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As of Aug 5, 2026, the average yearly pay for principal full stack engineer in Raleigh, NC is $131,000.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $107,900.00 and $153,600.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What does a Principal Full Stack Engineer do?

As a Principal Full Stack Engineer, you'll often split your time between developing complex features, setting technical direction, and guiding team members. While you remain actively involved in coding, a significant part of your role involves mentoring junior engineers, conducting code reviews, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams such as product management and design. This balance allows you to influence both the technical quality and the professional growth of your team, while ensuring delivery of robust, scalable solutions.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Principal Full Stack Engineer?

To thrive as a Principal Full Stack Engineer, you need deep expertise in both front-end and back-end development, a strong grasp of software architecture, and a proven track record leading complex projects—typically supported by a relevant degree or equivalent experience. Mastery of multiple programming languages (such as JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Java), cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and frameworks like React or Node.js is usually required, along with familiarity with DevOps practices. Exceptional communication, mentorship, and problem-solving abilities help you guide teams and collaborate across departments. These skills are essential to design scalable systems, drive technical excellence, and ensure team alignment on strategic goals.

What is a Principal Full Stack Engineer?

A Principal Full Stack Engineer is a highly experienced software engineer who leads the design, development, and implementation of both front-end and back-end systems. They possess deep technical expertise across multiple programming languages, frameworks, and architectures, and often set the technical direction for projects or teams. In addition to coding, they mentor other engineers, make architectural decisions, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure high-quality, scalable solutions. Their role typically includes significant responsibility for system performance, security, and maintainability.
Infographic showing various Principal Full Stack Engineer job openings in Raleigh, NC as of July 2026, with employment types broken down into 93% Full Time, 4% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 89% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 7% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $131,000 per year, or $63 per hour.

Principal Full Stack Engineer

Fidelity Investments

Durham, NC • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 22 days ago


Fidelity Investments rating

8.7

Company rating: 8.7 out of 10

Based on 271 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

15th of 150 rated financial services


Job description

Job Description:

Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Position Description:

Performs cloud-native application design and development in an Agile software delivery environment. Automates the integration of code changes from multiple contributors into a single software project through the use of Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) practices and open-source platforms. Uses component-based frameworks (Angular and J2EE) to build scalable web applications via HTML, CSS/SCSS, and JavaScript. Buids and maintains enterprise cloud enabled distributed systems. Participates in design reviews and code reviews. Enhances software engineering practices in the areas of Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD). Uses business knowledge to translate the vision for divisional initiatives into business solutions by developing complex or multiple software applications and conducting studies of alternatives. Analyzes and recommends changes in project development policies, procedures, standards, and strategies to development experts and management.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Writes clean, testable, readable, and easily maintainable code.
  • Converts legacy monolithic architecture to a microservices-based architecture.
  • Defines and implements application-level architecture.
  • Develops applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division.
  • Responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables.
  • Develops comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems.
  • Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms.
  • Advises on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects.
  • Plans and coordinates project schedules and assignments for multiple projects.
  • Acts as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues.
  • Provides technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives.
  • Mentors junior team members.
  • Performs independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects supporting several divisional initiatives.
  • Develops original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Principal Full Stack Engineer (or closely related occupation) developing portfolio construction solutions leveraging Java, Kafka, AWS, and advanced portfolio optimization technologies within a financial services environment.

Or, alternatively, Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience as a Principal Full Stack Engineer (or closely related occupation) developing portfolio construction solutions leveraging Java, Kafka, AWS, and advanced portfolio optimization technologies within a financial services environment.

Skills and Knowledge:

Candidate must also possess:

  • Demonstrated Expertise ("DE") developing high-throughput, fault-tolerant, and highly concurrent batch processes, and scalable middle-tier web services for portfolio construction and management; administering message-based middleware, working with stateful applications, analyzing complex financial data across relational databases, and coordinating batch scheduling and vendor-driven portfolio optimizations; and implementing domain specific business rules using Java, Spring Boot, Groovy, Python, JMS, Kafka, JPA, myBatis, Oracle, PL/SQL, Autosys, and Axioma.
  • DE analyzing requirements and large interconnected data models to build full stack portfolio construction and management applications in accordance with Agile methodologies and Atlassian tools (JIRA); and identifying automation ready requirements using Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and Acceptance Test Driven Design (ATDD) techniques with Spock, JUnit, Cypress, PACT, and WireMock.
  • DE participating in and providing coaching throughout the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) -- migrating and optimizing Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, supporting storage, and performing source code and structures management using Jenkins, MCADS, and AWS hybrid Cloud frameworks (S3, DynamoDB, EKS and Lambda) as well as Git and Maven.
  • DE monitoring, profiling, and troubleshooting performance issues in portfolio construction and management applications using Datadog, JProfiler, Java VisualVM, and JConsole; developing baseline behavioral profiles for alerting and monitoring; planning operational and performance optimizations using jMagic; and performing performance assessments and enabling dynamic instance scaling using AWS EC2, EKS, and ECS as well as Docker, aligned with DevOps methodologies.

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Fidelity's Onsite Working Model
Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.

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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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