Manager, Software Engineering
About The Position
Wellington Management is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to join their Platform Engineering team, focusing on Python developer tooling. The role involves leading a team of 5-7 engineers in building and evolving shared Python frameworks, libraries, and workflows to ensure reliable application development, deployment, and operation. The manager will also oversee the enterprise JupyterHub platform for citizen development and related components for various workloads. Additionally, they will be responsible for shaping firmwide Python engineering standards and driving cross-team initiatives. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader adept at solving platform challenges and delivering broadly applicable solutions.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including substantial hands-on development.
- 3+ years managing software teams (developers, quality engineers, and systems analysts).
- Advanced Python proficiency using open-source libraries (e.g., FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Pandas, Requests) and related tools (pip, uv, uvicorn).
- Experience packaging, testing, and shipping Python applications (pytest, setuptools, Docker, and CI/CD).
- Experience designing and operating cloud-native applications on AWS with strong scalability, security, and reliability fundamentals.
- Familiarity with DevOps/platform engineering practices (infrastructure as code, automation, containers, ECS/EKS).
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical direction across teams.
- High ownership, strong attention to detail, and passion for building durable engineering platforms.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and development of enterprise Python frameworks, shared libraries, and developer tooling.
- Define and evolve Python engineering standards (packaging, testing, deployment, and runtime conventions).
- Build and maintain core platform services and APIs that enable scalable, cloud-native application development.
- Partner with application, platform, and infrastructure teams to translate real-world needs into high-impact deliverables.
- Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, planning, and code reviews.
- Promote engineering excellence across CI/CD, automated testing, code quality, and documentation.
- Improve reliability, performance, and observability using metrics, logs, and traces.
Benefits
- retirement plan
- health and wellbeing
- dental
- vision
- 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 (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
