Senior Specialty Software Engineer

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Specialty Software Engineer in Technology as part of Cybersecurity. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business atwellsfargojobs.com.
We are seeking a Senior Specialty Software Engineer to spearhead the integration of Generative AI into our Cyber Security Architecture and Engineering division. This role requires a pragmatic software generalist with a deep understanding of computer systems, networking, and stream processing. You will lead a team in developing state-of-the-art Python-based AI applications that leverage LLMs, embeddings, and semantic search to enhance our security posture, automate threat detection, and streamline architectural compliance.
In this role, you will:

• Lead or participate in complex initiatives on selected domains
• Assure quality, security and compliance for supported systems and applications
• Serve as a technical resource in finding software solutions
• Review and evaluate user needs and determine requirements
• Provide technical support, advice, and consultation with the issues relating to supported applications
• Create test data and conduct interfaces and unit tests
• Design, code, test, debug and document programs using Agile development practices
• Understand and participate to ensure compliance and risk management requirements for supported area are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
• Conduct research and resolve problems in relation to processes and recommend solutions and process improvements
• Assist other individuals in advanced software development
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues and managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
• Lead team to achieve objectives
• Partner with production support and platform engineering teams effectively
• AI Security Innovation: Lead the design and development of full-stack AI proof-of-concept (POC) applications specifically for cyber security use cases, such as automated vulnerability mapping and intelligent log analysis.
• Production Engineering: Guide the transition of AI components from initial POC to hardened, production-ready security tools.
• Architecture & Mentorship: Promote quality engineering practices and provide technical mentorship to junior developers within the security domain.
• System Integration: Design and manage complex data pipelines using Kafka and the ELK Stack to ingest and process massive telematics and security data streams.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Architect and deploy secure, scalable microservices using Openshift, Kubernetes, and Cloud Run, ensuring robust container orchestration.
• Demonstrate proficiency in using AI-assisted development and analysis tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot and approved code-centric agents)
• Leverage AI to accelerate system design, coding, testing, analysis, and troubleshooting
• Apply strong technical judgment when validating and integrating AI-assisted outputs into solutions
• Understand and account for model limitations, security risks, and operational considerations
• Apply AI responsibly in development and production environments
• Ensure AI usage aligns with security, compliance, privacy, and ethical standards

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Expert Python Development: Mastery of Python-based web frameworks including Flask (Quart) and FastAPI for building high-performance APIs.
• Generative AI & Search: Proven experience leveraging embeddings, generative AI models, and advanced search techniques to prove business value.
• Data Management: Deep knowledge of both SQL and NoSQL environments, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Google Datastore, and BigQuery.
• DevOps & Infrastructure: Experience with Terraform, Ansible, and GitHub Actions for managing infrastructure as code across GCP and AWS.
• Security-Minded Backend: Background in building RESTful and GraphQL APIs with a focus on loose coupling and high performance for large-scale usage.

Posting End Date:
6 Aug 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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