Vice President Architect - Brokerage Platform Job at Fidelity Investments, Merrimack, NH

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  • Fidelity Investments
  • Merrimack, NH

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description:

Job Description: Vice President Architect – Brokerage Platform

Role

We are seeking a Vice President Architect to design and implement the core infrastructure of our brokerage platform . This role requires a deep understanding of capital markets, low-latency distributed systems, and scalable architectures .

You will be responsible for defining and delivering the platform’s foundational components that ensure deterministic, fault tolerance, and low-latency execution . Your work will directly impact fairness, reliability, and performance in trading.

Responsibilities

  • Understand and enhance the technical architecture for the brokerage platform’s trading core.
  • Establish patterns for real-time event sourcing
  • Partner with product and business leaders to align architecture with trading workflows.
  • Deliver sub-millisecond, high-throughput event processing across a distributed environment.
  • Apply advanced concurrency, and NUMA-aware designs.
  • Benchmark and optimize performance at CPU, memory, and network layers.
  • Build replay/audit mechanisms to meet regulatory and operational requirements.
  • Guide engineering teams through implementation, testing, and deployment.
  • Mentor engineers and champion best practices for deterministic, event-driven trading systems.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in distributed systems engineering with 5+ in capital markets / trading technology or any NUMA-aware implementation.
  • Proven experience designing or building trading related infrastructure.
  • Expertise in high-performance messaging and event frameworks.
  • Advanced programming skills in Java, C++, or Rust with mastery of concurrency, memory models, and performance optimization.
  • Strong knowledge of market protocols (FIX, OUCH, ITCH) and trade end to end lifecycle management.
  • Demonstrated leadership in architectural design, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration.

The Team

You will be part of the Brokerage Modernization Analytics Team. Our goal is to understand the existing Brokerage Platform and develop a long-term vision for the future of the platform. We are energized and motivated performing a role that allows us to contribute daily to protecting Fidelity’s customers and reputation.

The base salary range for this position is $140,000-285,000 USD per year.

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

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

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.

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.

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