GRC Technology Software Engineering Senior Manager

Wells Fargo•Iselin, NJ

5d•$191,000 - $305,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Software Engineering Senior Manager for the Enterprise Functions Technology (EFT) Group, which provides technology solutions and support for Risk, Audit, Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Corporate Properties, Stakeholder Relations, Wells Fargo Technology, Enterprise Shared Services, and Enterprise Data Management. This role supports Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Technology and applies risk-management expertise to assess policies, controls, and regulatory expectations while designing and implementing technology solutions that automate and simplify workflows. The position focuses on modernizing the operating environment to reduce cost, increase automation, and strengthen ongoing regulatory compliance. It regularly engages executive leadership to propose domain-informed technical strategies and oversees delivery through a large-scale engineering organization. The Senior Manager leads and develops experienced engineers and engineering managers, guides technical strategy and architecture alignment, and supports delivery of secure, stable, scalable software. The role works closely with architects, engineers, scrum masters, and product leaders; manages technology risks and delivery impediments; contributes directly to code quality and design; and allocates people and financial resources to meet commitments and strategic objectives. The position also hires and develops talent and conducts performance management for engineers and managers. This position offers a hybrid work schedule and may require travel up to 20% of the time. It is not eligible for visa sponsorship, and relocation assistance is not available. The listed base pay range is $191,000.00–$305,000.00; employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.

Requirements

10+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, education, or a combination.
3+ years of management or leadership experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading GRC Technology Platform Organizations.
Experience with Enterprise Cloud Platforms.
Experience driving AI adoption across technology teams and business partners.

Responsibilities

Manage, coach, and develop teams of experienced engineers and engineering managers responsible for building high-quality capabilities using modern technology.
Ensure adherence to Banking Platform Architecture and satisfaction of non-functional requirements with each release.
Partner with architects and experienced engineers to incorporate Wells Fargo Technology technical strategies, understand next-generation domain architecture, and enable application migration paths to target architecture, including cloud readiness, application modernization, and data strategy.
Represent the product technically in cross-team collaboration and planning.
Identify opportunities to resolve technology roadblocks involving code, build, and deployment; manage the overall software development cycle and security standards.
Determine strategies and actions to help teams meet moderate- to high-risk deliverables, remove impediments, and promote learning, experimentation, and continual improvement.
Build engineering skills through hands-on work in the codebase, conduct peer reviews, evaluate quality and alignment with technical direction, and guide design as needed.
Ensure technology functions are secure, stable, and scalable; identify, manage, and mitigate technology and enterprise risk.
Collaborate with Product Managers and Product Owners to improve user satisfaction, influence technology requirements and roadmap priorities, promote innovative solutions, generate corporate value, articulate technical strategy, and advocate agile and DevOps practices.
Manage allocation of people and financial resources to meet commitments and strategic technology engineering objectives.
Hire, develop, and guide talent to build the skills needed to deliver innovative solutions aligned with product and business objectives; conduct performance management for engineers and managers.