Lead Specialty Software Engineer

At Wells Fargo, we want to satisfy our customers' financial needs and help them succeed financially. We're looking for talented people who will put our customers at the center of everything we do. Help us build a better Wells Fargo. It all begins with outstanding talent. It all begins with you.
Wells Fargo Technology sets IT strategy; enhances the design, development, and operations of our systems; optimizes the Wells Fargo infrastructure footprint; provides information security; and enables continuous banking access through in-store, online, ATM, and other channels to Wells Fargo's more than 70 million global customers.
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. seeks a Senior Specialty Software Engineer in Iselin, NJ.
Job Role and Responsibility:
In this role, you will join a high performing Agile team developing software in Java using object-oriented principals and design patterns by practicing/advocating Behavior Driven development methodology. Create thorough designs - taking care to assure that designs integrate well into existing architecture. Work directly with business analysts, traders, sales, operations group to understand requirements. Create/modify SQL database objects (tables, views, stored procedures, etc.). Understand and participate to ensure compliance and risk management requirements for supported area are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives. Perform high quality thorough unit testing and documentation of development activities. Assure quality, maintainability, and extensibility for supported systems and risk applications. Algo trading engine development- Design develop and enhance an algo trading engine for optimal execution strategies, real-time decision making and risk control. High performance with ultra-low latency execution, efficient memory management, garbage collection optimization and CPU utilization efficiency. Performance optimization and scalability through load balancing, multi-threading, parallel processing and profiling tools. Ensure compliance with regulatory and risk management. Telecommuting is permitted up to 2 days a week. Position must appear in person to the location listed as the work address.
Travel required: None.
Required Qualifications:
Degree required: Bachelor's degree (3 or 4 year degree accepted) in Computer Science or related technical field.
Amount and type of experience required: Four (4) years of experience in the job offered or in a related position involving specialty software engineering experience.
Specific skills required:

• 4 years of Object-Oriented Analysis (OOA) and Object-Oriented Design (OOD) experience
• 3 years of relational or NoSQL DB experience
• 3 years of experience with SDLC and Agile tools such as JIRA, GitHub, Jenkins, Confluence etc.
• 3 years Java development experience
• 2 years Capital Markets Experience

Salary: $160,805 - $224,000
Pay Range
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.
$0.00 - $0.00
Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.

• Health benefits
• 401(k) Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Critical caregiving leave
• Discounts and savings
• Commuter benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Scholarships for dependent children
• Adoption reimbursement

Posting End Date:
22 Apr 2026
* 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.
Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit's risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.
Applicants with Disabilities
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Drug and Alcohol Policy
Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.
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