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Title: Software Engineer, Trading Technology

Team: Investment Implementation & Trading Technology

Location: Boston or Needham, MA

We are seeking a Software Engineer with a DevOps focus to join our Trading Platform Engineering team within Investment Implementation & Trading (IIT) Technology. The role involves building, automating, and operating our trading platform, blending software engineering with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and production reliability.

• Build and support components of Wellington’s 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.

• Bachelor’s 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.

• 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).

• 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.

Base salary range for this position is: USD 80,000 – 150,000.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes a retirement plan, health and wellness coverage, dental, vision, and pharmacy benefits, a health savings account, flexible spending accounts, commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back‑up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement, and paid time off (including leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time).

Wellington Management is an equal‑opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants 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 require accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com.