Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer
In this role, you will:
- Lead 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
- Lead projects and act as an escalation point, provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff
Required Qualifications:
- 4+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications:
- Own end-to-end performance engineering activities including workload modeling, test planning, execution, analysis, and reporting
- Design and execute load, stress, endurance, spike, and volume testing using LoadRunner and JMeter.
- Perform full-stack performance diagnostics across application, JVM, database, middleware, and infrastructure layers.
- Conduct heap and thread dump analysis, GC log reviews, CPU/memory profiling, and drive tuning and optimization
- Act as a performance gatekeeper for releases, ensuring SLAs, non-functional requirements, and production readiness standards are met.
- Utilize AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, and Elastic APM for monitoring, anomaly detection, trend analysis, and root-cause investigation.
- Develop Python-based automation utilities to streamline performance data analysis, log parsing, reporting, and efficiency improvements.
- Apply AI/ML concepts for anomaly detection, predictive performance trend analysis, and proactive capacity planning.
- Optimize relational databases and MongoDB through query tuning, indexing, and schema optimization.
- Support performance validation in cloud-native and containerized environments, including OpenShift/Kubernetes.
- Integrate performance validation into CI/CD pipelines and leverage service virtualization to stabilize test environments.
- Collaborate with architects, developers, SREs, and platform teams; participate in design reviews to embed performance early in the SDLC.
- Support production incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and document outcomes using JIRA and Confluence
- Strong hands-on experience with LoadRunner and JMeter/BlazeMeter.
- Proven expertise in application performance analysis and optimization.
- Advanced Unix/Linux troubleshooting skills
- Strong understanding of API and microservices-based architectures
- Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools (AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Elastic APM).
- Should have exposure in end-to-end stages of performance testing life cycle
- Good to have knowledge in Python scripting and automation.
- Experience with cloud platforms and container technologies (OpenShift/Kubernetes).
- Strong knowledge of JVM tuning, memory management, and garbage collection.
- Hands-on experience with MongoDB performance tuning.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, service virtualization, and DevOps practices
- Understanding of AI/ML concepts applied to performance engineering and observability.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to drive clarity across teams.
- Continuous learning mindset with passion for modern engineering practices.
Posting End Date:
21 Jun 2026
*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.
Candidates applying to job openings posted in Canada: Applications for employment are encouraged from all qualified candidates, including women, persons with disabilities, aboriginal peoples and visible minorities. Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process.
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To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo .
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Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.
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b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of Software Engineering experience (or equivalent via experience, training, military, or education)
- End-to-end performance engineering: workload modeling, test planning, execution, analysis, and reporting
- Design and execute load, stress, endurance, spike, and volume testing using LoadRunner and JMeter/BlazeMeter
- Full-stack performance diagnostics across application, JVM, database, middleware, and infrastructure layers
- Heap and thread dump analysis, GC log reviews, CPU/memory profiling, tuning and optimization
- Act as performance gatekeeper for releases ensuring SLAs, non-functional requirements, and production readiness
- Hands-on experience with AppDynamics, Dynatrace, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, and Elastic APM
- Develop Python-based automation utilities for performance data analysis, log parsing, and reporting
- Apply AI/ML concepts for anomaly detection, predictive trend analysis, and capacity planning
- Optimize relational databases and MongoDB through query tuning, indexing, and schema optimization
- Support performance validation in cloud-native and containerized environments (OpenShift/Kubernetes)
- Integrate performance validation into CI/CD pipelines and leverage service virtualization
- Support production incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and document outcomes using JIRA and Confluence
- Advanced Unix/Linux troubleshooting skills
- Strong understanding of API and microservices-based architectures
- Strong knowledge of JVM tuning, memory management, and garbage collection
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, service virtualization, and DevOps practices
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills
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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