Lead Software Engineer

Description

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, to drive innovation and technical excellence within Workforce Technology. This role will own the architecture, optimization, and endtoend lifecycle management of Digital Communications Governance and Archiving (DCGA) , Communications Surveillance , platforms such as Theta Lake, Smarsh . Strong collaboration with business stakeholders is critical to delivering scalable, reliable, and impactful solutions to complex operational needs also who has expertise in AI/ML tools and SDLC.

In this role, you will:

Design and develop enterprise-grade applications using .NET Core, Python, REST APIs and Microservices

Architect scalable, high-performance backend systems and implement clean architecture, layered architecture, and domain-driven design.

Ensure code quality, security, scalability, and maintainability.

Experience in AI/ML tools and SDLC.

Lead CI/CD implementation and DevOps integration and performance optimization

Implement data validation and transformation logic with Optimized queries and data models for performance

Ensure data quality and reconciliation processes and integrate with external APIs and data sources

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

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

Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor

Required Qualifications:

Analytic and excellent organizational skills & Excellent communication skills

Proactive and can work independently

Mentor junior team members to help them deliver the work assigned to them and train them to uplift the capability.

Experience in Software Engineering, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

12+ years of strong development proficiency in .Net,C#, Python, jQuery, HTML,CSS technologies and for data engineering tasks

8+ years of strong development experience with databases, SQL, Experience in Oracle, DB2 or Teradata is a plus

Experience in AI/ML tools and SDLC.

7+ years of strong experience on Communications Surveillance platform, preferably Theta Lake and similar platforms.

Conduct code reviews to ensure quality, performance, and best practices

Ensure clear communication and timely resolution of client-impacting issues efficiently
Familiarity with Agile/scrum methodologies and tools like Jira, etc.

Desired Qualifications:

Strong experience in Python, C#, .NET Core, REST API, Data Structures, Clean Architecture, Event-driven programming

Strong knowledge of OOP, SOLID, Design Patterns

Entity Framework / Dapper

Experience with Microservices Architecture

Experience in distributed systems

Strong SQL skills (complex queries, indexing, optimization)

Experience with SQL Server / PostgreSQL / Oracle

Experience with Data Warehousing concepts

Cloud & Platform Skills

Leadership & Engineering Practices & Lead and mentor a team of developers

Work with business and data teams to translate requirements

Experience with messaging services like JMS/Kafka a plus.

Posting End Date:

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