About this role: Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer supporting our Chief Development Office to provide essential lead engineering capacity to advance our enterprise testing capabilities and enable effective use of AI across automation, performance, and test execution functions. It keeps these capabilities reliable and scalable as adoption grows while supporting platform evolution and sustaining user and application support.
Come join a team that is critical to providing leading edge technology solutions that enable engineering teams to test and deliver their applications with quality and confidence. If you are passionate about modern delivery methods, modern technology solutions, Generative AI, and quality then this might be the ideal role for you.
In this role, you will:
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 - $187,000.00
Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.
12 Feb 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.
Come join a team that is critical to providing leading edge technology solutions that enable engineering teams to test and deliver their applications with quality and confidence. If you are passionate about modern delivery methods, modern technology solutions, Generative AI, and quality then this might be the ideal role for you.
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
- Provide hands on technical leadership on an Agile Delivery team while serving as a peer mentor
- Performs work with a sense of urgency and accountability
- 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 full stack software including the usage of testing frameworks and tools such as JIRA as well as CI/D pipelines leveraging technologies such as Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory
- 5+ years of Agile experience
- 5+ years of experience with cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS, TKGI, OCP, etc. in support of both native cloud development as well as cloud migration activities
- 2+ years of with LLM and AI solutions
- Strong Technical Leadership & Engineering solution development- Provide expertise, direction, and assistance to junior engineers and inputs towards strategy & testing processes - Shift Left Philosophy, BDD & TDD
- Experience with the utilization of GenAI capabilities
- Knowledge of end-to-end DevSecOps automation with, etc. while implementing and using quality gates
- Proven delivery of modern solutions in and agile environment
- Strong interpersonal and consultative skills
- Ability to conduct research into emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products as required
- Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language
- Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
- Provide consultation on the use of re-engineering techniques to improve process performance and improvements for greater efficiencies.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-demand environment while balancing multiple priorities.
- This position offers a hybrid work schedule
- This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship
- 1525 WT Harris Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina
- 105 Loyalty Circle, Columbus, OH
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 - $187,000.00
Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.
- Health benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid time off
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
- Parental leave
- Critical caregiving leave
- Discounts and savings
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Scholarships for dependent children
- Adoption reimbursement
12 Feb 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.
Top Skills
Artifactory
AWS
Azure
Ci/Cd Pipelines
Full Stack Software
Generative Ai
Git
Jenkins
JIRA
Ocp
Tkgi
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