About this role:
“Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Data Engineer. We believe in the power of working together because great ideas can come from anyone. Through collaboration, any employee can have an impact and make a difference for the entire company. Explore opportunities with us for a career in a supportive environment where you can learn and grow.”
In this role, you will:
- Lead complex initiatives with broad impact and act as key participant in large scale software planning for the Technology area
- Design, develop, and run tooling to discover problems in data and applications and report the issues to engineering and product leadership
- Review and analyze complex software enhancement initiatives for business, operational or technical improvements that require in depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors
- Make decisions in complex and multi-faceted data engineering situations requiring understanding of software package options and programming language and compliance requirements that influence and lead Technology to meet deliverables and drive organizational change
- Strategically collaborate and consult with internal partners to resolve highly risky data engineering challenges
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of Database Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science
- 5+ years of software engineering experience – Default Required
- 5+ years of experience working in Spark, Hadoop and Big Data experience
- 5+ years of experience working on Spark SQL, Streaming and data frame/dataset API experience
- 3+ years of experience working on Spark query tuning and performance optimization
- Deep understanding of Hadoop / Cloud platforms, HDFS, ETL/ELT process and Unix shell scripting
- 5+ years of experience working with Relationship Database Management Systems (RDBMS) such as SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL
- 3+ years of experience with SQL & NOSQL database integration with Spark (MS SQL server and MongoDB)
- 2+ years of Agile experience
- Deep understanding of distributed systems (CAP theorem, partition and bucketing, replication memory layouts, consistency) 3+ years of microservices development experience
- 3+ years of experience building cloud-ready enterprise solutions in one or a combination of the following: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF)
- 2+ years of experience with Apache Kafka or Confluent Enterprise
Job Expectations:
- Ability to work effectively, as well as independently, in a team environment
Posting End Date:
17 Mar 2025
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
We Value Diversity
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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.
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