Lead Software Engineer

Wells Fargo•Minneapolis, MN

1d•$119,000 - $206,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a lead software developer to provide technical leadership across complex software initiatives, ensuring high‑quality design and delivery of scalable solutions aligned to business and enterprise objectives. You will be responsible for providing technical leadership across complex software initiatives, ensuring high‑quality design and delivery of scalable solutions aligned to business and enterprise objectives. This role serves as a hands‑on technical leader, standard bearer, and mentor, influencing engineering direction and execution across teams. In this role, you will: Lead complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact Act as a key participant in developing standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex and large-scale technology solutions for technology engineering disciplines Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors Make decisions in developing standard and companywide best practices for engineering and technology solutions requiring understanding of industry best practices and new technologies, influencing and leading technology team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor Act as a technical leader in establishing, evolving, and enforcing engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices for software development Own solution design and implementation, including hands‑on coding, testing, debugging, and documentation for critical components, projects, and programs Review and evaluate complex software solutions to ensure alignment with strategic business goals, enterprise architecture, performance, security, and scalability requirements Influence engineering teams through technical direction, code reviews, and design guidance to ensure delivery quality and consistency Promote a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle

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 of experience building and managing enterprise‑scale infrastructure using automation
5+ years of advanced coding or scripting skills, with a focus on infrastructure automation

Nice To Haves

6+ years of experience with programming SQL for database technologies such as Microsoft SQL, MySQL, Postgres
6+ years of strong development proficiency in PowerShell, Bash, Python, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS technologies
In-depth knowledge of RESTful API design
Familiarity with markup languages such as XML, JSON, YAML, and HTML
Experience with testing tools such as Playwright, Pester, PyUnit
Experience with IDE’s such as VS Code, IntelliJ, PyCharm, Visual Studio, etc.
Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)
Experience with orchestration such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions
Experience with artifact repositories such as Artifactory
Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and BigPanda
Experience with logging tools such as Splunk
Experience with performance testing tools such as LoadRunner
Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift).
Experience with Agile/scrum methodologies and tools like Jira, etc.

Responsibilities

Lead complex technology initiatives including those that are companywide with broad impact
Act as a key participant in developing standards and companywide best practices for engineering complex and large-scale technology solutions for technology engineering disciplines
Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs
Review and analyze complex, large-scale technology solutions for tactical and strategic business objectives, enterprise technological environment, and technical challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented technical factors
Make decisions in developing standard and companywide best practices for engineering and technology solutions requiring understanding of industry best practices and new technologies, influencing and leading technology team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
Collaborate and consult with key technical experts, senior technology team, and external industry groups to resolve complex technical issues and achieve goals
Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor
Act as a technical leader in establishing, evolving, and enforcing engineering standards, architectural patterns, and best practices for software development
Own solution design and implementation, including hands‑on coding, testing, debugging, and documentation for critical components, projects, and programs
Review and evaluate complex software solutions to ensure alignment with strategic business goals, enterprise architecture, performance, security, and scalability requirements
Influence engineering teams through technical direction, code reviews, and design guidance to ensure delivery quality and consistency
Promote a culture of engineering excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle