Lead Software Engineer

Location: MCLEAN, VA, RALEIGH, NC, IRVING, TX, CHARLOTTE, NC, ISELIN, NJ

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for the Infrastructure Automation and DevSecOps group, on the Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture (IEA) team. This role is an individual contributor, developing applications and services to power the future of software-defined infrastructure provisioning and configuration management. Products designed, developed, and deployed by this team enable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and its associated infrastructure APIs--supporting the technology fulfillment and operational excellence of all of Wells Fargo’s digital products and services across the world.

In this role, you will:

• Participate in 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 documentation 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
• Be responsible for the development, deployment, and maintenance of a new cloud management platform
• Establish additional standards and patterns to grow Golang software development
• Create applications and services that promote efficiency and cost savings
• Integrate to cloud services providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform
• Collaborate and influence other software engineers on modern development practices and quality programming code
• Play an essential role as an individual contributor in driving the completion of software engineering epics, stories, and tasks pertaining to cloud portfolio business needs
• Create meaningful documentation to assist in delivering high-value systems and applications for the entire software development practice across the globe
• Experience developing with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) in a formal and enterprise software development lifecycle environment
• Experience in a Team Lead role, responsible for code review and active mentorship of more junior engineers on the team

Required Qualifications:

• 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 Software Development experience with architecting, designing and developing frontend and backend applications using modern software programming languages (e.g. Java, C#, JavaScript)
• 4+ years of experience in developing stateful software which utilizes either traditional relational databases or alternatively non-relational databases
• 6+ months of experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and/or agentic workflows in generative AI application development
• 4+ years of experience working in an agile environment

Desired Qualifications:

• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to develop partnerships and collaborate with other business and functional areas
• Knowledge and understanding of application and web security
• Knowledge and understanding of technology performance: analysis, automated testing, and tuning for applications
• Knowledge of one or more major Cloud Services Providers (CSPs) such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform and their primary web service offerings, understanding the functionality of code-deploy frameworks such as Amazon CDK
• Golang software development experience
• Temporal.io development experience with transaction, function, workflow, and durability functionality

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work additional hours as needed
• Ability to travel up to 5% of the time
• This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
• This role is not eligible for relocation assistance

Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to demonstrated examples of prior performance, skills, experience, or work location. Employees may also be eligible for incentive opportunities.

$119,000.00 - $224,000.00

Posting End Date:

7 Aug 2026

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

We Value Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company. They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions. There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Applicants with Disabilities

To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.

Drug and Alcohol Policy

 

Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.

Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements:

a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo.

b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process.