Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
As a Senior Software Engineer on Wellington Management’s Private Technology team, you will design, build, and support high-quality systems that enable investment decisions and advance the firm’s Private Investments platform. You will work across the private investment ecosystem with Investment teams, Fund Control & Operations, Valuation, Legal, Compliance, Reporting, and technology partners to deliver integrated end-to-end solutions. The role provides hands-on technical expertise and architectural guidance across the investment lifecycle, from deal sourcing and execution through portfolio management and operations. You will also help develop scalable, data-driven infrastructure and apply AI to improve engineering productivity, operational efficiency, and decision-making. This position combines full-stack development, technical leadership, stakeholder collaboration, vendor integration, and production support in a highly regulated environment. Employees work from the office four days a week, with flexibility to work remotely one day a week.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of software development experience, including designing and delivering backend systems using Python, Java, TypeScript, or comparable enterprise technologies.
- Experience with modern software development tools and platforms, including issue tracking such as JIRA or Linear; source control such as Git; CI/CD such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions; IDEs such as VS Code, IntelliJ, or Eclipse; cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure; and relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
- Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools, such as Claude Code or GitHub Copilot, to accelerate development and improve software quality.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
- A strong sense of ownership and commitment to stewardship and continuous improvement of a business-critical platform.
- Ability to work in a highly regulated environment where system reliability and reporting accuracy are essential.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in financial services or investment management; exposure to private or alternative investments is a plus.
- Knowledge of event-driven architecture and messaging platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain full-stack software solutions, including web, mobile, desktop, and platform services.
- Influence architecture and guide technical decisions, balancing delivery priorities with platform scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Work with business teams, project managers, and systems analysts to translate business needs into requirements, technical specifications, and test plans.
- Contribute across solution design, prototyping, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Support integrations for products such as Dynamo, IVP, and Affinity by partnering with internal stakeholders and external vendors on interface design, implementation coordination, troubleshooting, and reliable data flows.
- Balance project delivery, production support, technical leadership, and stakeholder engagement.
Benefits
- Retirement plan
- Health and wellbeing benefits
- 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
- Eligible employees may receive discretionary corporate bonus and/or incentives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
