Lead Software Engineer

About this role:

• Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact
• Act as a key participant in developing standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex and large-scale technology solutions for technology engineering disciplines
• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs
• Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors
• Make decisions in developing standard and companywide best practices for engineering and technology solutions requiring understanding of industry best practices and new technologies, influencing and leading technology team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
• Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals
• Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• Development experience on Cloud platforms like PCF , OCP, GCP / Kubernetes
• Strong hands on with the Strangler pattern, API gateway Pattern, Aggregation pattern, CQRS, Event sourcing, Saga and Circuit breaker patterns
• Should have working knowledge of Test Automation
• Secure SDLC process
• Bachelor's in engineering or equivalent with min of 5+ years of experience in Java/J2EE
• should be strong at core Java, SOA/REST, Spring, Spring Boot, Multi-threading, design
• patterns, SQL, Any RDBMS, Junit, Mockito, Git HUB, Gradle
• Strong hands-on experience in Designing, developing and maintaining Distributed streaming applications using React/Angular, Openfin along with Java, J2EE, Spring frame works.
• Should be strong at Angular, Microservices, Mongo Db, Kafka, TDD /BDD , PCF or any Cloud provider
• Proficiency in using code analysis and debugging tools, Jenkins
• Must be cognizant of review, testing processes
• Should have knowledge on Event Driven Architecture, Test Automation
• Should have working knowledge of scrum process of development
• Should have strong communication and presentation skills

Job Expectations:

• Handle the development and delivery of Very critical highly visible initiatives
• Enhancing existing Java\JEE applications in collaboration with various technical teams
• Involve in the development process
• Analyze the impacts on different modules
• involved thoroughly before making any code changes.
• Analyze and suggest best tool and Frameworks appropriate for the use case
• Fixing Critical Production issues impacting multiple modules within the SLA time
• Working in scrum team to develop features of the product in collaboration with the USteams
• Always delivers high quality output
• Instill best practices of software development and documentation technics within the team
• Be inclined towards innovation and continuous improvement
• Conducts peer code reviews and design reviews
• Lead Junior team members in technical aspects

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