Software Engineering Senior Manager

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About this Role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Senior Manager in technology as part of the Wealth & Investment Management Technology team. This candidate will lead the Account Opening & Maintenance Technology Portfolio within Wealth & Investment Management Technology (WIMT). This leader will drive the modernization, delivery, stability, and innovation of a critical portfolio supporting the end-to-end client onboarding and account servicing ecosystem across Wealth and Investment Management
The portfolio enables core business capabilities including digital and advisor-assisted account opening, customer onboarding, account maintenance, regulatory compliance, client data management, document management, workflow orchestration and integration with brokerage, advisory, retirement, trust, and banking platforms
This role requires a strong engineering leader with expertise in enterprise-scale distributed systems, modern cloud and data platforms, AI-enabled solutions, and large program execution. The ideal candidate will lead multiple engineering teams responsible for delivering resilient, scalable, secure, and highly available solutions while partnering closely with business, architecture, product, risk, compliance, and operations stakeholders. The successful candidate will have experience leading modernization initiatives, implementing Agentic AI capabilities, driving DevOps maturity, and building engineering cultures focused on operational excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement
This leadership role is responsible for the technology strategy, delivery, and operational excellence of the Wealth and Investment Management Account Opening & Maintenance portfolio. The individual will lead multiple engineering teams supporting client onboarding, account servicing, customer data, workflow automation, and regulatory compliance while driving modernization through cloud adoption, API enablement, AI-powered automation, and application transformation. Partnering closely with business, product, and architecture leaders, they will define and execute technology roadmaps, promote engineering excellence through Agile, DevSecOps, SRE, and platform engineering practices, and ensure scalable, secure, and resilient solutions. Additionally, this role will champion operational excellence, oversee modernization initiatives, improve reliability and performance metrics, and serve as a key escalation point for critical technology and production support matters
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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

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education.
• 3+ years of management or leadership experience
• 3+ years of experience leading large-scale distributed application development and modernization initiatives

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience implementing workflow orchestration, business process automation, and intelligent document processing solutions
• Understanding of cloud-native application platforms, microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integration patterns
• Knowledge of Wealth & Investment Management products, brokerage platforms, retirement products, advisory services, trust services, and account servicing operations
• Experience managing large technology portfolios, budgets, vendor engagements, and strategic initiatives
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position
• Position offers a hybrid work schedule

Posting Locations:

• 300 S Brevard St.- Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
• 194 Wood Ave S.- Iselin, New Jersey 08830

Pay Range
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$159,000.00 - $305,000.00
Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:
2 Sep 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.
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