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

TITLE:                       Senior Software Engineer, Trading Technology

TEAM:                       Investment Implementation & Trading Technology

LOCATION:            Boston or Needham

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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. You'll work on a platform that's proven and mission-critical, the kind of environment where thoughtful engineering has immediate, visible impact.

JOB OVERVIEW

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

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

QUALIFICATIONS

·         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:

o    Source control (Git), CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

o    IDEs (IntelliJ, VS Code)

o    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)

Preferred Experience

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

·         Experience wi