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

We are currently seeking qualified candidates for a Lead Software Engineer position for our Platform Engineering team which is responsible for designing and building tools and workflows that enable self-service capabilities for our internal software engineering teams.  Your work will directly support enterprise-wide initiatives, helping teams across the organization streamline operations, improve reliability, and accelerate delivery.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, building reusable components, and collaborating with other engineers to create high-impact internal platforms.  The ideal candidate should have experience enabling IT organizations to work more efficiently, standardize best practices, and reduce friction across the development lifecycle. This includes creating reusable components, automation frameworks, and platform capabilities that empower other engineering teams to build and deploy with confidence. 

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain core platform services and APIs

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver scalable solutions

• Implement infrastructure automation and CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tools

• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical planning

• Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle:  architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and support

• Ensure that team adheres to established development standards such as continuous integration, code reviews, and technical documentation

• Monitor and optimize system performance, reliability, and security

Keys to the position

• Extensive JavaScript Experience: Minimum of 10 years of hands-on development experience with JavaScript, including at least 3 years in a technical leadership or subject matter expert role.

• Modern Web Stack Expertise: Proven experience developing applications using React and Node.js.

• Package Management Proficiency: Strong familiarity with Node Package Manager (NPM), Webpack, and ESLint and its role in managing dependencies and build workflows.

• Developer Enablement: Demonstrated success in designing and implementing tools, frameworks, and workflows that streamline application development and deployment for engineering teams.

• Strong Soft Skills: A naturally curious mindset paired with excellent interpersonal and communication skills; able to collaborate effectively across teams and mentor junior developers.

• Location Flexibility: This role is based in either Boston or Needham, with occasional travel between offices as needed.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering

• Experience developing enterprise-wide web services, tools, and applications using Javascript and Typescript

• Hands-on experience with frameworks such as ReactJS, AngularJS, and NodeJS

• Experience building and maintaining published libraries or frameworks that are used by other teams or developers internally

• Experience building and maintaining enterprise-wide services that support a wide range of teams/departments

• Excellent written and verbal communication

• Attention to detail, self-discipline and passion to drive and innovate

• Must be comfortable with test-driven development, continuous integration, and agile development methodologies using tools like GIT, Artifactory, and Jenkins

JOB TITLE

Lead Platform Engineer, Javascript

JOB FAMILY

Software Engineering

LOCATION

280 Congress

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, work