Lead Software Engineer - Java & AI
Wells Fargo1 day ago
Hyderābād, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead complex, companywide technology initiatives and provide hands-on technical leadership across application design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Design, code, test, debug, document, troubleshoot, and support scalable enterprise applications and technical solutions.
- Develop Java and Spring Boot applications, microservices, REST APIs, reusable services, frameworks, application components, and event-driven applications.
- Build modern user experiences using React or Angular, JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Apply Generative AI and AI-assisted development techniques to code generation, testing, documentation, refactoring, debugging, and developer productivity.
- Design and develop applications integrating with LLMs and Generative AI capabilities, including prompt engineering, RAG, vector databases, embeddings, AI agents, MCP servers, and A2A concepts.
- Evaluate AI-generated code and emerging AI and developer productivity tools for correctness, security, performance, maintainability, and compliance.
- Conduct code reviews, design reviews, technical walkthroughs, prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and technical assessments.
- Troubleshoot complex application, integration, performance, and production issues and drive them to resolution.
- Mentor Software Engineers and Senior Software Engineers and provide technical direction, estimates, risk identification, and implementation guidance.
- Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Information Security, Infrastructure, Product Owners, and other engineering teams to deliver business outcomes.
- Champion automated testing, CI/CD, DevSecOps, reusable components, engineering automation, continuous improvement, and responsible AI adoption.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of software engineering experience or equivalent experience demonstrated through work, training, military experience, or education.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, enterprise-scale applications, microservices, REST APIs, and Spring ecosystem technologies.
- Experience with front-end technologies such as React or Angular, JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
- Understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, data structures, software engineering principles, and API standards.
- Experience applying AI or Generative AI capabilities to real-world software engineering or business use cases and evaluating AI coding assistants.
- Experience with relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server, strong SQL skills, and distributed technologies or messaging platforms such as Kafka.
- Experience with automated testing frameworks including JUnit, Mockito, Selenium, or comparable technologies.
- Understanding of CI/CD, Git, Maven or Gradle, SonarQube, artifact management, and containerized platforms such as Kubernetes or OpenShift/OCP.
- Working knowledge of public cloud platforms such as GCP or Azure for deploying and operating modern applications.
- Ability to perform code and solution design reviews, debug complex enterprise applications, mentor engineers, and provide technical leadership without direct people-management responsibility.
- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills and ability to work in an Agile environment using Scrum or Kanban.
Benefits
- The posting states that Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer and provides disability accommodations upon request.
- The posting end date is November 18, 2026, and the posting may close early due to applicant volume.
Tech Stack
AngularApache KafkaAzureCSSGitGoogle Cloud PlatformGradleHTMLJavaJavaScriptJUnitKubernetesMavenMicrosoft SQL ServerOpenShiftPostgreSQLReactSeleniumSonarQubeSpring BootSQLTypeScript
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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.