Lead Java Engineer – Risk & Margin

Wells Fargo

. Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence applications, network, information security, database, operating systems, or web technologies for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups .

Posted 4/3/2026full-timeCharlotte • New Jersey, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $159,000 - $305,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheCloudJavaJenkinsKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesNoSQLOpenShiftSDLCSpringSpring BootSpringBootSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as an advisor to leadership to develop or influence applications, network, information security, database, operating systems, or web technologies for highly complex business and technical needs across multiple groups
Lead the strategy and 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 recommends innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization
Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of Engineering experience
5+ years of experience in building prime brokerage or capital markets applications
5+ years of high-performance programming techniques in Java
5+ years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, JPA, Microservices, SQL and NoSQL
2+ years of experience in Kubernetes/OpenShift & cloud technologies
5+ years of experience in Apache Kafka/Solace/MQ
5+ years of Experience with SDLC and Agile tools such as JIRA, GitHub, Jenkins, Confluence etc.
2+ years of experience in building risk & margin with Portfolio margin, Rules based margin calculations and stress testing
SME on equities, options and fixed income securities.
Knowledge of core computer science design concepts, algorithms, and data structures
Experience with risk, margin and regulatory calculators and reporting capabilities
Knowledge building high capacity, high volume, low latency technology for margin workflow supporting various business units in Commercial Investment Banking

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaSpring BootJPAMicroservicesSQLNoSQLKubernetesOpenShiftApache KafkaSDLC

Soft Skills

leadershipstrategic thinkinganalytical thinkingcreativityinnovationcommunicationadvisory skillscollaborationproblem-solvingvision