Lead Software Engineer

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer within SSOT (Shared Services) under COO Technology to help design and build modern, scalable enterprise solutions. In this role, you will lead hands-on development efforts while providing technical direction, design guidance, and framework development across multiple active initiatives.
You will work primarily with Java and Spring-based microservices, contributing to event-driven architectures using Kafka and supporting data processing through Python scripting and Spark (PySpark). The role also involves working with BPM technologies and partnering across teams to deliver well-architected, high-quality solutions. Strong database experience across relational and NoSQL technologies is essential as you help shape core shared services used across the organization.
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
• 5+ years of J2EE experience (including RESTful or SOAP web services)
• 5+ years of experience with Spring boot and ReactJS
• 3+ years of Kafka Platform experience, Confluent Platform experience, or a combination of both

Desired Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building Java-based applications, with strong expertise in Java frameworks and libraries such as Spring (Boot, MVC) or Hibernate, delivering robust, scalable solutions.
• 3+ years of microservices development experience, including domain-driven design (DDD), API design, and event-driven architectures using messaging platforms such as Kafka.
• 3+ years of experience working with both relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL) and NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB.
• Experience with cloud technologies and enterprise CI/CD pipelines, including build tools like Maven and Gradle and automation using Jenkins, Harness, GitHub Actions, or similar platforms.
• Hands-on experience with BPM technologies, preferably Camunda, with openness to Pega or similar workflow orchestration platforms.
• Proficiency with cloud deployments, monitoring, and observability tools such as Splunk and Grafana.
• Experience in test automation and performance tuning, with a solid understanding of middleware and application server fundamentals.
• Strong analytical and leadership skills, with experience in Financial Services, Banking, or AML domains preferred
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical direction, collaborate across teams, and communicate effectively.
• A degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is required; industry certifications are a plus.

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.
• This position offers a hybrid work schedule.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position
• Ability to travel up to 5% of the time

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