Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Senior Manager to join our Chief Development Office (CDO). You will bring your experience with Continuous Improvement/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline across multiple vendors to scale NextGen capabilities and implement compliance controls across the enterprise. You will build and strengthen teams, facilitate cross-functional communication and alignment, partner with Product Managers/Owners to drive user satisfaction, and influence technology requirements and priorities. You will make an impact by delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale, and require vision, creativity, innovation, and advanced analytical and inductive thinking.
In this role, you will:
- Manage, coach, and develop a team or teams of experienced engineers and engineering managers in roles with moderate complexity and risk, responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology
- Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
- Partner with, engage and influence architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture and enable application migration paths to target architecture; for example cloud readiness, application modernization, data strategy
- Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
- Identify and recommend opportunities for driving escalated resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
- Determine appropriate strategy and actions to act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to meet moderate to high risk deliverables and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement
- 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 moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
- Collaborate with, partner with and influence 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 to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives in technology engineering
- Hire, build and guide a culture of talent development to have the skills required to effectively design and deliver innovative solutions for product areas and products to meet business objectives and strategy, as well as conduct performance management for engineers and managers
- 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
- 7+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
- 3+ years of management or leadership experience
- 6 + years of experience leading complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact
- 6+ years of experience with applications that run Java, .NET, Node.js, C, C++, Kubernetes, SaaS, Commercial Off the Shelf products from a CI/CD perspective
- 6+ years of experience with software architectures including traditional n-tier and containerized Kubernetes microservices
- 5+ years of experience with code sign tools like Venafi, Artifactory, Blackduck, Checkmarx, ThreadFix, Prisma Scans, IBM Urban Code Deploy, Harness, Azure DevOps (ADO), Team Foundation Server (TFS)
- 5+ years of experience with Source Code management tools like GitHub, GitHub SaaS, TFS
- 5+ years of experience with scanning tools like GitHub Secrets and TruffleHog and build tools like Maven, Gradle, and MS Build
- 5+ years of experience with Software Application Programming Interfaces (API) Test Automation like REST Assured or Karate and concepts such as contract testing and service virtualization
- 3+ years of experience on the CI/CD next gen tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure pipelines, Harness CD, Spinnaker, and Argo CD
- 2+ years of experience in CI/CD pipeline that deploys to a managed Kubernetes public cloud environment
- 3+ years of experience with different landing zones for deployments to Windows, Linux, Virtual Machines (VM), Tanzu Application Service (TAS), Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated (TKGI), and Public Cloud with Azure and Google Cloud environments
- 3+ years of experience with Automated Testing Framework
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills
- Good understanding of product construct and product development life cycle
- Experience with Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or OpenShift including services like compute, storage, databases, and networking
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible
- Experience in creating and managing Docker containers
- Experience with deploying and managing applications on Kubernetes clusters
- Experience with Agile software development methodologies, Scrum preferred
- Certification in Cloud Engineering or Architecture for Cloud Service Provider such as Azure, Google, or Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Knowledge of solution design leveraging Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Experience with modern monitoring and logging systems such as Azure Monitor, Dynatrace, or Splunk
- Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening
- This position offers a hybrid work schedule
- This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
- Relocation assistance is not available for this position
3 Jul 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.
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Skills Required
- 7+ years of Software Engineering experience
- 3+ years of management or leadership experience
- 6+ years leading complex, companywide technology initiatives
- 6+ years with applications that run Java, .NET, Node.js, C, C++, Kubernetes, SaaS, and COTS from a CI/CD perspective
- 6+ years with software architectures including traditional n-tier and containerized Kubernetes microservices
- 5+ years with code signing and related tools (Venafi, Artifactory, BlackDuck, Checkmarx, ThreadFix, Prisma Scans, IBM UrbanCode Deploy, Harness, Azure DevOps, TFS)
- 5+ years with source code management tools (GitHub, GitHub SaaS, TFS)
- 5+ years with scanning and build tools (GitHub Secrets, TruffleHog, Maven, Gradle, MSBuild)
- 5+ years with API test automation tools and concepts (REST Assured or Karate, contract testing, service virtualization)
- 3+ years with CI/CD next-gen tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure Pipelines, Harness CD, Spinnaker, Argo CD)
- 2+ years with CI/CD pipelines that deploy to managed Kubernetes public cloud environments
- 3+ years with deployment landing zones: Windows, Linux, VMs, TAS, TKGI, and public cloud (Azure, Google Cloud)
- 3+ years with Automated Testing Frameworks
- Willingness to work on-site with a hybrid schedule (local on-site requirement)
- This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills
- Understanding of product construct and product development lifecycle
- Experience with Azure, Google Cloud Platform or OpenShift and cloud services (compute, storage, databases, networking)
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible
- Experience creating and managing Docker containers and deploying applications on Kubernetes clusters
- Experience with Agile software development methodologies, Scrum preferred
- Cloud engineering or architecture certification (Azure, Google, AWS)
- Experience with modern monitoring and logging systems (Azure Monitor, Dynatrace, Splunk)
Wells Fargo Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — The package includes a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match on employee contributions up to 6% of eligible pay and access to a stock purchase plan with no brokerage or dividend reinvestment fees. This combination supports long‑term savings and ownership alongside salary.
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Parental & Family Support — The offering provides up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for a primary caregiver, reimbursement up to a $35,000 lifetime maximum for adoption, surrogacy, and donor expenses, and backup child and adult care days. Additional paid critical caregiving leave underscores support for broader family needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off scales meaningfully with tenure, paired with up to 13 paid holidays annually and separate community‑service PTO. This breadth gives employees structured flexibility for rest, holidays, and volunteering.
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