Senior Performance Engineer, Jersey city, New Jersey

Description

Senior Performance Engineer

Fidelity TalentSource is your destination for discovering your next temporary role at Fidelity Investments. We are currently sourcing for a Senior Performance Engineer to work in Jersey City, New Jersey!

The Role

You’ll define the strategy, establish what excellence looks like, and create systems that make performance a default outcome of how Fidelity Digital Assets builds software.

As part of your role, you will be responsible for designing, developing and performing Performance tests
Design and build custom Java-based performance test harnesses to simulate real?world trading workflows, market data ingestion, order routing and exchange connectivity
Develop benchmarking frameworks using Java tools, custom harnesses, or production?like simulators for micro-benchmarking and macro system tests for capturing the latency of the apps
Develop test execution scenarios for various types of tests such as load test, stress test, duration/endurance test and run them
Proven experience to validate and sign off production readiness of software applications and infrastructure for stability and performance
You will be responsible for connecting performance outcomes to business objectives and companywide SLOs and guide engineering teams in keeping the stack scalable and efficient
Lead the architecture and development of performance profiling and instrumentation infrastructure, covering CPU, memory, request hot paths, utilization and deployment events
Partner with dev ops and back-end engineering team to ensure all services operates at optimal utilization
Strong debugging skills across distributed systems and low-level systems boundaries using logs, metrics, tracing and performance tooling
Learn quickly and enjoy ramping up on new technologies and unfamiliar parts of the stack

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field required
Software engineering experience in Java with core Java Technologies
Experience with distributed systems and asynchronous workers
An understanding of microservice architecture and cloud-based deployments
Strong familiarity with any cloud infrastructure – AWS/Azure/GCP
Deep Understanding of how software and hardware systems interact at scale, including architectural patterns for performance-critical stacks
You know the internals of JVM tuning and providing recommendations
Experience with profiling and instrumentation tools – Dynatrace/Datadog/AppDynamics
Experience analyzing thread and heap dumps
Experience identifying memory leakage, connection issues & throughput bottlenecks in various technologies such as web application(s), infrastructure, and Cloud
Experience architecting large scale test automation
Strong communication and influence skills; comfortable driving technical direction with senior engineering and product leadership
Have a track record of leading sophisticated performance initiatives and driving decisions across teams or critical product areas
You have Excellent collaboration and Interpersonal skills
You have Phenomenal attitude, willing mentor, great teammate and effective contributor
You have Focus on productivity
Nice to have experience in Capital markets or Crypto Currency specifically with exposure to Trading, Algo Trading & Market Data
Nice to have experience using kernel bypass e.g., Solar flare Open Onload
Nice to have experience with low latency messaging products, such as Aeron, Solace or 29West

The Team

Fidelity Digital Assets, a Fidelity Investments Company, is developing a full-service enterprise-grade platform for storing, trading and servicing digital assets, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Fidelity Digital Assets adopts an entrepreneurial culture and startup approach while serving as one of the most innovative business units within Fidelity Investments. Our global, diverse team of hundreds of forward-thinking professionals lead with agility and creativity to build solutions that bridge the gap between traditional institutional investors and their exposure to digital assets. The firm’s tenure and experience across multiple business lines present our employees with unprecedented access to knowledge, technology, and resources that help reshape the future of finance.

The Fidelity Digital Asset Trading Team is responsible for platform services and APIs that manage trading of crypto currency. Platform contains a crossing engine, smart router, market data aggregator among other trading modules running in low latency and high throughput environment.

The base salary range for this position is $70/hr - $100/hr.

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate's relevant experience, and other factors.

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.

Company Overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

Fidelity TalentSource, is the in-house temporary staffing provider for Fidelity Investments. Unlike traditional staffing agencies, we are an internal business unit within Fidelity’s Talent Acquisition team, dedicated to recruiting talent from various backgrounds for roles in Fidelity’s regional and investor center locations. Our mission is to help you experience Fidelity’s diverse and inclusive workplace while expanding your skill set and professional network, with the ultimate goal of conversion to full-time employment as part of Fidelity’s long-term strategy.

For information about working at Fidelity TalentSource, visit FTSJobs.com.

Fidelity TalentSource will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments in order to complete the application or interview process. Please email us at [email protected] if you would like to request an accommodation.