
Senior Software Engineering Manager
Wells Fargo
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Concord • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $191,000 - $305,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead database and platform engineering teams supporting enterprise‑scale digital banking applications
- Own architecture, engineering standards, and operational excellence for MongoDB, Cassandra, Oracle, and Java‑based platforms
- Drive platform modernization, cloud readiness, and high‑availability data solutions
- Ensure strong performance, scalability, resilience, security, and regulatory compliance
- Build and develop high‑performing global teams across onshore and offshore locations
- Set clear expectations and accountability for engineering managers and senior engineers
- Coach leaders and engineers on technical excellence, execution discipline, and career growth
- Foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and engineering rigor
- Translate business priorities into clear technical roadmaps in partnership with Product and Architecture
- Drive predictable, high‑quality delivery using Agile and DevOps practices
- Balance feature delivery with platform health, tech debt reduction, and operational stability
- Proactively manage risks, dependencies, and cross‑team coordination
- Drive adoption of AI tools, developer copilots, agents, and automation to improve productivity and quality
- Enable responsible use of AI across design, development, testing, and operations
- Rapidly evaluate and scale practical, production‑ready AI use cases
- Ensure platforms meet banking regulatory, security, data protection, and audit requirements
- Embed controls, observability, and automation to reduce operational risk
- Partner with Risk, Security, and Control teams to address findings and compliance obligations
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
- 6+ years in software, platform, or data engineering
- 5+ years in managing globally distributed teams
- Strong technical experience with MongoDB, Cassandra
- 6 years in Oracle or equivalent enterprise RDBMS
- 5+ years’ experience with Java‑based backend applications
- 5+ years’ experience leading database and platform teams in large‑scale, regulated environments
- 5+ years deep understanding and knowledge of scalability, performance tuning, data consistency, and resilience
- 2+ yrs of working knowledge of AI tools and developer productivity platforms
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
MongoDBCassandraOracleJavaAI toolsAgileDevOpsdata engineeringperformance tuningscalability
Soft Skills
leadershipcoachingcommunicationaccountabilitycontinuous improvementrisk managementcross-team coordinationtechnical excellenceexecution disciplineculture of ownership