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Software Engineer III

Middletown, RI · On-site

Direct software programming and development of documentation. * Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements. * Confer with data processing or project ...

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Software Engineer I

Middletown, RI · On-site

Direct software programming and development of documentation. * Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements. * Confer with data processing or project ...

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Software Engineer II

Middletown, RI · On-site

Direct software programming and development of documentation. * Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements. * Confer with data processing or project ...

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Software Engineer I

Middletown, RI · On-site

Direct software programming and development of documentation. * Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements. * Confer with data processing or project ...

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Software Engineer III

Middletown, RI · On-site

$57.25 - $77/hr

Direct software programming and development of documentation. * Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements. * Confer with data processing or project ...

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Director Development

Carolina, RI · Remote

S. Altera TouchWorks is seeking a high-impact Director, Development to lead multiple engineering teams responsible for building, modernizing, and sustaining software solutions for our ambulatory ...

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Director Development

Carolina, RI · Remote

S. Altera TouchWorks is seeking a high-impact Director, Development to lead multiple engineering teams responsible for building, modernizing, and sustaining software solutions for our ambulatory ...

NinjaOne

Manager, Software Engineering

NC · On-site +1

... direct software engineering management experience. * Expertise in software design and architecture, including CI/CD, modern web UI development, caching systems, key-value database systems, API ...

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As of Jul 13, 2026, the average yearly pay for director software engineer in Rhode Island is $238,871.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $247,800.00 and $247,800.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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A Director Software Engineer is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing multiple software development teams and driving the technical vision for an organization. They collaborate with other executives to align engineering initiatives with business goals and ensure high-quality software delivery. Their responsibilities often include strategic planning, mentoring engineering managers, setting technical standards, and managing budgets. This role requires extensive experience in software engineering as well as strong leadership and communication skills.

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As a Director Software Engineer, you'll often find yourself balancing hands-on technical oversight with strategic team leadership. This means guiding architectural decisions, reviewing code, and setting engineering best practices, while also mentoring team leads, supporting professional development, and managing performance. It's common to spend time aligning engineering efforts with business goals, collaborating with product and design teams, and removing roadblocks for your teams. Success in this role comes from strong communication skills, delegation, and an ability to build a healthy engineering culture alongside delivering technical excellence.
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Director, Software Engineering

Director, Software Engineering

Fidelity Investments

Smithfield, RI • On-site

$176K - $194K/yr

Full-time

Posted 27 days ago

Fidelity Investments rating

8.7

Company rating: 8.7 out of 10

Based on 266 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

17th of 148 rated financial services

Job description


Position Description:
Oversees, guides, and participates in the design, development, and maintenance of digital assets systems, using Java programming. Builds enterprise-grade systems that handle large-scale, secure, and efficient operations. Develops, designs, and evolves integrations and Agile modules, using Java, Representational State Transfer (RESTful) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), gRPC APIs, and Spring Boot. Improves application data management in Cloud Formation frameworks, using Cloud technologies and containerization tools -- Kubernetes. Provides Agile software development support. Develops Restful APIs, application features, and architecture designs. Draws on in-depth knowledge of the business or function to provide business unit-wide solutions by developing complex, multi-faceted software applications. Researches and recommends new technologies in support of the strategic direction of the business unit and participates in the research and recommendation of appropriate models, methods, tools, and technologies to achieve business-unit-wide solutions.
Primary Responsibilities:
  • Translates and incorporates business vision and strategy to architectural strategy recommendations at the functional level.
  • Participates in high-level, cross-functional architecture design teams.
  • Identifies and consults with internal and external technical resources to produce cross-company strategic designs.
  • Consults on development and delivery of major technology initiatives for the business unit.
  • Consults on deployment of major project deliverables.
  • Consults on the documentation of major technology application.
  • Oversees the technical implementation of cross-divisional or company architectural components.
  • Initiates and drives project or strategy discussions with users or external groups to resolve issues.
  • Sets vision, goals, and direction of team/organization.
  • Plans and leads organization-wide initiatives.
  • Provides leadership, technical supervision, and expertise to multiple teams in broad technical areas on complex organization-wide projects.
  • Advises senior management on technical strategy.
  • Researches and recommends new technologies.
  • Works across groups to identify opportunities for organization-wide technology initiatives.
  • Regularly provides guidance, training, and coaching to other team members for performance and career development.
  • Identifies and plans for future resource needs.
  • Determines technical approaches at a strategic level for the business unit.

Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and six (6) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) performing analysis, design, implementation, and testing of Client/Server and Web-based financial applications, using Java and Spring Boot, according to Object-Oriented Programming methodologies.
Or, alternatively, Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and four (4) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) performing analysis, design, implementation, and testing of Client/Server and Web-based financial applications, using Java and Spring Boot, according to Object-Oriented Programming methodologies.
Skills and Knowledge:
Candidate must also possess:
  • Demonstrated Expertise ("DE") designing and developing generic test framework in Java to run daily and hourly batch jobs to process daily transactions; and writing complex SQL queries and stored procedures to calculate and update customer portfolios, using Spring Batch and Spring Boot; and developing and running Spring Batch jobs in Control-M.
  • DE implementing and integrating Apache Kafka for message production and consumption across multiple platforms, using Spring Boot; and implementing Redis caching techniques to load/upload data from relational database (Oracle) and NoSQL database systems (MongoDB) for faster read and processing.
  • DE building and managing micro-services -- performing domain and policy modeling and building APIs - using Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Java 15, Spring Boot, and Jenkins; detailing APIs in API documentation frameworks (Swagger); testing microservices in Junit, Mockito, and Spring Test frameworks; and deploying Web applications, using Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) tool - Jenkins.
  • DE implementing type-ahead/auto-suggest configuration, spell check, and synonym search configuration, and performing microservices integration, using Spring Boot in Elastic and LucidWorks Fusion search engines.

Salary: $176,550.00 - $194,000.00/year.
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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.

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