Lead Software Engineer

Wellington Management Company; Toronto; On-site; CAD 194,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work 1 day a week

Office culture and collaboration

Job summary

Wellington Management is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for the Post-Trade Technologies team within Investment Implementation & Trading Technology. You will act as a senior technical expert, shaping architecture, design and implementation for the Post-Trade suite, collaborating with IT, business analysts, and QA to deliver robust solutions.

You will contribute to world-class trade matching, settlements, and trade communications, while mentoring junior engineers and upholding high code-quality

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with solid accomplishments.
• Strong knowledge of Java, HTML5, Javascript, Angular, React, SQL.
• Experience with enterprise databases like Oracle, PostgresSQL or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype and code new software components across the full stack – services, web, infrastructure, and back-end.
• Lead delivery of high-quality business solutions with analysts, QA, and operations.
• Review requirements, use-cases and test plans; estimate, identify issues and risks.
• Coordinate infrastructure upgrades, disaster recovery testing, and cross-functional projects.
• Provide architectural oversight and mentoring for junior team members.
• Ensure production stability with observability, data quality and alerting tools.

Skills

Java

HTML5

JavaScript

Angular

React

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, engineering, math, or related field

Tools

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Active MQ/IBM MQ

AWS

CI/CD (Jenkins)

Git

Job description

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.

Title: Lead Software Engineer

Team: Post-Trade Technologies Team

Location: Boston, MA

At Wellington Management our appetite for technology is insatiable. We recognize that the world is full of fascinating questions that will impact the future of companies, economies, financial markets, and entire industries. We want you to help us find answers to these questions by building and evolving our innovative, industry leading, technology platform. We are seeking qualified candidates to join our expanding technology team. Together, you will not only dream up solutions to today’s investment challenges, but you will build them to see real-life results. Technology needs are advancing, and this level of complexity requires a highly sophisticated well-managed technology platform that is built by people like you. This is your chance to build something incredible. We want you to think big, to solve challenges, and positively impact our clients.

Job Overview

We are seeking a candidate for a Lead Software Engineer to join the Post-Trade Technologies team within Investment Implementation & Trading Technology. You will serve as a deep technical expert, responsible for architecture, design and implementation of the Post-Trade suite of applications. You will work closely with other members of IT including other developers, business analysts, and QA engineers to design, develop, test, implement, and support solutions to meet business requirements. You will also interact closely with members of our Global Trading and Trade Operations departments in architecting world-class trade matching, settlements and trade communication capabilities. You will be faced with compelling challenges and encouraged to solve problems by using innovative techniques. You will work with and learn from exceptional technology and business professionals through cross-platform, data driven projects and assignments.

• Design, prototype and code new software components and applications based on functional specifications across the full stack – services, web, infrastructure, and back-end
• Partner with business analysts, QA engineers, and Trading/Global Operations personnel to lead the delivery of high-quality business solutions, including participating in architecture, design, implementation, testing, deployment and support
• Work with business teams, project managers, and systems analysts to review and qualify business requirements, functional specifications, use-cases, and test plans which will including doing estimates, identifying issues, and raising risks
• Work across various IT teams to coordinate and facilitate infrastructure upgrades, disaster recovery testing, and cross-functional projects
• Modify and enhance existing systems to incorporate new functionality and to optimize them for performance
• Provide technical oversight and thought leadership across initiatives to ensure capabilities are developed with the latest methods and to the highest standards
• Provide guidance and mentoring for more junior team members
• Author architecture, technical design, and support documentation and ensure the adherence to established code-quality standards
• Help with ensuring the stability of production systems by implementing tools for observability, data quality and alerting
• As part of DevOps, be responsible for software deployments to production via scheduled releases
• Provide hands-on support during on-call rotations and manage production incidents, determining root cause, appropriate corrective actions and follow-up when issues arise
• Ability to work in a team-orientated, fast-paced environment with regularly changing priorities

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with solid accomplishments
• Strong knowledge of Java, HTML5, Javascript, Angular, React, SQL
• Experience with one or more enterprise databases like Oracle, PostgresSQL
• Familiarity with messaging technologies like Active MQ/IBM MQ
• Experience operating in a DevOps environment application with Cloud technologies such as AWS
• Experience working with Agile methodologies, CI/CD tools (Jenkins or equivalent), version control (Git) and Orchestration tools
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high quality solutions previously
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Be willing and able to work both independently and as part of a team, in an energetic, fast-paced, business-critical environment.
• Strategic mindset; strong work ethic
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, engineering, math, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience in Financial Industry is preferred

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 or 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 [e-mail].

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.

Tracing our history to 1928, Wellington Management is one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms. We serve as a trusted adviser to clients in over 60 countries, visit our website to see our assets under management. Our innovative investment solutions are built on the strength of proprietary, independent research and span nearly all segments of the global capital markets, including equity, fixed income, multi-asset, and alternative strategies. As a private partnership whose sole business is investment management, our long-term views and interests are aligned with those of our clients. We are committed to attracting a talented and diverse workforce, and to fostering an open, collaborative culture of inclusivity because we believe multiple perspectives lead to more informed investment and business decisions. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome people with diverse life experiences, fresh ideas, and specialized subject-matter expertise. 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.

For more information, please visit https://www.wellington.com/en/