Senior Software Engineering Manager at Bridgewater Associates

Position Responsibilities

As a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will be managing teams that are building impactful user-facing technology in a high-quality way.  You will take ownership of engineering goals around People, Processes, and Technologies that provide solutions to business problems or improve our investment/technological capabilities. You will be expected to have valuable input on the shaping of these technologies over time. 

You will play a pivotal and impactful role across our entire organization, operating in parallel across strategic, tactical, commercial, and technical workstreams. You will have ownership and be accountable for the ongoing development and growth of your software engineers and tech lead, and as a relatively small organization, there will be an expectation of being "close to the code". 

You will also be regularly liaising between Architects, Technical Leads, Product Managers, and our investment community to ensure you are tackling the highest priority endeavors and your teams are utilizing appropriate software development processes and tools to achieve the relevant goals. You’ll also set team standards and ensure the bar is set appropriately.

We think you’ll click with us if you:

• Are passionate about technology development and solving business problems using technology, while also being deeply technical.  
• Hold a high bar for excellence, focused on outcomes and the process to optimize good outcomes
• Can prioritize and organize many concurrent threads across different initiatives
• Are open-minded, appreciate direct feedback, and revel in intellectually rigorous environments.

Preferred Requirements

• Excellent software engineering fundamentals, both in terms of design/architecture and the associated software lifecycle considerations (reliability/scalability/performance etc.) within complex distributed systems/microservices.  
• 5+ year of Demonstrable experience of managing software engineers, and technical leads across both work efforts and personal development
• An experience mixture of managing technology platforms at scale within both mid to larger enterprise environments, and smaller start up adjacent environments.
• Demonstrable experience in SDLC process understanding and optimizing a sizeable software engineering organization
• First class verbal and written communication skills
• Relevant academic qualifications in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or similar discipline

Location Requirements:

For most of our roles, Bridgewater offers remote work flexibility with most employees required to work on campus as their principal work location a minimum of 2-4 days per week with the option to work offsite on the other days. 

Compensation Band:

The wage range for this role is $1MM to $1.5MM, inclusive of base salary, discretionary bonus, and long term incentive. The expected base salary for this role is between 30% - 40% of this wage range.

Bridgewater Associates Company Overview

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional investors.

Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work – using cutting edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and universal investment principles.

Founded in 1975, we are a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment for excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency and inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in investment strategy, management and corporate culture.

One of our core priorities at Bridgewater is to enable our employees to build a great life and career, and we believe our benefits are an important extension of that philosophy. Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits including health insurance with 100% premium coverage, a 401(k) plan with generous employer match, fully paid parental leave, a competitive PTO package, workplace flexibility, adoption and egg-freezing assistance, wellness offerings such as on-site gyms, free meals, healthy snacks, and meditation rooms, and an engaged and active community that includes company events, affinity networks and extracurricular interest groups. Bridgewater reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations.

This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Bridgewater has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment.  Please note that we do provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.