Wells Fargo

Senior Software Engineering Manager – IBM MQ, Kafka

Wells Fargo

full-time

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Location: Hyderabad • India

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AnsibleCloudKafkaPythonTerraform

About the role

  • Manage, coach, and develop a team or teams of experienced engineers and engineering managers in roles with moderate complexity and risk, responsible for building high quality capabilities with modern technology
  • Ensure adherence to the Banking Platform Architecture, and meeting non-functional requirements with each release
  • Partner with, engage and influence architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, while understanding next generation domain architecture and enable application migration paths to target architecture; for example cloud readiness, application modernization, data strategy
  • Function as the technical representative for the product during cross-team collaborative efforts and planning
  • Identify and recommend opportunities for driving escalated resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
  • Determine appropriate strategy and actions to act as an escalation partner for scrum masters and the teams to meet moderate to high risk deliverables and help remove impediments, obstacles, and friction while encouraging constant learning, experimentation, and continual improvement
  • Build engineering skills side-by-side in the codebase, conduct peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide design, as needed
  • Interpret, develop and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with moderate complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
  • Collaborate with, partner with and influence Product Managers/Product Owners to drive user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and priorities in the product roadmap, promote innovative and intelligent solutions, generate corporate value and articulate technical strategy while being a solid advocate of agile and DevOps practices
  • Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers
  • Manage allocation of people and financial resources to ensure commitments are met and align with strategic objectives in technology engineering
  • Hire, build and guide a culture of talent development to have the skills required to effectively design and deliver innovative solutions for product areas and products to meet business objectives and strategy, as well as conduct performance management for engineers and managers

Requirements

  • 6+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
  • 3+ years of management or leadership experience
  • 15+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent
  • 6+ years of management or leadership experience
  • Hands-on experience with enterprise messaging/streaming platforms, demonstrating a strong technical foundation in several of the following: IBM MQ, Confluent Kafka, Solace, or similar enterprise middleware products.
  • Active participation in senior leadership forums, including steering committees, executive reviews, and strategic planning sessions.
  • Strong understanding of MQ architecture, security (OAM, CHLAUTH), and operational best practices.
  • Strong understanding of the Kafka ecosystem (Brokers, Connect, Schema Registry), security models, and performance tuning concepts.
  • Experience driving automation initiatives using tools like Ansible, Python, or Terraform.
  • Experience managing operations for critical production systems, including incident and problem management.
  • A strong leader who can inspire and develop technical talent.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with both technical staff and senior leadership.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Remote work options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Software EngineeringEnterprise MessagingIBM MQConfluent KafkaSolaceAutomationAnsiblePythonTerraformIncident Management
Soft Skills
LeadershipCoachingCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsCollaborationProblem SolvingInfluencingTalent DevelopmentPerformance ManagementContinuous Improvement