Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
At Wellington Management, technology underpins how we invest and operate in global markets. Our Trading Technology team builds and supports the platform that enables investment and trading decisions to be executed reliably and at scale. You'll work on a platform that's proven and mission-critical, the kind of environment where thoughtful engineering has immediate, visible impact. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Trading Platform Engineering team within Investment Implementation & Trading (IIT) Technology. In this position you will help design, build, and support scalable solutions for our proprietary trading platform. This is a hands-on role focused on solving complex problems, improving platform performance, and delivering high-quality systems in a business-critical environment. You’ll work closely with technology team members and business partners to deliver resilient systems and continuously improve how.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience designing and developing enterprise software systems
- Strong proficiency in Java and .NET (C#), with solid object-oriented design principles
- Experience building and supporting transactional or messaging-based applications
- Familiarity with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda) and cloud-based architectures
- Experience with modern development tools and practices, including: Source control (Git), CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), IDEs (IntelliJ, VS Code), AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code or similar)
- Solid understanding of system design, data modeling, and software architecture patterns
- Experience with frameworks such as Spring and messaging technologies (e.g., ActiveMQ or similar)
- Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL)
Nice To Haves
- Experience with event-driven architectures
- Exposure to front-end technologies (e.g., React)
- Familiarity with rules engines (e.g., Drools)
- Knowledge of financial instruments (Fixed Income, Equities, FX, Derivatives)
Responsibilities
- Partner with business teams, project managers, and systems analysts to analyze requirements, using AI-assisted tools to accelerate discovery, documentation, and test case generation
- Design and develop scalable solutions with hands-on coding, leveraging AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, code quality, and implementation speed
- Apply best practices in data modeling, testing, and code quality, incorporating AI-driven support for static analysis, unit test generation, and code reviews
- Contribute to technical direction, sprint planning, and prioritization, using data- and AI-informed insights to improve estimation, delivery, and team efficiency
- Build deep domain expertise in trading systems and datasets, using AI tools to enhance analysis, troubleshooting, and knowledge discovery
- Evolve system architecture and supporting infrastructure, incorporating automation and AI-assisted approaches to optimize performance, scalability, and reliability
- Support the full software lifecycle, including CI/CD, release management, and production support, leveraging AI-enhanced DevOps practices for monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement
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
Senior
