? 3 Days Left! Vice President Architect - Brokerage Platform
Company: Fidelity Investments
Location: Smithfield
Posted on: November 2, 2025
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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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