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# Senior Data Engineer (Data Modernization) (contract)

- **Company:** Wells Fargo
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, JIRA, Computer Programming, Information Engineering, Data Transformation, Data Systems, IBM DB2, Relational Databases, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle (Applications), Software Engineering, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Git, Pandas, Virtual Agents, Jenkins, Microservices
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=cf415eb80a794be8

## About the Role

In this contingent resource assignment, you may: Consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Specialty Software Engineering. Review and analyze complex multi-faceted, larger scale, or longer-term Specialty Software Engineering challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, including intangibles or unprecedented factors. Contribute to the resolution of complex and multi-faceted situations requiring solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that meet deliverables. Strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel. Required Qualifications: Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education., * Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

 * Relational DB (SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 or others)
 * Micro-service architectures
 * Working with DevOps tools (Git, Jenkins, Automation Deployment toolkits)
 * Experience developing RESTFull API's
 * Agile Development environment
 * Data engineering and/ or full stack development (I.E. PANDAS - PYTHON module/ POLAR/ ITORCH)
 * Programing experience
 * Experience building distributed applications
NICE TO HAVE

 + Test Driven Development (TDD) environment) - NICE TO HAVE
 + Familiarity with capital markets domain, specifically in risk disciplines such as Market and Counterparty Credit Risk (Strongly desired)
 + Knowledge and understanding of derivative products, risk management, and data modeling of financial products (Strongly desired)
 + GenAI and Agentic AI (very nice to have-desired)

## Description

* Responsible for analyzing/interpreting the Data Modernization strategy across impacted disciplines and developing and implementing best-of-class data solutions.
 * Support of formalization of business requirements, translation of business requirements into detailed technical requirements, and participation in Agile-based workstreams via use of Jira.
 * Create more capacity from an agile perspective


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