Lead DeVops Engineer

Role: Lead DevOps Engineer

Location: Boston, MA

 Need locals to MA

W2 Contract

Must-Have Skills

10+ years of experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise technology platforms

significant exposure to DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering practices

Strong hands-on programming experience in Java

Python scripting expertise

lead experience

DevOps experience

Cloud experience

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Observability & monitoring exposure

SQL / data layer understanding

Application modernization experience

Hands-on technical leader

Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes

Experience with microservices and event-driven architectures

Exposure to front-end technologies such as React

Knowledge of financial markets and instruments, including Fixed Income, Equities, FX, and Derivatives

Client Notes

Candidates MUST be local. No Relocation Candidates. Resumes must be 3-4 pages max. No 30+ bullet point summaries at the top of the resume (a summary should be a couple/few sentences that are relevant to the role. Same for the list of bullet points per role – 10 per at max is more than enough. I WILL IMMEDIATELY DELETE RESUMES THAT DON''T FOLLOW THIS RULE.

Description

We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer with strong platform engineering and DevOps experience to join our Trading Platform Engineering team within Investment Implementation & Trading (IIT) Technology. In this role, you will lead the design, development, automation, and operation of mission-critical trading systems. You will combine hands-on software engineering with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and production reliability to improve how we build, deploy, and operate software at scale. This role requires a strong technical leader who can quickly understand complex systems, drive execution, mentor engineers, and partner effectively across technology and business teams.

 RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the design and development of scalable, resilient platform solutions supporting Wellington''s trading operations

• Set technical direction across architecture, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, observability, and operational practices

• Drive hands-on engineering across the software lifecycle, including development, testing, code reviews, release management, and production support

 • Build and evolve AWS-based infrastructure and automation using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) • Improve platform reliability through monitoring, alerting, incident response, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement practices

• Partner with developers, QA, architecture, security, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and performant solutions

 • Champion modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted development, automation, and developer productivity improvements

• Mentor engineers and help raise the bar on engineering quality, operational excellence, and system design