Senior Lead Java Securities Quantitative Analytics Specialist

Wells Fargo & Company•Charlotte, NC

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Wells Fargo is seeking a Java quantitative developer in the Mortgage Modeling Development Center within Wells Fargo Securities. This role focuses on Juniper Vasara development, which is the bank's next-generation risk platform. Vasara is an ambitious, greenfield initiative designed to address the bank's capital markets risk computation challenges, including ticking risk for trading desks and market risk and capital calculations like FRTB and CCAR. Juniper Vasara is a collaborative effort between multiple Quant and Technology teams. The successful applicant will work as a mortgage quant developer, concentrating on specific risk management and pricing solutions for trading partners. The platform is a horizontal solution, designed to be use case agnostic to ensure maximum consistency and re-usability.

Requirements

7+ years of Securities Quantitative Analytics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
5+ years of hands-on coding experience, Java and C++ are most relevant
3+ years of product and market experience in mortgages
5+ years of Java experience with emphasis on functional programming
1+ years of C++ experience
Experience with asynchronous event driven or reactive programming architectures
Experience interpreting and solutioning for risk
Master's degree or higher in computer science or finance/mathematics
Experience in software development cycle and agile technologies, e.g. Git, Jira, Confluence
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
Must be able to work on-site

Nice To Haves

Experience in or passionate about Agentic AI

Responsibilities

Partnership with Technology teams to enhance and improve the capabilities of the new strategic valuation and risk platform
Integration of mortgage pricing and risk analytics in collaboration with other quant teams, providing expertise in design and implementation issues
Effective communication and collaboration with Business Stakeholders, other Quant Teams, Technology Partners, and Project Management
Analyze performance, propose remedial or optimization plans, and ensure execution to enhance the new strategic valuation and risk platform for the securities businesses
Consistently deliver high-quality software and documentation in an Agile SDLC
Proactively participate in complex software design & development activities within an Agile environment
Contribute to large-scale project planning, balancing short and long-term objectives
Generate, test, implement, and deploy ideas to improve system performance or team productivity
Use quantitative and technological techniques to solve complex business problems
Meet deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and project managers to resolve issues and achieve goals
Effectively communicate with and build consensus with all project stakeholders