Lead Specialty Software Engineer

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Specialty Software Engineer in Digital Technology & Innovation as part of Commercial Banking Digital. Learn more about career areas and business divisions at wellsfargojobs.com
In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives on selected domains
• Ensure systems are monitored to increase operational efficiency and managed to mitigate risk
• Define opportunities to maximize resource utilization and improve processes while reducing cost
• Lead, design, develop, test and implement applications and system components, tools and utilities, models, simulation, and analytics to manage complex business functions using sophisticated technologies
• Resolve coding, testing and escalated platform issues of a technically challenging nature
• Lead team to ensure compliance and risk management requirements for supported area are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
• Mentor less experienced software engineers
• Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including managers
• Lead team to achieve objectives
• Partner with production support and platform engineering teams effectively

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 5 years of Java/J2EE/SpringBoot in middleware technologies
• 2+ years of OCP/PCF Cloud experience
• 5+ years of Oracle and/or NoSQL experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of LLM / AI models
• 5 years of experience in frontend/web development using React JS/JSX/TypeScript
• 5 years of experience in web development using Node.js as platform
• 5 years of experience in developing test coverages using React test-library, Jest, enzyme, etc.
• 3 years of experience or exposure in Representational State Transfer (REST) Application Program Interface (API) development using any backend framework
• 3 years of experience in accessibility and responsiveness development and testing
• 3+ years of experience in Lead position

Job Expectations:

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule
• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

Posting End Date:
24 Nov 2025
*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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