Lead Software Engineer

Wells Fargo & Company • Irving, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

About this role Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to join the Database Technologies Automation organization. This role is a key contributor to building and evolving a suite of internal, API-driven automation services that enable secure, scalable, and reliable database provisioning and lifecycle management across the enterprise. The Database Technologies Automation team designs and operates shared platforms, APIs, and tooling that power self‑service database capabilities, integrate with bank‑wide automation workflows, and improve consistency, stability, and speed of delivery across all supported database platforms. This role is ideal for engineers with a strong backend or platform‑engineering background who enjoy building robust automation and internal services rather than customer-facing UI applications. In this role, you will: Lead the design and delivery of complex software solutions that support database automation and self-service capabilities across the enterprise Act as a key contributor in establishing and evolving engineering standards and best practices for building scalable, reliable, and secure internal platforms and APIs Design, develop, test, debug, and document backend services, automation tooling, and supporting frameworks Analyze and evaluate complex technical challenges across a diverse enterprise environment, balancing scalability, reliability, security, and operational requirements Provide hands-on technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring of engineers within the team Collaborate closely with database platform subject matter experts, infrastructure teams, SREs, and other engineering partners to translate operational needs into reusable automation and services Influence technical direction and implementation decisions to ensure solutions meet long-term strategic and operational goals

Requirements

• 5+ 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 hands‑on PL/SQL development experience, including building packages, procedures, functions, and triggers, with a strong focus on debugging and performance optimization
• 2+ years of experience working with Oracle Database, including architecture fundamentals, schema design, performance tuning, and issue resolution
• 2+ years of experience applying object‑oriented design principles such as classes, inheritance, and code reuse
• 2+ years of experience using Git in a collaborative development environment, including pull requests and peer code reviews
• 1+ year of experience developing applications using Python.

Nice To Haves

• Oracle APEX experience (building and supporting data‑driven applications and administrative interfaces)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes using tools such as Jenkins and Jira or equivalent platforms
• Experience writing automated unit and integration tests using tools such as pytest, with a strong focus on maintainable, high-coverage testing
• Experience working in Agile delivery teams using Scrum or Kanban
• Experience developing internal tools or services that interact with or support database platforms
• Experience with SQLAlchemy or similar ORM frameworks
• Familiarity with infrastructure or configuration automation tools such as Ansible
• Experience with modern front‑end frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue) for internal tools or administrative interfaces
• Experience partnering with infrastructure, SRE, or operations teams in an enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of complex software solutions that support database automation and self-service capabilities across the enterprise
• Act as a key contributor in establishing and evolving engineering standards and best practices for building scalable, reliable, and secure internal platforms and APIs
• Design, develop, test, debug, and document backend services, automation tooling, and supporting frameworks
• Analyze and evaluate complex technical challenges across a diverse enterprise environment, balancing scalability, reliability, security, and operational requirements
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring of engineers within the team
• Collaborate closely with database platform subject matter experts, infrastructure teams, SREs, and other engineering partners to translate operational needs into reusable automation and services
• Influence technical direction and implementation decisions to ensure solutions meet long-term strategic and operational goals

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees