Lead Java Developer

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About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineerr in technology as part of Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology. This candidate will be supporting our Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities (FICC) and Derivatives businesses. In this role, you will design, develop, and enhance strategic trade management platform capabilities that support the full trade lifecycle across cash and derivative products. Working closely with traders, quantitative analysts, product owners, and technology teams, you will help modernize critical Capital Markets applications through cloud-native architecture, microservices, and AI-enabled development practices.

This position offers the opportunity to work on highly scalable, high-performance trading systems while contributing to the transformation of Wells Fargo's next-generation trade processing and risk management platforms.

This role requires a strong technical leader who can drive the design, development, and modernization of enterprise applications supporting Capital Markets platforms. The individual will leverage expertise in Java, cloud-native technologies, microservices, and AI-assisted development tools to deliver scalable, resilient, and high-performing solutions. Success in this role requires close collaboration with business and technology partners, a commitment to engineering excellence, and the ability to mentor teams while advancing modern architecture and software development best practices.

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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
• 4+ years in FICC Trade Life Cycle: Deep domain knowledge of Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities, including trade capture, valuation models, and lifecycle event management
• 4+ years High-Performance Stack: Proven mastery of Java (concurrency, JVM tuning) and Python (FastAPI, data science libraries)
• 4+ years Distributed Systems: Extensive experience with gRPC, Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd), and high-performance messaging protocols

Desired Qualifications:

• Platform Pedigree: Prior experience building or significantly contributing to industry-leading platforms
• Complex Derivatives Knowledge: Understanding of pricing and risk for complex derivatives (Swaps, Options, Exotics) and how they translate into trade event models
• Agentic Development: Experience implementing GitHub CoPilot or similar AI-assisted engineering tools at scale to drive "Agentic Development" workflows.
• Modern UI Patterns: Experience with Micro Front Ends to decouple the trader UI and allow for independent module deployment
• Cloud Native: Familiarity with deploying mission-critical financial systems on hybrid cloud environments (Azure/GCP/AWS) with a focus on data residency and sovereignty
• Academic Background: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Financial Engineering

Job Expectations:

• This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship

• Relocation assistance is not available for this position

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule

Posting Locations:

• 300 S Brevard St.- Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

• 1100 Corporate Center Dr. - Raleigh, North Carolina 27607

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.

$119,000.00 - $187,000.00

Posting End Date:

30 Sep 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.

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