Is Fidelity Investments a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Fidelity Investments have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 983 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Fidelity Investments employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Fidelity Investments now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Fidelity Investments .

Does Fidelity Investments pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Fidelity Investments with 3.8 out of 5 stars based on 983 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.6% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Fidelity Investments.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Fidelity Investments?

86% of Software Developer employees at Fidelity Investments would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 5% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Fidelity Investments with a 4.3 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.1 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Fidelity Investments?

Software Engineer (934) , Customer Relationship Advocate (811) , Financial Representative (496) , Senior Software Engineer (377) , Customer Service Representative (344) , Director (314) , Lead Software Engineer (285) , Intern (278) , Principal Software Engineer (235) , Financial Consultant (224) , Vice President (218) , Investment Solutions Representative (210) , Analyst (203) , Financial Services Representative (182) , Business Analyst (172)

What are the pros of working at Fidelity Investments according to real employee reviews?

"Fidelity offers great benefits and it is rewarding to be able to help customers with their retirement accounts." ((in 3294 reviews)); "Work life balance can be good but varies wildly depending on team and manager and is getting worse with in" ((in 1596 reviews)); "The people are great and they do a lot to make the interns feel included and connected" ((in 1063 reviews)); "Leap program is really well structured and work culture is good" ((in 493 reviews)); "The training and study program is great if you do not have your licenses" ((in 438 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Fidelity Investments according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is low compared to other companies and taking call after call is tiresome." ((in 818 reviews)); "Management is poor and there are no true avenues or methods to help promote employees or protect them from mismanagement." ((in 482 reviews)); "Your salary will be low and don't expect yearly raise will even match inflation." ((in 416 reviews)); "Large corporation and if you get a bad manager then you are out of luck." ((in 393 reviews)); "Did not have sufficient member on my team and was expected to work long hours during busy weeks." ((in 132 reviews))

Fidelity Investments Software Developer reviews

4.0

86% would recommend to a friend

(983 total reviews)

Abby Johnson

88% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer/Developer employees have rated Fidelity Investments with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 983 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Fidelity Investments is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

983 reviews

4.0

Jan 19, 2017

Nice place to work, no on-site opportunity

Software engineer/developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Employee friendly, No work pressure, work from home option, good salaries compared to industry standards

Cons

No on-site opportunity , if anyone looking for on-site then they have to think twice before joining

5.0

Jan 12, 2017

A great company with fantastic benefits

Software engineer/developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay, good work-life balance, and fantastic benefits, including a student loan repayment program, very thorough medical/dental/vision insurance, and an INSANE 401k match (7% + 10% profit sharing)

Cons

Can be a little bureaucratic at times. And they rely too heavily on staff augmentation firms to fill the ranks

4.0

Dec 18, 2016

Takes care of employees

Software engineer/developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Experience varies widely based on groups. On the tech side PI is one of the most modern whereas FI is stuck in the early 1990s. My group is excellent and for Fidelity we are on the cutting edge. Work life balance is great - in general the management is very flexible. There are politics but a good manager will shield the developer from this. If you can prove your valuable by innovating Fidelity will take notice - if you do nothing new then you will stagnate. Base compensation is on the lower end of what a developer could make elsewhere but the wide array of benefits, especially the contributions to 401k (7% match and generally 10% profit sharing) are unheard of. Senior management seems to have a clear vision of what they want but the execution on it by middle management is variable.

Cons

So much of Fidelity's tech is old and maintaining, enhancing the existing systems and building new capabilities requires lots of investment which up until the year the company had been pouring money into. In my opinion some of this money was wasted on buying expensive vendor products from the likes of IBM and Oracle that could have been done without paying for a license. Another issue is Fidelity still hires too many useless contractors and unnecessary project managers.

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