Senior Software Engineer

Wells Fargo

Senior Software Engineering Manager overseeing engineering teams for banking technology solutions at Wells Fargo. Managing projects and technical strategies within the enterprise technology space.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeIselin • New Jersey, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $159,000 - $305,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in Software Engineering and team management, with a strong focus on Agile and DevOps practices. Capable of driving technical strategy, ensuring adherence to architecture standards, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and talent development.

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Software Engineering ManagementJava ProgrammingPython ProgrammingCI/CD PipelinesAgile/Scrum Methodologies

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringJavaPythonPysparkCI/CDDevOpsAgileScrumAgentic AILLM-Powered Agents

Soft Skills

CoachingCollaborationInfluencingProblem-SolvingPerformance Management

Tools & Technologies

Cloud ReadinessApplication ModernizationData StrategySecurity StandardsMonitoring/Observability

Industry Keywords

Banking Platform ArchitectureTechnology RoadblocksEnterprise RiskUser SatisfactionTechnical Strategy

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJavaPySparkPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

7+ 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
3+ years of programming languages Java, Python, and Pyspark
2 years of experience of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Agile/Scrum methodologies
2+ years of Agentic AI: Experience designing and deploying LLM-powered agents that can plan and execute multi-step workflows using tool/function calling (APIs, internal services, data stores), with human-in-the-loop controls, robust error handling, and monitoring/observability—implemented within secure, governed enterprise architectures and aligned to responsible AI, data privacy, and risk controls.

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