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.
About the Role
Tracing our roots to 1928, we are one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms. With over US$1.3 trillion in assets under management, we serve as a trusted adviser to institutional clients and mutual fund sponsors in more than 50 countries.
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 fostering an open, collaborative culture of inclusivity because we believe multiple perspectives lead to more informed investment and business decisions.
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. As technology needs advance, this complexity requires a highly sophisticated, well-managed platform built by people like you. This is your chance to build something incredible. This position is within our Information Technology team.
The Role
As part of continued growth, a new opportunity has arisen for a Lead Software Engineer. As a member of the Mosaic Technology team, this individual will be responsible for delivering solutions for the Portfolio Management team especially in the Fixed Income space. This is an ideal opportunity for an IT professional to apply business and technical skills to enable investment processes to become more effective.
Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of high-quality business solutions by 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.
- Design, prototype, and code new software components and applications based on functional specifications across the full stack—services, web and mobile clients, infrastructure, and back end.
- Coordinate with analyst teams and vendors to execute test plans and provide support during user acceptance testing.
- Modify and enhance existing systems to incorporate new functionality and optimize performance.
- Author technical design and support documentation.
Qualifications
- Five years of relevant design and development experience within the financial industry preferred.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills gained through experience in a relevant financial domain (e.g., business and technical understanding of fixed income and/or derivatives securities, foreign exchange, money markets).
- Experience with modern software development and testing methodologies such as Artifactory, Git, and Jenkins.
- Experience developing complex applications using Python, JavaScript/React/Node.js, or related technologies.
- Familiarity with web applications and services using REST, HTML5, CSS, HTTP, Web Services, XML, JSON, and modern UI frameworks such as React.
- Intermediate-level expertise with SQL and Excel VBA preferred.
- Experience developing applications with cloud technologies such as AWS desired.
- Degree in Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or a directly related field, with strong mathematical acumen.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, business-critical environment.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality solutions.
- 7–10 years of coding experience.
- Experience leading technical delivery of projects and managing software developers (onshore and offshore).
- Ability to actively participate in technical design and code reviews.
- Experience with Service-Oriented Architecture and Agile software development.
Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. 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 r ace, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, 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 GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com .
At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is:
USD 90,000 - 180,000
This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.
Base salary is only one component of Wellington’s total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/ or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back-up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)
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.