Lead Software Engineer (DevOps)

• 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
  
  

Requirements

Must-Have Skills

• 10+ years designing, developing, and supporting enterprise technology platforms
  
• Strong hands-on Java development experience
  
• Python scripting expertise
  
• Technical Lead experience with hands-on coding
  
• DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering experience
  
• Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform)
  
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  
• Observability & Monitoring tools
  
• SQL and data layer expertise
  
• Application modernization experience
  
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, etc.)
  

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or EKS
  
• Microservices & Event-Driven Architecture
  
• React or other Front-End technologies
  
• Financial Markets domain knowledge (Fixed Income, Equities, FX, Derivatives)