About The Opportunity
Job Type: Permanent
Application Deadline: 31 July 2026
Job Description
Title Principal Engineer
Department Enterprise Technology Services - Corporate Enablers Technology
Reports To Associate Director - Corporate Enablers Delivery
Level 6
We're proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our team and feel like you're part of something bigger.
About Your Team
The Corporate Enablers (CE) Technology function provides Technology services to multiple business functions like Finance, HR and General Counsel and Corporate Property Services (CPS), globally. This includes on-premises and SaaS solutions, both in-house built and vendor provided. There is a strong focus on data analytics, workflow, automation tools and our inhouse built integration platform, to bring greater efficiency to these functions. The Corporate Enablers Technology team is a global team with people based in the UK, China, and India, and a part of the Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) organization.
About Your Role
Corporate Enablers Technology function is focussed on an ambitious, futurefocused transformation—evolving into an integrated delivery capability model built on modern engineering, intelligent automation, and an AIfirst mindset. Our vision is to create a powerful, scalable, and cloud-native technology ecosystem that accelerates business value and unlocks insights through data and analytics.
This role sits at the center of our transformation journey. We are seeking a bold, innovative technology leader with strong engineering depth and a passion for building cloud-native, AI-driven ecosystems. You will help architect and execute our future CE technology landscape—one where:
- AI augments every team and every stage of delivery
- Automation becomes the default
- Engineering is executed with precision, quality, and modern craftsmanship
- Cloud and data capabilities fuel analytics, intelligence, and business insights
Your mission will be to:
- Champion an AIfirst culture, inspiring teams to think creatively about how AI accelerates development, optimizes business processes, and generates measurable value.
- Elevate engineering standards, embedding scalable architecture patterns, automated controls, and continuous delivery practices.
- Drive automation at scale, enabling intelligent tooling, self-service platforms, and reusable engineering capabilities across CE.
- Shape a modern cloud & data ecosystem, enabling seamless integration, governed data flows, and analytics capabilities that empower business decision-making.
- Simplify and modernize the landscape, driving standardization, reuse, and efficiency to enable faster, smarter delivery.
As a change agent, you will spark innovation, drive cultural evolution, and inspire teams through thought leadership and hands-on guidance. You will bring the latest industry trends to CE and translate them into practical, scalable solutions that transform how we deliver technology and business value.
About You
Essential Skills
- Drive an AIfirst, cloudnative engineering ecosystem with ownership across the entire SDLC—from requirements and design through build, test, release, deployment, and operations—ensuring automation, intelligence, and scalability are embedded by design.
- Proven experience in building AI solutions across the full SDLC, including solution design, development, model training, deployment, and operationalisation of enterprisegrade AI platforms and models.
- Establish modern engineering standards, reusable architecture patterns, frameworks, and libraries, with a strong focus on quality engineering, test automation, resilient design, and continuous improvement across delivery teams.
- Lead the implementation of modern DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, release automation, and strong codequality controls, supported by proficiency in languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
- Thought leadership in engineering, cloud, and AI trends, combined with handson experience modernising technology landscapes and building scalable platforms
- Coach and grow engineering teams, foster a collaborative and highperformance culture, and lead change through handson guidance, thought leadership, and continuous improvement.
Personal Characteristics
- Clear and influential communicator who can translate complex technical concepts into meaningful insights for both engineering teams and business stakeholders.
- Comfortable leading in highchange, highambiguity environments, bringing structure, direction, and innovative thinking when navigating evolving business and technology needs.
- Champion of engineering culture and operational excellence, with a strong desire to uplift teams through best practices, continuous improvement, and a mindset of disciplined innovation.
- Adaptable and growthoriented, embracing new ideas, modern technologies, and evolving ways of working as the organization transforms.
- Strategic and creative problem-solver, capable of thinking beyond the immediate challenge to identify scalable, long-term solutions aligned with the broader technology vision.
Feel rewarded
For starters, we'll offer you a comprehensive benefits package. We'll value your wellbeing and support your development. And we'll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It's all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team. For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.
For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit careers.fidelityinternational.com.
