Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in our Core Banking Group as part of Consumer Technology. Learn more about the career areas and business divisions at wellsfargojobs.com.
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
- 4+ years of hands-on Python development experience
- 5+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience
- 5+ years' experience working with one or more CI/CD Pipeline (GitHub), Harness/Spinnaker & Release management
- 5+ experience with either Cloud and/or Container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift, etc.
- 5+ years experience using Git or other version control systems
Desired Qualifications:
- Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential for working with developers, operations teams, and other stakeholders
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, or PowerShell
- Engineering and development experience on middleware messaging platforms: IBM MQ, Solace & Confluent Kafka
- Hands-on experience with Automation Scripting: Terraform, Azure DevOps.
- 4+ years of experience with Observability/Monitoring tools: Elastic, Kibana, Grafana, AppDynamics, Kafka, Big Panda, Splunk
- Experience with Automation tools: Gradle, Maven, Git.
- ServiceNow experience a plus
- Experience contributing to large-scale planning of strategies (from a platform setup and optimization point)
- Working experience and knowledge in Spring Framework and APIs
- Knowledge of database technologies: MongoDB, SQL/No SQL DB
- Experience in design, code, test, debug, and documentation for projects and programs associated with technology domain, including upgrades and deployments
- Experience reviewing moderately complex technical challenges
- Experience with Agile Scrum (Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, and Sprint Retrospective meetings)
Job Expectations:
- This position requires a hybrid in office work schedule
Job Location:
3075 Loyalty Cir - Columbus, Ohio 43219
1755 Grant Street - Concord, California 94520
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What We Do
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a leading financial services company that has approximately $2.1 trillion in assets. We provide a diversified set of banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through our four reportable operating segments: Consumer Banking and Lending, Commercial Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking, and Wealth & Investment Management. Wells Fargo ranked No. 33 on Fortune’s 2025 rankings of America’s largest corporations. Our technology professionals drive innovation, information security, and big data analytics while maintaining a network that handles more than 12 billion customer interactions a year. Join us! Are you looking for more? Find it here. At Wells Fargo, we're more than a financial services leader – we’re a global trailblazer committed to driving innovation, empowering communities, and helping our customers succeed. We believe that a meaningful career is much more than just a job – it’s about finding all of the elements to help you thrive, in one place. Living the Well Life means you’re supported in life, not just work. It means having robust benefits, competitive compensation, and programs designed to help you find work-life balance and well-being. You’ll be rewarded for investing in your community, celebrated for being your authentic self, and empowered to grow. And we’re recognized for it – Wells Fargo once again ranked in the top three – making us the #1 financial services employer – on the 2025 LinkedIn Top Companies list of best workplaces “to grow your career” in the U.S. 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. © 2026 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC.
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