Lead Python Software Engineer

About this role:

The Technology for the Chief Operating Office (TCOO) organization, provides technology services for the Chief Operating Office. This includes operations, control executives, strategic execution, business continuity and resiliency, data solutions and services, regulatory relations, customer experience, enterprise shared services, supply chain management, and the corporate properties group. TCOO provides technology solutions and manages application portfolios for these groups to support modernization and optimization.

Within TCOO we are seeking a Lead Engineer who enjoys and thrives on solving complex problems through innovation impacting change at scale in a diverse environment. You will join a focused team of engineers introducing and advancing Artificial Intelligence solutions across Chief Administrative Office (CAO) platforms which include document processing, prompt engineering, etc spanning multiple lines of business supporting the entire firm.  The team will drive technology transformation and adoption of AI, Cloud and on-premise solutions integrating with enterprise platforms. 

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
• Execute the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking
• Lead projects, teams, or serve as a peer mentor
• Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommend innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization
• Strategically engage with all levels of professionals across the enterprise and serve as an expert
• Architect and deploy solutions on-premise and on Google Cloud (GCP), ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance
• Deliver solutions by leveraging Agentic AI frameworks for the Chief Operating Office (TCOO)
• Help drive adoption of enterprise capabilities, tools, and innovation improving availability in a multi-cloud ecosystem by evolving observability, monitoring, logging, synthetic monitoring and chaos engineering
• Introduce self-healing and autonomic capabilities solving complex operational and systemic issues with precision including, automating processes, leveraging Process Automation and AI/ML to improve availability of products we provide to customers
• Translate AI engineering knowledge and business requirements into technical engineering solutions
  Leverage expertise to implement innovative and significant business solutions

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
• 3+ years working with tools such as Spark, Kafka, Apache Flink​, Apache Storm, Kubernetes, Docker, Pytorch
• 5+ years of experience with Python development
• 5+ years of experience in gathering user requirements, designing and building distributed computing solutions using Python in Test Driven Development (TDD)
• 5+ years of experience with Microservice and Restful API development
• 5+ years of experience in Relational Databases (SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 or others)  
• 5+ years of working with DevOps tools (Git, Jenkins, Automation Deployment toolkits)   
• 5+ years working in an Agile development environment

Desired Qualifications:

• 3+ years of Financial Industry experience
• Experience working with LLM models and prompt engineering
• Proficiency with Cloud computing platforms (GCP, Azure or AWS)
• Experience delivering solutions with UI/UX capabilities leveraging REST or GraphQL APIs
• Experience with caching technologies such as Coherence, MongoDB, Redis, etc.
• Experience with NoSQL databases
• Experience with configuration and monitoring technologies such as Ansible, Grafana, Elastic, Splunk, Prometheus or AppDynamics
• Knowledge of Kubernetes platforms (preferably RedHat OpenShift)
• Google / Azure / Amazon Cloud certifications
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Job Expectations:

• Ability to work onsite 3 days/week at one of posted locations

Pay Range
 

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

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

Posting End Date:

*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.