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Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer

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 experience towards design, development, support of medium to large-scale mission critical applications and platforms.
- 5+ years of application development and implementation experience.
- 5 + years of SOA (Services Oriented Architecture) experience.
- 5 + years of Java Web Services experience.
- 3+ years of micro service applications development experience
- Knowledge on migrating monolithic to microservices
- Experience with Java, Micro services, Spring Boot and Spring Cloud, API Gateway
- Knowledge with Cloud technologies like Dockers, Kubernetes.
- Experience with DevOps and CI/CD technologies like GIT, Jenkins and UCD
- Strong soft skills (customer service oriented, team player, self-starter, proactive, problem solver, work independently)
- Experience as a technical leader within Service Oriented applications in shared environments
- Excellent communication, relationship building and partnership skills required.
- Experience with Enterprise Content Management Systems would be a plus

Posting End Date:

24 Sep 2025

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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