Lead Specialty Software Engineer

Wells Fargo•Iselin, NJ

1d•$159,000 - $305,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Specialty Software Engineer to join our CCIBT Organization and of Collateral and Margin Management Technology team working on Platforms Modernization & Regulatory/Compliance initiatives. The ideal candidate would have very strong technical knowledge of Java and a solid foundation of server design methodologies. Successful applicant will help enhance, build, and deliver frameworks and business application micro services. Learn more about the career areas and lines of business at wellsfargojobs.com In this role, you will: Lead complex initiatives on selected domains Ensure systems are monitored to increase operational efficiency and managed to mitigate risk Define opportunities to maximize resource utilization and improve processes while reducing cost Lead, design, develop, test and implement applications and system components, tools and utilities, models, simulation, and analytics to manage complex business functions using sophisticated technologies Resolve coding, testing and escalated platform issues of a technically challenging nature Lead team to ensure compliance and risk management requirements for supported area are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives Mentor less experienced software engineers Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including managers Lead team to achieve objectives Partner with production support and platform engineering teams effectively

Requirements

5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
5+ years of Sr. Java Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
5+ years of experience in Spring Boot, JPA, Microservices, SQL and NoSQL
4+ year of experience in Capital Markets Technology working on building solutions in any of the following areas (Pricing & Risk Management, Trade lifecycle, Sales & Trading, Prime services or Securities Clearing and Settlements)
2+ years of experience in React.js
2+ years of experience in Kubernetes/OpenShift
2+ years of experience in Apache Kafka/Confluent Enterprise
2+ years of Experience with SDLC and Agile tools such as JIRA, GitHub, Jenkins, Confluence etc.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's/master's degree in computer science or equivalent
2+ Years of experience in Enterprise Architecture
1+ years of experience building and using AI MCPs and Agents
Knowledge of SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications) is a HUGE PLUS
2+ years of DevOps tool set based continuous incremental delivery experience
2+ Years of Experience in Blue Green Deployment Model
2+ years working in OpenShift Container Platform
2+ years working in Micro Front End Architecture
2+ years using SQL Server/MongoDB
2+ years of experience working Domain Driven Development
Experience on GenAI enabled solutions, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and agentic workflows, with a strong understanding of prompt engineering, grounding, and extensibility
Hands-on experience with major GenAI platforms (e.g., Microsoft VS Code, GitHub Copilot )
Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP), enterprise-grade agentic workflows is highly desirable
Deep knowledge of LLM and API integration, including RESTful API design.

Responsibilities

Lead complex initiatives on selected domains
Ensure systems are monitored to increase operational efficiency and managed to mitigate risk
Define opportunities to maximize resource utilization and improve processes while reducing cost
Lead, design, develop, test and implement applications and system components, tools and utilities, models, simulation, and analytics to manage complex business functions using sophisticated technologies
Resolve coding, testing and escalated platform issues of a technically challenging nature
Lead team to ensure compliance and risk management requirements for supported area are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
Mentor less experienced software engineers
Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including managers
Lead team to achieve objectives
Partner with production support and platform engineering teams effectively