Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

Lead Software Engineer | Wellington Management

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Wellington Management, located in Boston, MA, with a hybrid work model. Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities across global capital markets, providing tailored investment solutions for institutional clients. This role is crucial for developing and enhancing the firm’s proprietary investment performance measurement, attribution, and GIPS composite applications, specifically contributing to a new multi-asset performance attribution platform and maintaining existing systems.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid – Boston, MA
• Pay: $90000–$180000 yearly
• Team: Enterprise Data Services – Portfolio Data Technology team, leading 7-10 developers and QA engineers.
• Mission: Lead the development and enhancement of scalable software solutions for the firm’s investment performance and attribution systems.
• Tech Stack: Java, SQL, Relational databases, Non-relational databases, AWS.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Lead: Lead a team of developers and QA engineers to deliver quality products and independently lead projects within Enterprise Data Services.
• Develop: Design, prototype, and author code for software components and applications, including new multi-asset performance attribution platform features.
• Architect: Participate in architecture, technical design, implementation, deployment, and support efforts, optimizing applications for performance.
• Assure Quality: Ensure adherence to established code-quality standards within the development and QA teams, such as Continuous Integration and Code Reviews.
• Collaborate: Work closely with business team members, project managers, and other software engineers to review business requirements, functional specifications, and test plans.

The Must-Haves
• Background: A Lead Software Engineer with a strong record of delivering scalable and flexible software solutions, focusing on investment performance measurement, attribution, and GIPS composite applications.
• Experience: 10+ years of software development and design experience; 7+ years demonstrated experience developing enterprise applications and services using Java and related technologies; hands-on experience in multi-threaded programming; experience working in an agile DevOps environment.
• Skills: Strong analytical and data analysis skills; proficiency in SQL and relational database technologies; experience with non-relational database technologies; excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Bonus: Experience with working in an AWS environment is highly desired; financial industry experience is preferred.