Lead Software Engineer

About the position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our Chief Development Office (CDO) within our Chief Technology Office (CTO). You will be responsible for architecting, designing, and developing the developer experience (DevEx) platform to align with technology trends. You will partner with leadership and peer developers to define the strategy and solutions in building innovative engineering accelerators, shared services, frameworks, and libraries to enable Wells Fargo digital transformation and cloud adoption.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Design, code, test, debug, and document software products.
• Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives.
• Make decisions in developing standard and companywide best practices for engineering and technology solutions.
• Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues.
• Lead software products, teams, or serve as a peer mentor.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience.
• 5+ years of experience in leading large scale technology transformation.
• 5+ years of design and development experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, Node and React or Angular.
• 3+ years of experience in building and deploying UI/UX applications with REST or GraphQL APIs.
• 3+ years of experience with Agile development practices.

Nice-to-haves

• 2+ years of experience in developing developer tools & portals and improving developer experience.
• 3+ years of engineering experience with heavy focus on application modernization into Cloud ready /Cloud native application and services development.
• 2+ years of experience in development /maintain and supporting enterprise grade shared frameworks and services.
• 2+ years of experience in designing and implementing non-functional requirements (NFRs).
• Experience with UI/UX core concepts.
• Knowledge and understanding of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD), SOLID, Static Application Security Testing (SAST), and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) concepts.
• Working knowledge on CI/CD pipelines and tool chains.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Outstanding problem solving and analytical skills.
• Experience with Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI).

Benefits

• 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