Senior Software Engineer

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer.
In this role, you will:

• Lead moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical domain environments
• Contribute to large scale planning of strategies
• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs associated with technology domain, including upgrades and deployments
• Review moderately complex technical challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of technologies and procedures
• Resolve moderately complex issues and lead a team to meet existing client needs or potential new clients needs while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, or compliance requirements
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve technical challenges and achieve goals
• Lead projects and act as an escalation point, provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong ability to independently develop automation scripts using tools such as Selenium and RPA frameworks.
• Proficiency in creating and executing performance test scripts using LoadRunner, Performance Center, JMeter, BlazeMeter, or similar tools.
• Hands-on experience designing and analyzing load, stress, soak, break, and chaos testing scenarios.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD practices with experience implementing Jenkins pipelines.
• Familiarity with service virtualization tools and techniques to simulate system dependencies.
• Strong capability to analyze performance bottlenecks using monitoring and diagnostic tools and provide detailed root cause analysis.
• Proficiency with APM and observability tools such as AppDynamics, Splunk, Elastic, Dynatrace, JFR, JMC, or MAT.
• Solid Linux skills, including log analysis, file operations, process monitoring, and system resource evaluation.
• General understanding of AI concepts and their relevance to performance engineering.
• Hands-on experience with cloud technologies, including application migration, capacity planning, and tuning.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as PCF, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure.
• Ability to evaluate application architectures and identify improvement opportunities in performance engineering methodologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Ability to propose innovative and creative technical solutions to complex performance challenges.
• Demonstrated ownership mindset with a willingness to learn, adapt, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Job Expectations:

• Contribute to developing engineering standards and companywide best practices for building large-scale, complex technology solutions.
• Design, develop, test, debug, and document automation and performance engineering components across high-volume, distributed applications.
• Influence engineering direction by evaluating emerging technologies and applying industry best practices to drive new initiatives.
• Lead decision-making for automation and performance engineering methodologies, ensuring alignment with organizational technology standards.
• Collaborate with senior technologists, cross-functional teams, and external experts to resolve highly complex technical issues.
• Build and maintain automation scripts using tools such as Selenium, RPA, and performance testing frameworks like LoadRunner or JMeter.
• Design, execute, and analyze performance tests including load, stress, soak, break, and chaos scenarios.
• Identify performance bottlenecks across UI, API, backend services, and infrastructure layers, providing detailed root cause analysis.
• Leverage APM tools (AppDynamics, Splunk, Elastic, Dynatrace, JFR/MAT, etc.) to monitor, analyze, and optimize system performance.
• Work hands-on in Linux environments to troubleshoot logs, processes, resource usage, and system behaviors.
• Collaborate on cloud engineering activities including migration, deployment, tuning, and capacity planning across PCF, GCP, and Azure.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and support service virtualization where required.
• Evaluate application architectures to identify performance risks and recommend improvements.
• Drive projects end-to-end, communicating clearly with stakeholders at all levels to ensure alignment and delivery.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and stay updated on evolving performance engineering trends.
• Support team development by sharing knowledge, mentoring peers, and fostering collaborative relationships.

Posting End Date:
12 Feb 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Equal Opportunity
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