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Wells Fargo Bank N.A. seeks a Lead Software Engineer in Charlotte, NC.
Job Role and Responsibility:
Drive moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical domain environments. Contribute to large scale planning of strategies. Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs associated with technology domain, including upgrades and deployments. Review moderately complex technical challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of technologies and procedures. Resolve moderately complex issues and lead a team to meet existing client needs or potential new clients' needs while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, or compliance requirements. Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve technical challenges and achieve goals. Drive projects. Individual contributor role. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days per week. Position must appear in person to the location listed as the work address.
Travel required
Required Qualifications:
Degree required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related technical field.
Amount and type of experience required: 5 years of experience in the job offered or in a related position involving software engineering and development experience.
Specific skills required:
• Software engineering and implementation experience;
• ASP.NET/ASP.NET MVC experience;
• Experience working with C#/C#.NET ;
• Experience writing relational database queries for stored procedures, query optimization and performance tuning;
• Experience working with Relationship Database Management Systems (RDBMS) such as SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL;
• SQL experience;
• Experience with HTML, JavaScript/Jquery, and CSS;
• JavaScript Frameworks experience (jQuery, Ext JS, Kendo UI, Knockout JS or Angular JS);
• Experience in Azure;
• Experience working with Web Services , Web API or WCF;
• Experience working with source control tools (TFS, GIT, VSS or Bitbucket);
• Experience working with unit test framework (XUnit, NUnit or MSTest); and
• Agile experience.
Posting End Date:
14 Aug 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related technical field
- 5 years of experience in software engineering and development
- Software engineering and implementation experience
- ASP.NET/ASP.NET MVC experience
- C#/C#.NET experience
- Experience writing relational database queries, stored procedures, query optimization and performance tuning
- Experience with RDBMS such as SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL
- SQL experience
- Experience with HTML, JavaScript/jQuery, and CSS
- Experience with JavaScript frameworks (jQuery, Ext JS, Kendo UI, Knockout JS or Angular JS)
- Experience in Azure
- Experience working with Web Services, Web API or WCF
- Experience working with source control tools (TFS, GIT, VSS or Bitbucket)
- Experience working with unit test frameworks (XUnit, NUnit or MSTest)
- Agile experience
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is anchored by a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match on employee contributions after one year of service, with an additional non‑matching company contribution for some lower‑paid employees. Access to an employee stock purchase plan further expands long‑term savings opportunities.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is comprehensive from day one, spanning medical, dental, vision, mental health, prescriptions, and preventive care often fully covered in‑network. Employer cost‑sharing is emphasized alongside no‑cost counseling through the EAP within plan limits.
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