Auto Lending Data & Insights - Lead Data Engineer

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Data Engineer as part of the Auto Lending Data & Insights team within Consumer Technology. The Consumer Auto Lending organization is in the midst of a multi-year technology modernization across the Originations, Servicing, and Data delivery platforms. This role is a key enabler in the development of robust and scalable solutions to implement the Data Strategy in support of key business deliverables.
In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives with broad impact and act as key participant in large scale software planning for the Technology area
• Design, develop, and run tooling to discover problems in data and applications and report the issues to engineering and product leadership
• Review and analyze complex software enhancement initiatives for business, operational or technical improvements that require in depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors
• Make decisions in complex and multi-faceted data engineering situations requiring understanding of software package options and programming language and compliance requirements that influence and lead Technology to meet deliverables and drive organizational change
• Strategically collaborate and consult with internal partners to resolve highly risky data engineering challenges
• Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals
• Lead pilots, proof of concept technical evaluations, teams, or serve as a peer mentor
• Consult with engineering team on change design requiring solid understanding of technical process controls or standards that influence and drive new initiatives
• Remediate security vulnerabilities and implement technology mandates in a timely matter to remain system compliant.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Data Engineering or Software Engineering experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
• 4+ years of experience in Database technologies such as Oracle, Mongo DB, ETL: using tools and frameworks for data integration and pipeline development
• 3+ years of experience of Application Development in Java or .NET frameworks
• 2+ years of experience with Agile tools - methodology and JIRA
• 1+ year of Cloud native application development experience (OpenShift, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes)
• 1+ year of CI/CD (Continuous Integration Continuous Development), DevOps, and SRE principles

Desired Qualifications:

• Project Leadership
• Experience with application and service design and architecture (microservices), including testing/launching software products
• Led end-to-end implementation of large-scale data platforms or pipelines
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration ( product, analytics, DevOps)
• Delivery focus and willingness to work in a fast-paced, enterprise environment
• Architecture & Design
• Designed/participated in scalable data architectures (batch, real-time, streaming)
• Thorough understanding of cloud computing concepts like landing zone, Storage and Database.
• Thorough understanding of Cloud service offerings on Data, Analytics, AI/ML.
• Exposure to Cloud governance and logging/monitoring tools.
• Governance & Compliance
• Implemented data quality and lineage
• Leadership & Collaboration
• Mentored junior engineers and conducted code reviews
• Defined best practices and engineering standards
• Participated in roadmap planning
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• Ability to work on-site at approved location
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position
• Ability to work additional hours as needed to support application lifecycle

Location:

• 300 S. Brevard St. , Charlotte, NC

Benefits:

• Information about Wells Fargo's US employee benefits
• Information about Wells Fargo's International employee benefits

Posting End Date:
15 Aug 2025
* Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
Posting End Date:
14 Aug 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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