Lead Specialty Software Engineer

Wells Fargo & Company•Charlotte, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Specialty Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for complex, business-critical streaming and real-time data platforms. This role is responsible for shaping architecture, leading delivery, and ensuring the operational stability of high-throughput, low-latency streaming systems built using Java, Apache Flink, and event-driven architectures. The ideal candidate has in-depth software engineering experience, extensive expertise in stream processing, and a strong background delivering enterprise-scale solutions in regulated environments. In this role, you will: Lead complex, domain-critical initiatives involving real-time data processing, streaming flows, and event-driven architectures Architect, design, develop, test, and implement high-performance Java-based streaming applications and platforms using Apache Flink and related technologies Provide technical ownership for streaming pipelines, stateful processing, fault tolerance, and exactly-once or at-least-once delivery semantics Ensure systems are highly observable, monitored, resilient, and operationally efficient, with a strong focus on risk reduction and platform stability Identify opportunities to optimize resource utilization, improve performance, simplify architectures, and reduce infrastructure and operational costs Resolve highly complex coding, testing, and escalated platform issues, serving as the senior technical escalation point Lead teams to ensure compliance, risk management, and control requirements are met for supported platforms Partner closely with production support, platform engineering, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, supportable solutions Mentor and coach senior and mid-level software engineers, raising the overall technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, and best practices Collaborate with and influence senior engineers, architects, managers, and business stakeholders to align technology solutions with business objectives Drive adoption of modern streaming patterns, engineering standards, and industry best practices

Requirements

5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, education, or military experience
5+ years of experience with Java building large-scale, distributed systems
5+ years of experience with Apache Flink or equivalent stream-processing frameworks
5+ years of experience designing and supporting real-time streaming flows, event-driven architectures, and stateful stream processing
5+ years of experience leading and delivering complex, enterprise-scale platforms
5+ years of experience with software engineering fundamentals, including concurrency, performance tuning, and distributed systems design
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)

Nice To Haves

Experience building or supporting high-throughput, low-latency streaming platforms in regulated environments
Strong understanding of event streaming ecosystems and messaging systems
Experience with SQL and large-scale data analysis
Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments and scripting (Shell, Python)
Experience designing APIs (REST or event-based interfaces)
Cloud experience and familiarity with modern DevOps and CI/CD practices

Responsibilities

Lead complex, domain-critical initiatives involving real-time data processing, streaming flows, and event-driven architectures
Architect, design, develop, test, and implement high-performance Java-based streaming applications and platforms using Apache Flink and related technologies
Provide technical ownership for streaming pipelines, stateful processing, fault tolerance, and exactly-once or at-least-once delivery semantics
Ensure systems are highly observable, monitored, resilient, and operationally efficient, with a strong focus on risk reduction and platform stability
Identify opportunities to optimize resource utilization, improve performance, simplify architectures, and reduce infrastructure and operational costs
Resolve highly complex coding, testing, and escalated platform issues, serving as the senior technical escalation point
Lead teams to ensure compliance, risk management, and control requirements are met for supported platforms
Partner closely with production support, platform engineering, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, supportable solutions
Mentor and coach senior and mid-level software engineers, raising the overall technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, and best practices
Collaborate with and influence senior engineers, architects, managers, and business stakeholders to align technology solutions with business objectives
Drive adoption of modern streaming patterns, engineering standards, and industry best practices
Serve as a technical authority and leader for streaming and real-time platforms
Provide guidance during production incidents and critical escalations
Drive engineering excellence, platform stability, and continuous improvement
Collaborate effectively across geographically distributed teams