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About the Role

We are expanding our Enterprise Limits & Restrictions (ELR) engineering team and are seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to help build and support Wellington's investment compliance and trading controls platform. The ELR platform plays a critical role in safeguarding investment decisions and trading activity by ensuring compliance with firmwide, client, and regulatory restrictions. Beyond compliance controls, the team is responsible for key elements of Wellington's trading technology ecosystem, including the FIX connectivity infrastructure that enables real-time communication between Wellington and broker-dealers, and external trading venues around the globe. This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of compliance and trading technology. Engineers on the team solve complex business and technical challenges, collaborate with stakeholders across various business and technology groups such as Legal and Compliance, Derivatives Onboarding, Trading and Investment Technology.

Responsibilities

Lead the technical design, development, deployment, and support of the Enterprise Limits & Restrictions (ELR) platform
Develop and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure backend services supporting workflows that evaluate regulatory, client and firmwide restrictions
Work closely with Project Managers, Business Analysts, Technical Leads, and Quality Engineering teams on estimation, planning, delivery, issue resolution, and risk management
Support tier-1 production systems, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive continuous improvements in system stability, performance, and scalability
Promote engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring, automated testing, observability, and modern development practices
Stay current with evolving industry and technical trends, including AI-assisted development tools, to ensure systems and team are of the highest caliber
Participate in the modernization and enhancement of compliance platforms, helping to drive innovation and operational efficiency across the investment technology ecosystem

Requirements

7–10+ years of hands-on software development experience using Java and J2EE technologies (currently utilizing Java 17; Java 11 experience is acceptable)
Strong experience with Spring and Spring Boot frameworks
Solid understanding of distributed, multi-threaded, and high-performance systems
Experience designing, developing, and supporting RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures
Experience with AWS cloud technologies and CI/CD pipelines, including Jenkins, is highly desirable
Experience building highly available systems supporting critical business workflows
Experience with complex event processing (Esper Framework) is an added advantage
Demonstrated use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) to improve development productivity and code quality
Strong communication, analytical, design, problem-solving, and data modeling skills
Experience with software development lifecycle methodologies and automated testing
Ability to collaborate effectively across business and technology teams

Skills

Java
J2EE
Spring
Spring Boot
RESTful APIs
Event-driven architectures
AWS
CI/CD
Jenkins
Complex event processing
Esper Framework
AI-assisted development tools
GitHub Copilot
Claude Code
Communication
Analytical skills
Design skills
Problem-solving
Data modeling
Software development lifecycle methodologies
Automated testing

Location

Remote
Onsite

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Salary/Compensations

USD 90,000 - 180,000

Benefits

Retirement plan
Health and wellbeing
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Pharmacy coverage
Health savings account
Flexible spending accounts
Commuter program
Employee assistance program
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Adoption assistance
Back-up childcare
Tuition reimbursement
CFA reimbursement
Paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)

About the Company

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.
Tracing 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.

Equal Opportunity

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.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome people with diverse life experiences, fresh ideas, and specialized subject-matter expertise.