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The Role
Manage and grow engineering teams delivering cloud-native Java and AI-powered platforms. Drive architecture, technical strategy, delivery, and engineering excellence across microservices, DevSecOps, observability, and modernization initiatives while partnering with product, architecture, and stakeholders.
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About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Manager.
In this role, you will:
Engineering Leadership
19 Aug 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.
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.
Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Manager.
In this role, you will:
- Manage, coach, and develop a team of individual contributor engineer roles with low to moderate complexity and less experienced managers who are responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology
- Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
- Engage with architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture to enable application migration paths to target architecture; for example, cloud readiness, application modernization and data strategy
- Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
- Identify and recommend opportunities for driving resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
- Act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to make decisions and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement culture
- Build engineering skills side-by-side in the codebase, conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide design, as needed
- Interpret, develop, and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with low to moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
- Collaborate and consult with the Product Managers/Product Owners to drive user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmap, promote innovative and intelligent solutions, generate corporate value and articulate technical strategy while being a solid advocate of agile and DevOps practices
- Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers
- Manage allocation of people and financial resources for technology engineering including career development and performance management for engineers and managers on the team
- Hire, mentor and guide talent development of direct reports to build the skills required to effectively design and deliver innovative solutions for the supported product areas/products
- 5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 2+ years of Leadership experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years leading high-performing engineering teams.
- Strong hands-on expertise in:
- Java (Java 17/21 preferred)
- Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs
- Event-driven architectures (Kafka, MQ, Streaming platforms)
- Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Containers and Kubernetes/OpenShift
- CI/CD, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code
- Proven experience designing and operating large-scale, highly available, secure enterprise platforms.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability, resiliency, security, and observability practices.
- Experience building or implementing AI/ML solutions, including:
- Generative AI and LLM applications
- RAG architectures
- Agentic AI frameworks
- Prompt engineering
- Model integration and AI governance
- Vector databases and semantic search technologies.
- Experience leading modernization initiatives involving legacy-to-cloud or mainframe-to-Java transformations.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior technology and business leaders.
- Experience managing geographically distributed teams and driving large-scale delivery programs.
- Strong understanding of Agile, Product Operating Model, Engineering Excellence, and DevSecOps practices
Engineering Leadership
- Lead and develop multiple Agile engineering teams delivering enterprise-scale Java and AI-powered solutions.
- Build a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, innovation, quality, continuous improvement, and customer outcomes.
- Mentor engineering managers, lead engineers, architects, and developers to create a high-performing organization.
- Technical Strategy & Architecture
- Define and execute the technology roadmap for modern Java-based platforms.
- Drive architecture reviews and ensure adherence to enterprise architecture, security, resiliency, and engineering standards.
- Guide teams in building scalable microservices, APIs, cloud-native platforms, and AI-enabled solutions.
- Establish and drive adoption of AI/ML capabilities across engineering teams.
- Identify opportunities to leverage GenAI, Agentic AI, automation, and predictive analytics to improve developer productivity and customer outcomes.
- Partner with data science, architecture, and product teams to bring AI-powered capabilities into production responsibly.
- Delivery & Execution
- Own end-to-end delivery of strategic initiatives from ideation through production deployment.
- Manage roadmaps, funding, staffing, dependencies, and execution risks.
- Ensure predictable delivery while maintaining engineering quality, security, and compliance standards.
- Champion modern software engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, SRE principles, and DevSecOps.
- Drive reduction of technical debt and continuous platform modernization.
- Establish engineering metrics and OKRs related to quality, reliability, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
- Talent & Organization
- Hire, retain, and grow world-class engineering talent.
- Build succession plans and create a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and innovation.
- Foster collaboration across engineering, product, architecture, cybersecurity, and operations teams.
- Ensure solutions comply with enterprise security, resiliency, regulatory, and risk-management standards.
- Drive vulnerability remediation, lifecycle management, platform health, and operational readiness.
19 Aug 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.
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.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- 2+ years of leadership experience
- Hands-on expertise with Java (Java 17/21)
- Spring Boot, Microservices, and REST API development
- Event-driven architectures (Kafka, MQ, streaming platforms)
- Cloud platform experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
- CI/CD, DevSecOps practices, and Infrastructure as Code
- Experience designing/operating large-scale, highly available enterprise platforms
- Experience with AI/ML solutions including Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, agentic AI, prompt engineering, model integration, AI governance, vector DBs/semantic search
- Experience leading legacy-to-cloud or mainframe-to-Java modernization initiatives
- Strong stakeholder management and experience managing geographically distributed teams
- Strong understanding of Agile, Product Operating Model, Engineering Excellence, SRE, and observability practices
Wells Fargo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave available from the first day of employment, plus paid critical‑caregiving leave and extensive backup care options. Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy programs are highlighted with meaningful coverage and reimbursements, including a combined lifetime maximum up to $35,000 for eligible expenses.
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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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The Company
What We Do
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a leading financial services company that has approximately $2.2 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 continues to rank on the LinkedIn Top Companies lists of best workplaces “to grow your career.” 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.
Why Work With Us
We're known for our “Well Life” approach to supporting employees’ career aspirations, work-life balance, and mental and physical health. Wells Fargo continues to rank on the LinkedIn Top Companies lists of best workplaces “to grow your career.”
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Typical time on-site:
3 days a week
