Senior Software Engineer

About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the development of a complex, cloud-native enterprise application. This role requires deep expertise in microservices architecture, cloud platforms, and modern database technologies. Experience with Linux and Windows environments, supporting on-prem applications, and migrating workloads across data centers is essential.
In this role, you will:

• Lead moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within technical domain environments
• Contribute to large scale planning of strategies
• Design, code, test, debug, and document for projects and programs associated with technology domain, including upgrades and deployments
• Review moderately complex technical challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of technologies and procedures
• Resolve moderately complex issues and lead a team to meet existing client needs or potential new clients' needs while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, or compliance requirements
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, and mid-level managers to resolve technical challenges and achieve goals
• Lead projects and act as an escalation point, provide guidance and direction to less experienced staff

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Software engineering experience in design, development, testing, and documentation of enterprise-grade systems.
• Experience leading one or more agile software development teams.
• Hands-on experience with microservices architecture and orchestrating services for high-volume transaction processing on PCF, Kubernetes, or other cloud platforms.
• Experience designing and developing systems using PostgreSQL.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, servers, applications, and data center operations.
• Experience managing BCP (Business Continuity Planning) exercises.
• Good knowledge of load balancers, Linux/Windows OS, and scripting.
• Debugging skills in Java and Python.
• Experience building systems from the ground up using best practices: modularization, automation, TDD, BDD, and secure coding.
• The candidate must be an experienced Java Full Stack Developer proficient in Kafka, Object Storage, JPA, and Python.
• Experience providing technical leadership to individual developers on microservice development.
• Working in agile environments with 2-week sprint cycles, familiar with agile ceremonies, Jira, and Confluence.
• Should have good experience in the following technologies.
• Languages/Frameworks: Java, Spring, Hibernate, JPA
• Cloud & Orchestration: PCF, TKGI, Kubernetes, Messaging & Streaming: Kafka with AVRO
• UI Frameworks: Angular, React
• API Management: Apigee
• DevOps & Monitoring: Liquibase, Harness, Grafana, AppDynamics
• Testing: JUnit, Karate, Cucumber, TDD, BDD
• Deployment: Blue-Green deployments, Feature Toggles, Circuit Breakers

Job Expectations:

• Lead 1-2 scrum teams of Java developers to build a new enterprise software application from the ground up.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, and stakeholders to understand functional and technical requirements.
• Define and enforce design patterns, coding standards, and architectural best practices.
• Provide high- and low-level design direction.
• Guide developers in building concurrent, scalable, and secure microservices.
• Ensure delivery commitments are met through effective planning, execution, and risk management.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate their applicability to the project.

Posting End Date:
25 Feb 2026
*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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