Senior Software Engineer

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with Ab Initio

In this role, you will:

• Lead moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical domain environments

• Contribute to large scale planning of strategies

• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs associated with technology domain, including upgrades and deployments

• Review moderately complex technical challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of technologies and procedures

• Resolve moderately complex issues and lead a team to meet existing client needs or potential new clients needs while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, or compliance requirements

• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve technical challenges and achieve goals

• Lead projects and act as an escalation point, provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
• Knowledge of Hadoop / Big Data ecosystems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for ETL deployments.
• Exposure to data quality, metadata frameworks, or governance tools.
• Prior experience in BFSI, telecom, or large enterprise data environments.

Job Expectations

• Strong hands-on experience in Ab Initio development
• Advanced proficiency in PDL (metadata-driven development)
• Expertise in Ab Initio components: Graphs, Plans, DML, MFS, Rollup, Join, Partitioning
• Experience with Ab Initio Co>Operating System, GDE, and EME
• Strong knowledge of EME and metadata management
• Proven ability in performance tuning and optimization of large-scale ETL jobs
• Strong working knowledge of Unix/Linux and Shell scripting
• Experience with RDBMS: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Teradata
• Good understanding of data warehousing concepts, ETL architecture, and data modeling
• Experience handling large-scale data processing (GBs level)
• Design, develop, and maintain complex Ab Initio graphs for batch and near real-time processing
• Build and manage PDL-based scalable ETL frameworks
• Implement end-to-end data integration solutions (extract, transform, validate, load)
• Optimize ETL jobs for performance, scalability, and reliability
• Perform source-to-target mapping, data modeling, and technical design reviews
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide root cause analysis with long-term fixes
• Collaborate with business analysts, architects, QA, and DevOps teams
• Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and standards
• Support production deployments and on-call activities
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews for best practices

Seeking highly experienced Senior Ab Initio Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience, including strong expertise in PDL (Parameter Definition Language) programming, to design, develop, and optimize large-scale ETL and data integration solutions. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of Ab Initio components, performance tuning, and enterprise data warehousing environments.

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.

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