Lead Software Engineer

About this role:

The most rewarding engineering opportunities aren't defined by the code you write. They're defined by the problems only a handful of organizations can offer you the chance to solve.

At Wells Fargo, you'll join a team responsible for modernizing the technology ecosystem that helps safeguard the financial system from fraud, money laundering, sanctions violations, and other financial crimes. As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll help shape the future-state architecture behind critical KYC and Screening platforms that support global business operations and process enormous volumes of data every day.

You'll be trusted to lead complex engineering initiatives, influence technology strategy, and drive modernization efforts that improve scalability, resilience, automation, and operational effectiveness. Your work will directly impact mission critical capabilities relied upon across multiple lines of business, while giving you exposure to enterprise-scale challenges that few organizations can match.

For engineers who are motivated by impact, technical ownership, and the opportunity to help define what's next rather than simply maintain what's already built, this is a chance to do some of the most meaningful work of your career.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact.
• Act as a key participant in developing standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex and large-scale technology solutions for technology engineering disciplines.
• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs.
• Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors.
• Make decisions in developing standard and companywide best practices for engineering and technology solutions requiring understanding of industry best practices and new technologies, influencing and leading technology team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives.
• Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals.
• Partner closely with product and program leadership teams to ensure technology implementation and delivery are aligned with business goals and timelines.
• Lead and drive ongoing improvements for platform stability and performance, by addressing technical debt and enhancing operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
• 5+ years of experience in Java 17+, Spring Boot 3.x, Spring Security, Spring Cloud, Hibernate, JPA, Python, Scala REST APIs, and Microservices Architecture.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience with AI-powered developer tools, including GitHub Copilot and Devin.

Desired Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience with Angular 16, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, and AJAX.
• 2+ years of experience working in Agile environments.
• Strong knowledge of Junit/TestNG, Selenium frameworks and test automation.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform services.
• Experience with Kafka and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Maven, Gradle, and SonarQube.
• Knowledge of Ansible, Shell Scripting, F5, AVI, and infrastructure automation.
• Experience deploying applications on Tomcat, JBoss, and WebSphere.
• Strong understanding of MVC architecture, J2EE design patterns, and enterprise application design.
• Experience implementing secure, scalable, and highly available solutions in large enterprise environments.
• Cloud-native application modernization and migration initiatives.
• Enterprise data engineering and analytics platforms.
• AI-driven automation and intelligent workflow implementations.
• Financial services or large-scale enterprise technology environments.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced Agile environment.
• Passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence. Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with a cross-functional and technical teams to drive the solution engineering decisions.

Job Expectations and Core Values:

• Be Humble: You're smart yet always interested in learning from others.
• Work Transparently: You always deal in an honest, direct, and transparent way.
• Take Ownership: You embrace responsibility and find joy in having the answers.
• Learn More: You regularly self-educate and improve your skill set.
• Show Gratitude: You show appreciation and respect to those you work with.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment.
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
• Ability to work additional hours as needed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable, high‑performance cloud native solutions.

Posting End Date:

11 Oct 2026

*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.

Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

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.

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