Director, Data Architecture
Company: Fidelity Investments
Location: Durham
Posted on: February 19, 2026
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Job Description:
Fidelity’s Charitable Technology team is seeking a skilled and
highly motivated Architect to join our development team. The
Director, Architecture will be instrumental in driving platform
innovation and in turn enabling the organization to stay on the
cutting edge of digital philanthropy. This position is responsible
for working across all Fidelity Charitable products/programs as a
trusted advisor, providing direction and guidance on all aspects of
technology delivery. Working with business stakeholders, executive
leadership and agile development teams you will help oversee the
delivery of technology projects, developing architectural
blueprints, technical proof of concepts and solution designs. This
role requires a combination of practical hands on” implementation
support alongside architectural design and oversight. Key areas of
responsibility are: • Defining technology solutions to align with
business program priorities • Working with business and technology
stakeholders to architect solutions and support implementation •
Mentoring and growing technology team members • Directly supporting
agile development teams in developing solutions, engaging in both a
hands on, and an architectural oversight role • Working to
continuously improve technology craft – patterns, practices, tools
and methods • Continuing to ‘sharpen the blade’ of technology
patterns and techniques based on understanding changing trends The
skills and expertise you bring • Strong software architecture
skills and knowledge with proven track record in delivering complex
software systems • Data warehousing, ELT (big data, modern data
warehousing) • Common data integration patterns and systems (Python
Polars/ Pandas Dataframes), traditional ETL tools • Understanding
of online analytics, reporting and visualization patterns, tools
and practices • Knowledge and experience with contemporary
architecture patterns, practices, and technologies (e.g
understanding of micro-services, REST, Single page applications) •
Knowledge of and experience of enterprise integration patterns to
support back-end processing • Understanding of cloud-based
infrastructure and dev-ops practices • Ability to communicate
effectively and to maintain meaningful relationships with business
and technology stakeholders • Focus on being sufficiently hands-on
, pragmatic and willing to step in to code reviews and
implementation design discussions • Ability to think strategically
and deliver tactically – be a big picture thinker with the ability
to jump in and help deliver on the vision Education and Experience
• Bachelors or master’s degree in a technology-related field (e.g.
Engineering, Computer Software, etc.) • 6 years of experience in
multiple IT areas that include analysis, design, evaluation,
development, and implementation , with a focus on data and
analytics • Systems integration pattern knowledge and experience
(with expertise in REST API design) • Knowledge of secure coding
practices, and common security protocols and patterns • Experience
within Cloud-based architecture patterns and practices •
Understanding & applicability of emerging technology trends of
analytics, mobile and AI • Knowledge and experience of data
modeling and database systems • Experience in SDLC (ideally agile),
ALM tools and practices • Knowledge and experience of the
micro-services architecture pattern • Experience with front-end UI
patterns, practices and technologies The Team The Fidelity
Charitable Gift Fund (Fidelity Charitable) is a public charity that
sponsors the largest national donor-advised fund program. Since
1991, Fidelity Charitable has introduced tens of thousands of
donors to the benefits — and increased charitable impact — of using
a donor-advised fund to meet their philanthropic goals. Fidelity
Charitable is governed by an independent Board of Trustees, which
has hired Fidelity Investments as the service provider to the
charity. Fidelity Investments provides all of the charitable
organization’s employees and supports all of its functions: Program
Development, Marketing, Service Delivery, Relationship Management,
Finance, Technology, Risk and Compliance, and Fundraising.
Keywords: Fidelity Investments, Greensboro , Director, Data Architecture, IT / Software / Systems , Durham, North Carolina
