Lead Software Engineer - Network Infrastructure Development

Wells Fargo & Company•Columbus, OH

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Python Software Engineer in a load balancer infrastructure development organization with a goal to deliver automation solutions that enable a software driven Infrastructure environment. In this role, you will design and build automation to streamline provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of load balancers. You will create API‑driven integrations between network platforms and internal systems, and develop and maintain automation frameworks that improve reliability and reduce operational toil. You will translate manual operational procedures into codified, repeatable automation, and ensure automation artifacts follow best practices for performance, maintainability, and security. Additionally, you will collaborate with network engineering and platform teams to align automation with broader architectural strategies, and lead the automation of product deployments, customer journeys, and creation of APIs for our Load Balancing and other infrastructure services.

Requirements

5+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
5+ years python development experience leveraging Django, Flask or FastAPI
2+ years of hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools Ansible and GitHub.
Strong experience automating network infrastructure, with a focus on load balancers (F5, Citrix ADC, AVI/NSX‑ALB, HAProxy, or similar).
Proficiency in Python for building automation tooling, integrations, and workflow orchestration.
Hands‑on experience with Ansible, including developing reusable playbooks, roles, and modules for network automation.
Demonstrated ability to consume and build REST APIs, including authentication, schema validation, error handling, and versioning.

Nice To Haves

Ability to troubleshoot load balancer configurations and automation workflows end‑to‑end.
Experience working in large‑scale, enterprise environments with change control and structured processes.
Experience in automating infrastructure products a strong plus
Extensive expertise in Microservices, RESTful API and event driven architectures.
Strong & relevant experience in supporting Web/API platforms built using DJANGO, FastAPI, Apigee
Proficiency in dealing with Legacy infrastructure along with cloud infrastructure (OpenShift, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes)
Working knowledge of Unix, Linux, Mongo DB, Postman

Responsibilities

Design and build automation to streamline provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management of load balancers.
Create API‑driven integrations between network platforms and internal systems.
Develop and maintain automation frameworks that improve reliability and reduce operational toil.
Translate manual operational procedures into codified, repeatable automation.
Ensure automation artifacts follow best practices for performance, maintainability, and security.
Collaborate with network engineering and platform teams to align automation with broader architectural strategies.
Lead the automation of product deployments, customer journeys, and creation of APIs for our Load Balancing and other infrastructure services.