Lead Software Engineer

Wellington Management•Boston, MA

2d•$90,000 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Portfolio Data Technology team is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to help develop the firm’s proprietary investment performance measurement, attribution, and GIPS composite applications. The engineer will contribute to a new multi-asset performance attribution platform and enhance and maintain existing applications as investment products evolve and grow in complexity. The role combines software development with architecture and technical leadership: approximately 50% development and 50% architecture and leadership. The engineer will lead developers and QA engineers on delivery, but the position has no people-management responsibilities. The team has approximately 7–10 developers. The role offers an opportunity to work in a collaborative team with leadership and advancement opportunities. The position is based in Needham/Boston. Employees work from the office four days per week and may work remotely one day per week. The base salary range is USD 90,000–180,000. Wellington Management also describes a comprehensive benefits package and potential discretionary corporate bonus and/or incentives, if eligible.

Requirements

At least 10 years of software development and design experience.
At least 7 years of demonstrated experience developing enterprise applications and services using Java and related technologies.
Experience with SQL.
Hands-on experience in multithreaded programming.
Experience with relational and non-relational database technologies.
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
Experience working in an Agile DevOps environment.
Commitment to delivering projects on time and overcoming obstacles.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in an AWS environment is highly desired.
Financial industry experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of developers and QA engineers to deliver quality products in Enterprise Data Services.
Lead projects independently and provide technology leadership.
Participate in architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and support efforts.
Work with business team members, project managers and analysts, and other software engineers to review business requirements, functional specifications, use cases, and test plans.
Design, prototype, and author code for software components and applications based on functional specifications, optimizing them for performance.
Ensure adherence to code-quality standards within development and QA teams, including continuous integration, code reviews, and required release documentation.
Establish and maintain effective client relationships and help guide the team in setting priorities for requests and issue resolution.
Coordinate and facilitate production releases across middleware, database, architecture, and other teams.
Author architecture, technical design, and support documentation.

Benefits

Retirement plan.
Health and wellbeing coverage.
Dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage.
Health savings account.
Flexible spending accounts.
Commuter program.
Employee assistance program.
Life and disability insurance.
Adoption assistance.
Back-up childcare.
Tuition/CFA reimbursement.
Paid time off, including leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick, and vacation time.
Potential discretionary corporate bonus and/or incentives, if eligible.