Lead Software Engineer - Java Full Stack

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Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer as part of the Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking Technology (CCIBT) team to support Payment Solutions, Capital Markets Services, Wholesale Digitization, and International Technology. This diverse portfolio of capabilities spans multiple technology disciplines and strategic innovations. CCIBT provides strategic, enterprise-wide technology capabilities and enabling services to our lines of business and management of the applications in terms of skills, stability, security, scalability, speed, and cost. As part of the CCIBT technology team, this Lead Engineer will lead the innovative end-to-end technology solution delivery for commercial lending product capabilities across loan origination, loan servicing and loan delivery.  They will have focused product knowledge with strong hands-on technical expertise to lead the solution delivery for commercial lending products and services offered by Wells Fargo.  They will participate in agile ceremonies like big room planning, reviewing, and analyzing complex strategies for product functionality, feature delivery and priority, making architecture decisions, strategically collaborating with product teams and stakeholders defining product delivery roadmaps, directing scrum teams based on business value delivery, providing consistent architecture guidance, extensive code reviews, guiding development teams with the day to day delivery task and collaborating with scrum teams in producing results, conducting Proof of concepts with latest technologies and enabling innovation by demonstrating thought leadership.

In this role, you will:

• Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence solution design for complex business needs in an applied and end to end owner manner
• Solve and as needed hands-on design and code, resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking
• Translate advanced technology experience, an in-depth knowledge of the organizations tactical and strategic business objectives, the enterprise technological environment, the organization structure, and strategic technological opportunities and requirements into technical engineering solutions
• Provide vision, direction, and expertise to leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions
• Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommend innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization
• Leverage AI, automation, and data engineering capabilities to improve business outcomes.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Platforms, Technology Leadership and Product teams to shape and develop technical strategies and roadmaps and ensure key capability and dependencies are being progressed/managed
• Partner closely with product and program leadership teams to ensure technology implementation and delivery are aligned with business goals and timelines
• Lead and drive ongoing improvements for platform stability and performance, by addressing technical debt and enhancing operational efficiency

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
• 5+ years of experience in Java 17+, Spring Boot 3.x, Spring Security, Spring Cloud, Hibernate, JPA, Python, Scala REST APIs, and Microservices Architecture
• 5+ years of experience with Angular 16, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, jQuery, and AJAX
• 2+ years of AI technology implementation experience

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience working in Agile environments

• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform services
• Experience with Kafka and event-driven architecture
• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Maven, Gradle, and SonarQube
• Knowledge of Ansible, Shell Scripting, F5, AVI, and infrastructure automation
• Experience deploying applications on Tomcat, JBoss, and WebSphere
• Strong understanding of MVC architecture, J2EE design patterns, and enterprise application design
• Experience implementing secure, scalable, and highly available solutions in large enterprise environments.
• Cloud-native application modernization and migration initiatives.
• Enterprise data engineering and analytics platforms.
• AI-driven automation and intelligent workflow implementations.
• Financial services or large-scale enterprise technology environments.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced Agile environment.
• Passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence. Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with a cross-functional and technical teams to drive the solution engineering decisions.

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work onsite in a hybrid environment
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship
• Ability to work additional hours as needed

Location:

• 401 Las Colinas Blvd W Bldg B., Irving, TX 75039
• 300 S Brevard St., Charlotte, NC 28202
• 1525 W WT Harris Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28262
• 194 Wood Ave S, Iselin, NJ 08830

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 - $224,000.00

Posting End Date:

15 Nov 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

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

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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