Lead Engineer – Infrastructure Solutions

Wells Fargo

Lead Engineer delivering practical technology solutions within Wells Fargo's large enterprise environments. Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure secure and resilient designs and implementations.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeCharlotte • New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $119,000 - $224,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsLinuxSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with business, technology, and platform stakeholders to understand functional requirements, technical constraints, risk considerations, dependencies, and success criteria
Translate business needs into practical technical designs, implementation approaches, and engineering work packages that can be delivered in a large-scale enterprise environment
Evaluate solution options and communicate trade-offs across performance, resiliency, scalability, security, compliance, cost, maintainability, and delivery timelines
Help convert ambiguous problem statements into actionable technical direction for developers, engineers, and platform teams
Team with developers, engineers, architects, and infrastructure partners to design, build, test, validate, and deliver technical solutions
Provide engineering-level triage and solution direction for complex issues spanning application, middleware, compute, network, automation, DevSecOps, and operational readiness domains
Review designs, identify gaps, challenge assumptions, clarify dependencies, and help remove technical ambiguity that blocks delivery
Produce and maintain engineering design artifacts, implementation notes, operational runbooks, decision records, readiness documentation, and knowledge-transfer materials
Investigate and help resolve a wide array of technical problems, including low-latency application concerns, batch-processing challenges, environment issues, platform integration gaps, and production-readiness risks
Analyze complex technical symptoms, identify likely root causes, engage the right technical partners, and drive toward practical remediation options
Support engineering decisions in multifaceted situations using strong technical judgment, data-driven analysis, and enterprise risk awareness
Promote resilient, secure, observable, and maintainable designs that support production operations and long-term platform health

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience
5+ years of experience defining, designing, or delivering infrastructure, platform, middleware, application, or enterprise technology solutions
5+ years of experience working across large-scale enterprise environments, including on-premises, private cloud, or hybrid technology platforms
Experience with middleware platforms, APIs, Linux/Windows infrastructure, container platforms, network services, storage, monitoring, or enterprise automation
Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, configuration management, vulnerability scanning, secure SDLC, and production-release controls
Experience with performance analysis, latency-sensitive applications, high-volume batch workloads, capacity considerations, and resiliency design
Experience with distributed systems, APIs, integration, and operationally resilient system design
Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into practical technical designs and implementation plans
Demonstrated hands-on troubleshooting experience across multiple technology domains
Experience working in highly regulated, risk-conscious, or large financial services environments
Experience in a collaborative Agile working environment; Scrum experience preferred
Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor, or similar technologies to improve developer productivity, code quality, and solution delivery
4-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field

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

Infrastructure SolutionsTechnical DesignTroubleshootingDistributed SystemsAPIsContainer PlatformsConfiguration ManagementVulnerability ScanningProduction-Release ControlsCapacity Considerations

Soft Skills

CollaborationTechnical JudgmentData-Driven Analysis