Software Engineer

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.

TITLE: Software Engineer Trading Technology

TEAM: Investment Implementation & Trading Technology

LOCATION: Boston or Needham MA

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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. Youll work on a platform thats proven and mission-critical the kind of environment where thoughtful engineering has immediate visible impact.

JOB OVERVIEW

We are seeking a Software Engineer with a DevOps focus to join our Trading Platform Engineering team within Investment Implementation & Trading (IIT) this position you will help build automate and operate our trading platform. This role combines software engineering with cloud infrastructure CI/CD and production reliability. Youll work closely with technology team members and business partners to deliver resilient systems and continuously improve how we build and run software.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and support components of Wellingtons trading platform in partnership with trading and technology teams leveraging AI-assisted development tools to enhance productivity and code quality
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and efficient software delivery incorporating AI-assisted automation and validation
• Develop infrastructure and automation in AWS using Infrastructure as Code utilizing AI-assisted tooling to accelerate provisioning and configuration
• Improve system reliability through monitoring alerting and operational best practices applying AI-driven insights for observability and anomaly detection
• Troubleshoot production issues perform root-cause analysis and contribute to continuous improvement leveraging AI-assisted diagnostics and incident analysis
• Partner with developers QA and architecture teams to ensure scalable secure and performant solutions using AI tools to enhance collaboration and solution design
• Contribute to engineering standards including code quality testing and release practices incorporating AI-assisted code reviews and test generation

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field
• 2 years of experience in software engineering DevOps or related roles
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python preferred)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and cloud-native concepts (compute networking IAM logging/monitoring)
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins GitHub Actions) and source control (Git)
• Exposure to infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation)
• Understanding of monitoring logging and production support practices
• Experience with tools such as Jenkins Elasticsearch and Grafana (or comparable CI/observability tooling)
• Hands-on experience in SQL or other relational database technologies is desirable
• Experience in Cloud Ops and infrastructure automation (e.g. automated provisioning configuration and operational runbooks)
• Working knowledge of reliability practices such as monitoring/alerting incident response and root-cause analysis in a production environment

Preferred Experience

These are qualifications that would be helpful for the position but are not firm requirements.

• Experience with containerization (Docker ECS) and microservices architectures
• Familiarity with observability tools (e.g. Grafana Elasticsearch)
• Exposure to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles
• AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot Claude Code or similar)

What We Value

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Ownership mindset and attention to detail
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced team-oriented environment
• Interest in continuous learning and improving systems at scale.

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications Thats 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 race 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 .

At Wellington Management our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract inspire and retain the best talent in our 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: