Lead UI Engineer - Front Office Trading Platforms

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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Specialty Software Engineer to join our Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology organization, supporting the Fixed Income Spread Technology team. In this role, you will help shape the next generation of low-latency trading technology by designing and delivering real-time micro UI solutions that support pricing, risk management, and electronic trading across Fixed Income markets. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and global financial markets, partnering closely with traders, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to build scalable, high-performance applications that drive critical business outcomes. You will play a key role in advancing innovative trading capabilities, improving operational efficiency, and delivering technology solutions that help our clients and businesses navigate dynamic market environments. As a technical leader, you'll influence architecture, mentor engineers, and contribute to the continued evolution of a modern engineering culture focused on quality, reliability, and continuous improvement.

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In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives on selected domains
• Ensure systems are monitored to increase operational efficiency and managed to mitigate risk
• Define opportunities to maximize resource utilization and improve processes while reducing cost
• Lead, design, develop, test and implement applications and system components, tools and utilities, models, simulation, and analytics to manage complex business functions using sophisticated technologies
• Resolve coding, testing and escalated platform issues of a technically challenging nature
• Lead team to ensure compliance and risk management requirements for supported area are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
• Mentor less experienced software engineers
• Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including managers
• Lead team to achieve objectives
• Partner with production support and platform engineering teams effectively

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 5+ years of experience with HTML5, JavaScript, CSS
• 5+ years of experience with Typescript
• 5+ years of experience with Angular/React
• 5+ years of experience with JSON, REST, XML

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience deploying and supporting applications using web server technologies such as Apache Tomcat, IIS, or NGINX
• Experience with automated UI testing and performance testing practices using tools such as Selenium and browser developer tools
• Knowledge of Fixed Income products and trading workflows within capital markets
• Understanding of bond pricing, risk, P&L, and position management concepts
• Understanding of trade lifecycle processes and end-of-day valuation activities
• Experience building and supporting real-time user interfaces using streaming or event-driven technologies
• Experience with desktop interoperability and container frameworks such as OpenFin, Glue42, Finsemble, or similar technologies

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule

Posting Locations:

• 300 S Brevard St.- Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Pay Range
 

Benefits

Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Applicants with Disabilities

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Drug and Alcohol Policy

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.  Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.