Wellington Management

Lead Software Engineer

Boston Full time

About Us

Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.

About the Role

Company:           Wellington Management Company LLP 

Location:             280 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210

Position Title:    Lead Software Engineer

Job Description:

Participate in full-cycle software development, including development, regression testing, deployment, and production support to drive software development of Wellington’s next generation of investment management tools. Provide technical contribution to a development team with responsibility for application design, database design and implementation. Partner closely with investment teams and other technology teams to understand business needs and to create effective technical solutions. Participate in implementation of business process improvements involving, but not limited to, investment process efficiency, data quality improvements, and simplifying investor workflow. Train and mentor junior software developers and able to provide technology direction for the business teams. Position is fixed location based in Boston office; however, telecommuting from a home office location may also be allowed.

Job Requirements:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a directly related field plus six (6) years of experience driving the analysis, design, development, and implementation of complex business critical applications.

Must have four (4) years of experience in each of the following (experience may be gained concurrently):

  • Various financial instruments and investment data concepts, including derivatives, risk and strategy management
  • Database design
  • Data related development tools, including DataStage and Stored Procedures
  • Data analysis and SQL tuning in relational databases
  • Oracle for Managing Support for upgrades and database system level issue resolution
  • Developing solutions using Python and JSON
  • Working with Portfolio Managers and Portfolio Assistants to understand their investment process
  • Building batch jobs with IBM Tivoli Tools and Maestro
  • Working with data relevant for Fixed Income Domain
  • AWS services, including S3, EC2, MySQL, Lambda, and CloudFormation
  • Modern software development and testing methodologies, including Artifactory, GIT and Jenkins CI

Must have three (3) years of experience in each of the following (experience may be gained concurrently):

  • Developing solutions using Web Services and Open-Fin technologies  

40 hours/week, 9:00am-5:00pm. Salary: $140,000 - 160,000/year.

Application Method: Apply online or send resume to: GMGlobalMobility@wellington.com Req# R92966.

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications?  That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com.

We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our culture. In support of this commitment, our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.