Software Engineer

Company: Wellington Management Company
Location: Boston
Posted on: January 23, 2025

Job Description:

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 RoleAt 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 OVERVIEWEnhance the capabilities of Wellington's Client Experience Platform and position the teams for continued scalability as a Software Engineer. This public facing application is a highly strategic asset driving the continued growth of the firm, providing reporting and communications to existing clients and enabling data-driven marketing programs. The Client Experience Platform leverages integrations into several endemic platforms as well as custom services and is currently supported by a successful and highly experienced team with members in marketing, product, and technology. Successful execution of this role demands a solid technical foundation, coupled with active collaboration with other technical leaders and business stakeholders.RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cross discipline advocate who can ensure on-time delivery of features balancing engineering and user experience disciplines.
• Research technology issues and work with team staff to understand and resolve challenges.
• Work collaboratively with Product Owner and Product Management to define and negotiate scope.
• Prototype with emerging technologies to prove product feature sets and enhance SDLC.
• Drive the adoption of conventions and best practices for front-end development.
• Improve user experience and provide elegant and performant interfaces to the customers.
• Ensure instrumentation and coverage metrics are addressed.
• Expertise with unit and e2e testing.
• Expertise with REST.
• Participate in code reviews.QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience with modern frameworks (React) and third party/open-source libraries.
• Experience with distributed version control systems (e.g., git, bitbucket, svn).
• Experience with RESTful web service integration including authentication.
• Familiarity with the Agile methodology and tracking tools (e.g., Rally, Jira, Pivotal or similar).
• Working knowledge of client/server and related technology environments.
• Motivated self-starter and team player.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communications.
• Ability to think 'outside the box' while working as a team player.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.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 65,000 - 150,000.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).About UsTracing our history to 1928, Wellington Management is one of the world's largest independent investment management firms. We serve as a trusted adviser to clients in over 60 countries, visit our website to see our assets under management. 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 to fostering an open, collaborative culture of inclusivity because we believe multiple perspectives lead to more informed investment and business decisions. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome people with diverse life experiences, fresh ideas, and specialized subject-matter expertise.
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