Lead Software Engineer

Company: Wellington Management Company
Location: Boston
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

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
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. We are seeking qualified candidates to join our expanding technology team. Together, you will not only dream up solutions to today's investment challenges, but you will build them to see real-life results. Technology needs are advancing, and this level of complexity requires a highly sophisticated well-managed technology platform that is built by people like you. This is your chance to build something incredible. We want you to think big, to solve challenges, and positively impact our clients.
JOB OVERVIEW
We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to work on the Portfolio Accounting Technology Team in Client & Portfolio Technology and Operations. This individual will work closely with other technology members, such as developers, business analysts, and QA engineers, to design, develop, test, implement, and support solutions to meet business requirements. This individual will also help design new platform functionality and assist other developers in using the solutions they build. The candidate will play a critical role in the maintenance, enhancement, and support of the firm's portfolio accounting technology, hosted on SS&C Advent Geneva.
RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Lead the maintenance and support of the firm's core portfolio accounting platform
  
• Lead the process to maintain and continuously improve accounting reporting extracts used by portfolio construction and client reporting platforms
  
• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of enterprise technologies that allow operational workflows to integrate with the accounting platform
  
• 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 to optimize them for performance
  
• Author technical design and support documentation
  
  QUALIFICATIONS
  
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  • Demonstrated experience working on maintenance and upgrades for the SS&C Advent Geneva accounting platform
    
  • Demonstrated experience building and enhancing custom reporting from SS&C Advent Geneva using the vendor platform's proprietary query technologies, including RSL and GSQL
    
  • Demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining enterprise applications, using standardized development platforms such as Enterprise Java or Python
    
  • Prior experience with managing applications hosted on RHL and/or Linux OS
    
  • Prior experience building and managing database hosted solutions, such as Oracle PLSQL
    
  • Experience developing applications with cloud technologies, such as AWS
    
  • Experience with Agile processes and SDLC tools such as Jira, Git, and Jenkins
    
    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 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 GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com.
    Compensation
    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 100,000 - 225,000.
    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).
    
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