About this role
Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.
## Job Description:
The Role
We are seeking a Principal AI/ML Engineer to help grow our Fidelity Institutional (FI) business by building innovative, scalable AI solutions. In this role, you'll develop and deploy production-ready AI systems that drive lead generation, intelligent product recommendations, coverage strategy optimization, and client engagement!
You will:
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Develop and implement production AI and machine learning solutions using large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and agentic AI frameworks.
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Develop scalable data foundations, APIs, and cloud-based AI infrastructure.
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Build reliable, secure, and observable systems with a production-first demeanor.
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Partner with business and technology teams to translate complex challenges into impactful solutions.
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Establish monitoring, governance, and MLOps methods that ensure performance and scalability.
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Evaluate emerging technologies and apply them to deliver measurable
The Expertise and
Skills
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You Bring
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Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
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6+ years of software or AI/ML engineering experience, including building and deploying AI solutions in production environments.
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Practical experience working with LLMs, prompt and context engineering, RAG architectures, and agentic AI frameworks.
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Advanced proficiency in Python and experience building clean, maintainable, well-tested production applications.
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Strong experience designing APIs and integrating AI capabilities with enterprise applications, data platforms, and business workflows.
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Experience deploying cloud-native AI solutions and applying monitoring, observability, governance, and MLOps practices.
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Experience with AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, LangChain/LangGraph, or similar technologies.
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Strong systems-thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.
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Ability to balance innovation with practicality, delivering scalable solutions that drive business outcomes.
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Preferred Attributes
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Production-first attitude focused on reliability, scalability, maintainability, and user experience.
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Ability to assess technical decisions through the lens of business impact, operational complexity, and long-term sustainability.
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Proven success collaborating across technical and non-technical teams in fast-paced environments.
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The Team
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Our team supports a variety of complex applications serving a diverse set of businesses and customers. The database environments are extremely critical to our success and vitality, which requires outstanding technical skill and a collaborative outlook. You'll work alongside experienced engineers, data scientists, and business partners in an environment that values innovation, learning, and delivering real business impact.
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Fidelity’s Onsite Working Model
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Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.