Director, Engineering - Digital Enablement

About the role

We are seeking a Director of Frontend Engineering to lead and evolve a high-performing team focused on frontend platforms, accessibility, developer tooling, shared services, and monorepo management. The ideal candidate combines deep frontend technical expertise with proven people leadership. This leader will play a critical role in defining the frontend engineering strategy that enables product teams to deliver exceptional digital experiences at scale. Partnerships and developing relationships will be key to their success. They will partner closely with UX Designers, UX Developers, architects, and application development teams to drive consistency, accessibility, developer productivity, and engineering excellence across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead a group of frontend engineers, UX developers and UX designers serving teams across Workplace Investing digital
• Shape the modern frontend strategy of WI Digital, working closely with your team to identify areas of improvement, optimization and need
• Advance and enhance our enterprise accessibility tool suite
• Lead and develop people in ways aligned to their unique career goals and aspirations
• Guide your team through complex technical trade-offs, design reviews, and platform evolution
• Provide technical direction, uphold code quality, and enforce engineering best practices
• Deliver outcomes, optimize the product portfolio, and integrate roadmaps tied to business objectives

Expertise You Bring

• 8+ years directly managing fast-paced technology with focus on Front-End Teams
• Previous ownership of component libraries, monorepos, developer and accessibility tooling
• Deep background in modern UI and experience architecture and enabling consistent, high-quality user experiences across applications
• Strong experience leading engineering talent, while setting clear technical direction and accountability
• Experience developing technical leads and technical leaders
• Proven track record developing platform capabilities and supporting the teams that rely on them

Skills You Require

• Strong hands-on understanding of Angular, TypeScript, and component-driven UI development, including modern build, testing, and performance optimization practices
• Experience owning large-scale monorepo environments, including governance, build and release strategies, dependency management, shared code platforms, and developer productivity tooling
• Firm understanding of accessibility including how to develop for and test accessibility through WCAG 2.2
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines supporting frontend assets, shared UI libraries and client-side builds
• Experience influencing engineering leaders and key business partners to champion platform modernization, frontend standards, accessibility initiatives, and developer productivity improvements across multiple teams
• Practical experience with DevAssist tools including Github Copilot or Claude Code with deep familiarity with how to optimize engineering efforts with AI assistance

The Team

Digital Enablement Team designs, develops, implements, and supports Fidelity's Workplace Investing (WI) suite of digital products and services through tools and services.