Lead Software Engineer
Wells Fargo1 day ago
Base Salary
$143k - $224k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead complex, companywide technology initiatives and strategic modernization and AI initiatives.
- Design and build automation for provisioning, configuration, lifecycle management, deployments, customer journeys, and infrastructure services.
- Develop scalable full-stack applications, microservices, GraphQL and API-driven integrations, and responsive user interfaces.
- Build backend services using Java, Spring Boot, Python, and cloud-native patterns.
- Design and manage MongoDB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or other relational database solutions.
- Establish engineering standards, lead code and architectural reviews, and conduct production readiness assessments.
- Analyze and resolve complex production issues while improving reliability, performance, security, and operational efficiency.
- Lead adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools and integrate AI and Generative AI capabilities responsibly.
- Mentor and coach engineers and collaborate with product owners, architects, security teams, network engineering, and platform teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, education, or a combination of these.
- Strong experience building enterprise applications across the full technology stack.
- Hands-on experience with React.js, TypeScript or JavaScript, Python, Java or Spring Boot, GraphQL, APIs, microservices, and databases such as MongoDB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or Oracle.
- Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, and containerized deployments.
- Experience building scalable, resilient, secure distributed systems and understanding software design patterns, API design, and event-driven architectures.
- Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural decision-making skills.
- Ability to account for AI model limitations, security risks, compliance, privacy, ethics, and operational considerations when using AI-assisted tools.
Benefits
- Health benefits, 401(k) plan, paid time off, disability benefits, life insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, parental leave, and critical caregiving leave.
- Discounts and savings, commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, dependent-child scholarships, and adoption reimbursement.
- Base pay range of $143,000.00-$224,000.00, with potential eligibility for incentive opportunities.
- Posting End Date: 8 Oct 2026.
Tech Stack
DockerGraphQLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesMicrosoft SQL ServerMongoDBOpenShiftPostgreSQLPythonReactSpring BootTypeScript
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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.