledge and experience (with expertise in REST API design)

• Knowledge of secure coding practices, and common security protocols and patterns

• Experience within Cloud-based architecture patterns and practices

• Understanding & applicability of emerging technology trends of analytics, mobile and AI

• Knowledge and experience of data modeling and database systems

• Experience in SDLC (ideally agile), ALM tools and practices

• Knowledge and experience of the micro-services architecture pattern

• Experience with front-end UI patterns, practices and technologies

The Team

The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund ('Fidelity Charitable') is a public charity that sponsors the largest national donor-advised fund program. Since 1991, Fidelity Charitable has introduced tens of thousands of donors to the benefits — and increased charitable impact — of using a donor-advised fund to meet their philanthropic goals. Fidelity Charitable is governed by an independent Board of Trustees, which has hired Fidelity Investments as the service provider to the charity. Fidelity Investments provides all of the charitable organization’s employees and supports all of its functions: Program Development, Marketing, Service Delivery, Relationship Management, Finance, Technology, Risk and Compliance, and Fundraising.

As Director, architecture you will play an important role in shaping the technology systems that support our charitable mission, working with team to modernize legacy systems to scale to meet our growing demand and help continue ongoing digital transformation.

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Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

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.