Lead Software Engineer, Javascript
Lead Software Engineer, Javascript
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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 .
Package Management Proficiency: Strong familiarity withNode Package Manager (NPM) Webpack and ESLintand 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 eitherBostonorNeedham 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
Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications Thats 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 .
At Wellington Management our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract inspire and retain the best talent in our 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 100000 - 225000This 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 salaryis only one component of Wellingtons 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 absencepaid holidays volunteer sick and vacation time)
We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our support of this commitment our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.
Employment Type
Full-Time
