Job Description:

The Role

We are looking for a hardworking Digital Asset Engineer with a strong focus on supporting emerging applications from the Blockchain Incubator Team. The Blockchain Incubator Team currently develops and support financial applications leveraging technologies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and other leading public or private blockchain solutions. In engineering and support role, you would be responsible for working across the incubator and learning the current applications in production or soon to be. You will also work closely the business team who helped drive the use cases that were implemented and more importantly why they were developed. The split for the work is projected to be 50% digital asset application support, and 50% digital asset engineering. This is a unique role that will provide great insight into where we currently are and most importantly where the group is going in the next few years.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring(The order of these bullets does not matter)

• A degree in Computer Science / Mathematics or equivalent work experience

• Have practical experience developing on public blockchain platforms such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, and/or experience with private blockchain platforms

• Experience working with cryptographic protocols

• Contributions to open source projects (especially Blockchain-related ones)

• Experience with JavaScript, Java, Python, Rust, and Go

• Understanding of the cryptographic principles underpinning of Bitcoin or Ethereum

• Have outstanding written and verbal communication skills

• Have a passion for application support and stability

• Have a passion for blockchain development

• Have an adversarial approach: be just as good at breaking code as creating it

• Experience of working with design thinking techniques in iterative sprints (Agile)

• Have a collaborative mind set and enjoy sharing knowledge with other developers

Nice to have:

• Knowledge or experience with technologies using state/payment channels or Sidechains

• Experience with private blockchain projects (permissioned distributed ledgers)

• Previous academic publication experience

• A degree in cryptography, or experience implementing cryptographic software

• Proven experience with standards bodies around software and internet governance

The Team

Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (FCAT) has the mission to catalyze innovation for Fidelity and our clients and supports the entire Fidelity businesses. Within FCAT there is a group owning the efforts on how blockchain technology could both reinvent our current businesses and provide new opportunities for new products and services. We currently have a multi-disciplinary team of software engineers, researchers, designers, product managers, security and compliance specialists tackling a number of opportunities. It is from this group that we launched Fidelity Digital Asset Services (http://fidelitydigitalassets.com/) (FDAS).

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 Fidelity Careers.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. Please email us at accommodations@fmr.com or call 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 2 if you would like to request an accommodation.

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