Lead Software engineer

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for A&E team which aims to deliver enterprise level capabilities for Devops engineering and DCMS migration.

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
• Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor

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

Desired 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 Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience, or equivalent. 
• 5+ years' experience working with one or more CI/CD Pipeline (GitHub), Harness/Spinnaker & Release management. 
• Experience with Agile Scrum (Daily Standup, Sprint Planning and Sprint Retrospective meetings) 
• Should have worked with one or more CI/CD Pipeline (GitHub, Jenkins), Release management and Automation tools: Gradle, Maven, Git 
• Service Now experience a plus 
• Experience with large scale planning of strategies (from a platform setup and optimization point) 
• Engineering and development experience on middleware messaging platforms: IBM MQ. Solace & Confluent Kafka. 
• Hands-on experience with either of Cloud & Container technologies: PCF/AKS/Azure/OCP/K8s. 
• Hands on experience with Automation Scripting: Bash, Shell, Terraform, Azure DevOps 
• Experience in setting up and using Observability/Monitoring tools: Elastic, Kibana, Grafana, AppDynamics, Kafka, Big Panda, Splunk 
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is important for packaging and deploying applications in containers and orchestrating them across multiple machines 
• 5+ years' Experience with either of Cloud & Container technologies: PCF/AKS/Azure/OCP/K8s. 
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Job Expectations:

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell. 
• Proficiency in using GitHub Actions and other version control systems is essential for managing code and deployments 
• Knowledge on database technologies: MongoDB, SQL/No SQL DB. 
• Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential for working with developers, operations teams, and other stakeholders 

Posting End Date: 

17 Jun 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.

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