Lead Software Engineer - Observability

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111K-217K Annually
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The Role

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer - Observability who will be part of a technology led innovation at an enterprise scale to transform Telemetry, Monitoring and Observability for on-prem platforms, as well as private and public cloud. 

This role leads the development and engineering for Observability of OpenShift Platform, Kubernetes, GCP, Azure providing domain expertise, and technical authority to the team. This subject matter expert is critical to the building and running cloud observability capability, driving key high-profile projects, monitoring enablement, developing upstream and downstream integration with reference data, enrich telemetry with metadata, integration with event management via alert pipeline microservices in new data centers and cloud.

Our vision is to deliver observability capabilities to customers for consumer grade insight at competitive price utilizing open source and open standards, while modernizing to reduce cost of failure, improve availability, and optimize software engineering capacity. 

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
  • 5+ years of experience with Cloud, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Open Telemetry, Time Series Metrics, Capacity, Big Data, Machine Learning, or Synthetics monitoring tools experience 
  • 3+ years of experience in Java and one or more general purpose modern programming languages like Python, JavaScript, or Go
  • 3+ years of experience in building and deploying microservices and cross channel restful Application Programming Interface (API) 
  • 2+ years of experience with secure DevOps and deployment automation to cloud environments
  • 1+ year of experience in microservices development ​

Desired Qualifications:

  • Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills 
  • Experience in ReactJS, Spring Framework, UML, NoSQL, MariaDB, Kafka pub/sub model, ETL 
  • Experience in Data analysis, Data Import and Data Feeds
  • Deep technical understanding of core concepts, memory management, multi-threading, REST based services, React and Spring/Spring Boot
  • Ability to influence and build relationships with LOB stakeholders, technology CIO leadership, external service providers, and architecture teams 
  • Experience in one or a combination of the following: Capacity Analytics, time series metrics analysis, Telemetry, Monitoring, Observability 
  • Experience of modern software development lifecycle, including TDD, CI/CD, Pairing, Build Automations, Automated Testing, Agile Games, Chaos engineering 
  • Knowledge and understanding of application or software security such as web application penetration testing, secure code review, secure static code analysis 
  • Knowledge and understanding of technology architecture: solutions development 
  • Knowledge and understanding of complex enterprise systems and frameworks including frontends, middleware, services layer, database, backend, and downstream interfaces
  • Knowledge of Agile methodologies, and product operating model

Job Expectations:

  • Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening
  • This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

$111,100.00 - $217,200.00

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

Posting End Date:

2 Jul 2025

*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.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

 

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace.  Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.

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