Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Python Software Engineer in a load balancer infrastructure development organization with a goal to deliver automation solutions that enable a software driven Infrastructure environment. If you're passionate about automation, cloud-native technologies, and building scalable systems, this is your opportunity to make a real impact in a large-scale enterprise environment.
In this role, you will:
- Design and build automation to streamline provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of load balancers.
- Create API-driven integrations between network platforms and internal systems.
- Develop and maintain automation frameworks that improve reliability and reduce operational toil.
- Translate manual operational procedures into codified, repeatable automation.
- Ensure automation artifacts follow best practices for performance, maintainability, and security.
- Collaborate with network engineering and platform teams to align automation with broader architectural strategies.
- Lead the automation of product deployments, customer journeys, and creation of APIs for our Load Balancing and other infrastructure services
• 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 python development experience leveraging Django, Flask or FastAPI
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools Ansible and GitHub.
• Strong experience automating network infrastructure, with a focus on load balancers (F5, Citrix ADC, AVI/NSX-ALB, HAProxy, or similar).
• Proficiency in Python for building automation tooling, integrations, and workflow orchestration.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible, including developing reusable playbooks, roles, and modules for network automation.
• Demonstrated ability to consume and build REST APIs, including authentication, schema validation, error handling, and versioning.
Desired Qualifications:
- Ability to troubleshoot load balancer configurations and automation workflows end-to-end.
- Experience working in large-scale, enterprise environments with change control and structured processes.
- Experience in automating infrastructure products a strong plus
- Extensive expertise in Microservices, RESTful API and event driven architectures.
- Strong & relevant experience in supporting Web/API platforms built using DJANGO, FastAPI, Apigee
- Proficiency in dealing with Legacy infrastructure along with cloud infrastructure (OpenShift, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes)
- Working knowledge of Unix, Linux, Mongo DB, Postman
- This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
- Ability to work on-site at approved location
- Relocation assistance is not available for this position
- This position offers a combo work schedule (3 days in office/2 days remote)
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$119,000.00 - $187,000.00
Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.
- Health benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid time off
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
- Parental leave
- Critical caregiving leave
- Discounts and savings
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Scholarships for dependent children
- Adoption reimbursement
19 May 2026
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