Director, Architecture

Company: Fidelity Investments
Location: Merrimack
Posted on: July 7, 2025

Job Description:

Job Description: The Role Fidelity's Workplace Digital Experience (WDX) architecture team is looking for an expert architect who will have a critical aspect of enterprise architecture for driving IT and business strategy. It serves to gain a higher-level understanding of business vision and drive technology solutions. Now more than ever, an increased business focus and understanding is needed to anticipate or predict business need, gain competitive advantage and revenue growth and overall delight end customers. The Expertise and Skills You Bring The ideal candidate for this role: Experienced in developing enterprise-wide perspectives with strategic, process, and capability insights. Deep expertise in client-side tech like Angular, JavaScript/TypeScript, and eventing strategies. Experienced in designing microservice architectures and building RESTful digital APIs Extensive experience with desktop interoperability using Open Fin or Interop.IO frameworks. Skilled in crafting visually engaging business model portfolios tailored to diverse audiences and solutions. Serves as a liaison, translating business needs into tech solutions while balancing opportunities and constraints. Assimilate and correlate disconnected documentation and diagrams, and articulate their collective relevance to the organization. Acts as a trusted advisor, shaping product roadmaps through strategic guidance aligned with business goals. We are looking for someone who holds a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, or has equivalent experience in this or a related field. The Team Our team is a fast-paced technology group that uses modern technologies to deliver customer-focused experiences for our participants, plan sponsors, and Fidelity associates. We are passionate about delivering innovative solutions that exceed our customer’s needs, and we accept diversity of thought and experience. We work very closely with business leaders, technology leaders, and engineering teams to delivery world-class solutions for our customers. Company Overview Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money. Join Us At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a significant career that positively affects peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award , we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always inspired. Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Having the majority of our associates work onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most roles listed as Hybrid will require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to roles listed as Remote or Onsite. At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry . Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document , and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine. We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com . Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com . Certifications: Category: Information Technology Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. 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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