Lead Java Software Engineer
Wells Fargo1 day ago
Charlotte, NC, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$159k - $305k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, testing, and implementation of applications, system components, tools, utilities, models, simulations, and analytics for complex business functions.
- Write high-quality, performant Core Java code using object-oriented principles and design patterns.
- Architect, build, and deliver scalable microservices and foundational frameworks for high-throughput trade processing and clearing.
- Solve complex technical and business-domain problems while ensuring system quality, maintainability, extensibility, and performance.
- Resolve technically challenging coding, testing, platform, and production-support issues.
- Lead the team in meeting compliance and risk-management requirements and implementing risk initiatives.
- Mentor less experienced software engineers and collaborate with professionals and managers across the organization.
- Use Generative AI and agentic development tools to improve coding, testing, debugging, modernization, and code analysis while maintaining required controls.
- Travel up to 10% of the time.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of specialty software engineering experience or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education.
- At least 5 years of hands-on Core Java development, including memory management, garbage-collection tuning, multithreading, concurrency models, native I/O, and JNI integration.
- At least 3 years of capital-markets technology experience building solutions for equities or options trade processing and clearing.
- At least 3 years designing and building distributed, multi-tiered systems with high throughput, high availability, fault tolerance, event-driven architectures, and microservices.
- At least 2 years working with SQL databases such as Oracle or SSL Server, including schema design and query optimization.
- At least 2 years designing, deploying, and supporting containerized applications using OpenShift and Kubernetes, including lifecycle management, CI/CD integration, scalability, resiliency, monitoring, and production support.
- Strong knowledge of Generative AI, Agentic AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, responsible AI, and reliable, secure, auditable AI-assisted software engineering patterns.
- Hands-on experience with AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Devin, Claude Code, Cursor, or comparable tools, with human review and established SDLC, security, and quality controls.
- Strong algorithms, data structures, performance-optimization, design-pattern, clean-code, and scalable-system-design skills.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and secure software development practices.
- Familiarity with front-office risk systems, trading workflows, trade-lifecycle integration, and products including flow trading, synthetics, exotics, convertibles, and prime brokerage.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with capital-markets workflows such as trade capture, lifecycle management, and regulatory reporting.
- Experience with Kafka and/or Solace messaging for real-time, event-driven integration.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and front-office interaction skills, with the ability to work in high-pressure, fast-paced environments.
Benefits
- Health benefits, 401(k) plan, paid time off, disability benefits, life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance.
- Parental leave, critical caregiving leave, commuter benefits, discounts and savings, tuition reimbursement, dependent-child scholarships, and adoption reimbursement.
- The position is based in Iselin, New Jersey or Charlotte, North Carolina.
- The role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
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About Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is a U.S.-based financial services firm providing consumer and commercial banking, mortgages, credit, and wealth/investment services to individuals, small businesses, and enterprises. It earns revenue from interest income and fees across retail banking, payments, lending, and capital markets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, it is publicly traded on the NYSE (WFC) and operates nationally with offices in multiple countries.